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I completed six cycles (18 weeks) consecutively on PP, and in retrospect I should have taken a rest cycle or two. The final cycle was very difficult, almost dreadful to do every morning. It's also the mental fatigue of doing the same thing, but having to do it faster than the last, and here I was th...

jvincent wrote:This is the kind of thing where a video would help to diagnose.

Exactly what I was going to suggest.

Point taken, Carl. But I didn't mean it as jab at the OP, but as a puzzlement, that someone who seems to have a good level of fitness and of good size should be able to do more. One has ask why not. Of course we all try to be helpful when we can, but when something doesn't seem right I have to ask, ...

Something doesn't sound right here. For someone of decent height, weight, and fitness to be outputting only 94 watts for 3800m, and at 23spm, is quite strange to me. Either your technique is horrible or your fitness is very poor, or both.

Welcome to the forum. I'll take a stab at this. It might be that your shoulders are too tense during the recovery phase of your stroke. The recovery should be very relaxed. All that tension might be transmitted all the way up your neck muscles. If you're a relatively new erger, you could try posting...

Big TV, Kick ass sound system and a good movie or serialized TV show on Blue Ray are key to me. I have rowed my way through Mad Men and the first couple of seasons of Boardwalk Empire. +1 for the big TV, but I prefer a good set of wireless headphones. Without them, you'd have to crank the volume up...

Machines, regardless of what they are--ellipticals, ergs, treadmills, climbers, bikes, are all BORING! A dynamic erg might keep me amused for a few weeks with the change in motion, but eventually it's still goes back to being boring. If you're rowing day in and day out, the best thing is to use some...

Cyclist2, are you riding 2+ hours on an indoor stationary bike? I think that most would agree that doing anything outside, whether it's riding, running, or rowing, is preferable to the indoor counterpart. I can run for 2+ hours outside without music or any other distraction, but I won't last 20 minu...

I've watched some good movies that I would have never watched if I weren't rowing. Unless you're working on some hard interval pieces, getting lost in a movie is a great way to pass the time on longer pieces. I will do it with the PM turned down. Good wireless earphones and subtitles are a must thou...

Cyclingman1 wrote:Just 2 months before turning 45, I ran a 1:21:40 (6:14 pace) marathon at 194 lb.

I think you mean half marathon. Still nonetheless impressive for an almost clydesdale, but running a 1:21 marathon, you would have beaten the current world record by a good 40+ minutes.

If the OP hasn't rowed much before and is able to do sub-7, he's obviously quite fit, 200-lb or not. However, if he's not done much rowing before it's unlikely that his technique is very good. He may already be very close to his aerobic limit. And gains from improving his aerobic capacity will be ve...

Bob S, I was just about the make the same comment. Improvement in technique might make up a large portion of those improvements of which everyone speaks.

But the question I'm asking is any of this realistic? The question I'd have to ask is are you currently pulling any of those paces, and if so, is there any more left in the tank? And given your current fitness condition, is there room for improvements? How much room? 10%? 5%? 2%? If you were a rela...

I would normally ask why you are interested in knowing, as you did not including any information about yourself or your goals, but I'm sure you'll divulge that later on, so this is what I do: Legs, once a week, back squat, deadlifts, lunges Back, shoulders, chest: 1-2 times a week; pullups, BB rows,...

I'm gaining weight fast and getting out of shape. The erg is the only thing that really gives me a good workout. I need cardio now.... Perhaps try modifying your diet, i.e. don't eat so much. Losing and gaining weight is largely dependent on what you put in your mouth and your general level of dail...