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by batanos
June 25th, 2017, 2:47 am
Forum: Training
Topic: How to get physically stronger?
Replies: 26
Views: 14664

Re: How to get physically stronger?

To reduce fat mass: no, not really. It's an advantage to have increased amount of muscle mass, since the body spends more energy on maintaining muscle tissue than on maintaining fat tissue, but if your calorie intake is okay, and do your training (rowing), you should be fine. What you can gain by a ...
by batanos
June 22nd, 2017, 2:35 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Replies: 14237
Views: 6785064

Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

Congrats!
It's not just the PM3, I had the same problem with my PM5 when I tried to verify a piece - turned out that the version in the memory is .01 second longer. I guess it's a rounding issue when the PM saves the time to its memory.
by batanos
June 22nd, 2017, 1:02 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Does your job impact your training?
Replies: 36
Views: 20348

Re: Does your job impact your training?

I should consider myself lucky, since I work as the head coach of a very well equipped gym network (C2 is a basic equipment in all of our gyms), so I have a couple of gyms that I can attend anytime for free. Funny part: I never train in those gyms (or in any gym for that matter, since I built a nice...
by batanos
June 22nd, 2017, 6:37 am
Forum: Training
Topic: First Time Marathon
Replies: 90
Views: 43463

Re: First Time Marathon

Thank you for the kind words!
I try to absorb the information gathered here, and put in the miles/kms :)
by batanos
June 22nd, 2017, 5:57 am
Forum: Training
Topic: First Time Marathon
Replies: 90
Views: 43463

Re: First Time Marathon

Thank you for the input! Re: drinking: I'll give a try for one arm rowing while drinking. Re: ankle: it was a torn water blister I guess, and in the meanwhile I realized that I wore a thinner pair of socks than I usually do for rowing, that may have caused the problem. (Sorry for my poor English, it...
by batanos
June 21st, 2017, 12:25 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: First Time Marathon
Replies: 90
Views: 43463

Re: First Time Marathon

Hi everyone, I just did my first half marathon today. I'm not a typical rower bodytype (167cm/5'7", 66kg/146lbs, age 37), and am absolutely a newbie in indoor rowing (still under 250km :)). My time was 1:46:28:4 (2:31.4/500) at 25-27SPM and under 150BPM. I was overly cautious with my pacing, but it ...