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I just filled it in. I actually filled it in for last season since I haven't done much at all this season (age adjusted accordingly). Will be very interesting to see the results.

Your aerobic fitness will get worse when you build more muscle because that new muscle hasn't yet been trained to do aerobic work. The answer is to add weight then train aerobically whilst eating to maintain your new weight. In the long run you'll go faster with extra muscle, it's just a longer term...

Interesting. They've did this previously: https://games.crossfit.com/article/rows-and-rows. Obviously different but there's some similarity. Khalipa's 6:21 2k which he immediately blended into a 1:18:02 half marathon is pretty impressive for a non-dedicated rower.

OK. Just looking at my training log. I started with weights on 17 Oct 2017 (prior to that I was doing some bodyweight stuff). I've done 62 weights sessions as of 27 July 2018. So, I've done a session once every ~4.5 days. Probably not the ideal frequency but then I've been erging the whole time too...

That really depends on what the purpose of the row is. For a 5k time trial it's low: I did my personal best at 26 and a lot of people would go even higher (typically the taller someone is the lower they'll rate). On the other hand I do all my steady state training at around 18, though I'd typically ...

lower the drag setting. Yes, but read up a bit on drag factor and how to make the rower display it (see Mike's (mdpfirrman's) post for details). The same damper setting on two different rowers can give very different drag factors (due to build up of dust, differences in atmospheric pressure etc.) s...

What does your current programme look like Paul? I don't think it can hurt to experiment with rep ranges. For example, if your press is plateauing then by all means try doing higher rep sets for a while and then, in a few months, come back to lower reps and see if it has helped. You might also want ...

There are, I think, two arguments to be made in favour of slower steady state: (i) it allows you to do more volume as it requires less recovery, and (ii) the extra benefit from going faster is marginal for aerobic work. In running, I have actually seen claims that slowing down to below 80-90% of LT...

I wouldn't worry overly about it so long as you're recovering. There are, I think, two arguments to be made in favour of slower steady state: (i) it allows you to do more volume as it requires less recovery, and (ii) the extra benefit from going faster is marginal for aerobic work. The first of thes...

There seems to be (a common) confusion. Between aerobic and aerobic threshold. By who? Still can not why in most circumstances that the proxy for power.... Heart rate.. Is preferred over the real thing power. I'm not sure why you assume power is the superior measure. What you're trying to do is do ...

@Stu - well very generally any time one tends to eat the same foods over and over again, there seems to be (Jerek: I have no study to say so ;) ) an increased likelihood of developing an intolerance to that very foodstuff. Heh, you don't need a study don't worry :D . I think it's a pretty reasonabl...

Just out of interest what intolerance could you get from eggs? I know that wheat has evolved over years due to over farming and it's innate requirement to protect itself. If anything being farmed should have the opposite effect, since humanity steps in and removes negative evolutionary pressures on...

@Marius - given you're tuned for the the 1000m/4 minute distance I think that makes sense. I look forward to hearing about you beating your own records

On the erg power or its derivatives are available so why would anyone use hr as its proxy ?? Because heart rate takes into account the current state of your body, so if you're under recovered or falling ill it'll be higher for a given power and vice versa if you happen to be particularly fresh on a...

Hope you feel better soon Tom. Didn't know your wrist was bothering you. Thanks Mike. It's actually a problem with my left shoulder/upper back but this results in my pulling differently with my left arm and it ends up transferring to my wrist. Been working on loosening up my pec minor and strengthe...