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2. I totally agree with the idea of transitioning from a low carb diet to a protien heavy, moderate carb diet. If you will be moving on from the Pete beginner plan to the Pete plan, you will be burning up to a thousand calories per training day above your basal metabolic rate. It sounds like to hav...

I am 5 feet, 9 inches, and 18 years old. Over the past few months my weight has been steadily going down. It went down tremendously quickly the first few weeks (this I assume is the water weight). But since then as slowed to a steady decreasing pace. I have been meticulously keeping track of my carb...

Hi Everyone, During the past two months I started myself on a new no/low-carb diet, and had lost 31 pounds when I checked last week. However, I recently began to supplement my diet plan with a rowing workout (the Beginner Pete Plan), forearm and seated row weight training, as well as a nice relaxing...

chgoss wrote:well, I've never had a muscle develop fast enough that I would get a stretch mark ...
but, I would think thats fine

You don't know how much I envy you for that, man. These are a big reason why I don't like weight training, I've got them across my biceps, back, and chest.

You really should also start to strengthen your forearms and shoulders with a steady diet (4x week) of forearm curls (palm down and palm up) and seated rows (with weights). That will help avoid tendinitis.. Hi Chad, thanks for the advice. I've started the forearm curls, and will be doing a few sets...

Not a cyclist by any chance are you ? Well, I did do some cycling for a few months this year -- but, most of my leg strength is genetics. I grow muscle mass faster than normal people (from what I've observed), and I have been pretty overweight for a good portion of my life thus far. So, when those ...

You mean you ONLY have pain in your shoulders and elbows ? Ahaha! Nooo, the rest of my arms and back start to hurt and get tired after a while, too. Although, my legs are really, really strong. So I don't usually feel anything really painful or tiring there. I just get disappointed that the only re...

I've recently taken up rowing, and I'm concerned because the majority of the pain I'm feeling is in my elbows and shoulders, simply because of the resistance pulling the handle, when my legs begin the drive. It is not until later that I ever feel pain in my biceps or forearms.

Is this normal?

I'm looking to lose some weight while rowing, and get into shape to being rowing competitively. I'm currently on the Pete plan and I was wondering of you guys have any advice as to what my diet should consist of? I'm currently 18 years old, 190 pounds (still looking to lose about twenty), with a nat...

Thanks for the advice hjs, I'll change the damper to 4 or 5 next time, and work my way down to at least 2:00 in the next few weeks. I knew I was going really slowly, and I wanted to go faster, but the Pete plan told me not to, ahaha. Also, I guess the fact my arms were tired was because I was grippi...

What is your age and weight? What drag are you rowing at? And what pace and rate are you rowing for 5K? That will tell the story. ranger I am 18 years old and weigh 193 (although I used to weigh 220 a 2 months ago) and I have a genetically big (both in muscle and fat) build. I had the damper at 10 ...

Thanks ThatMoos3Guy, I've seen that video before, but I've watched it a few more times now, and paid more attention to each individual part of the stroke. I think I might have identified what I've been doing wrong. I was gripping the handle far to hard during the course of the exercise (in fact, my ...

I just started rowing to get fit, and I've started on the Pete Plan (http://thepeteplan.wordpress.com/beginner-training/) today. When I start to do something i get really eager and keen, so, I decided to do two sets of 5000m and focus on technique instead of speed. Everyone tells me it's all legs, a...

Hi Everyone, I came to this online community because I need help. I am 18, in university, overweight and unfit. I want to use rowing as a catalyst to get me back to shape. I've been looking for a sport to become active in, and once I discovered rowing, I just couldn't stop researching it. Technique,...