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My experience with wrist based HR monitors is that they are wrong most of the time. I have a Garmin Vivosmart 4. I measure my heart rate in the morning by counting my heart beats for a minute. I then compare it with the VivoSmart which is typically it is 5 - 10 beat higher . When I erg, I use a Waho...

You worry too much. Your 2k time is NOT relatively weak. First off, unlike the other distances, the 2k is special. It is the official race distance for on the water and for on the erg. There are a rowers (particularly on the water rowers) that compete at the 2k on the erg and nothing or little else....

I like to believe in the honesty of people -- at least some of the time. Your doppelganger is acting like he is innocent, so maybe he thinks he is. His piece is verified and all, how could that happen? My guess would be that he somehow did his 1k on a bike erg or somehow if on a row erg got it to co...

You will break 7:00 sooner than you imagine. You are still a newbie. You are still adapting to the sport. Each time you row, you are becoming more efficient and effective as your body subtly changes the way it times your muscular coordination Per hjs: " Doing three hard rowing sessions a week is pu...

I've just started to follow a 12-week rowing fitness program and realized that one of the daily interval routines isn't supported by the PM5. The routine is to simply a 6x10 stroke (full force as quickly as possible) followed by a 2 minute paddle. For today I just used the Just Row option but was c...

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I will most likely be doing the participator erg. I may also do the competitive live erg event.

Doing the Pete's Plan, eh? In doing these pieces, think about "solving the equation" in other words, figuring out how to maximize the meters/minimize the time. 1. 8x500, 2' rest (I personally would shorten the rest interval to 1' or 1:30'). Estimate of pace: 2k pace +/- 2 seconds per 500m. 2. 4x2000...

The Head of the Charles may be cancelled, but the Virtual Head of the Charles is on!
https://www.row2k.com/hocr/features/202 ... ote-Event/

So what stops you from flying off the back of the slides? Pulling the handle, which is work done. On a Dynamic, body-mass speed is much lower, so there's less work to be done to stop, and more is transferred to the flywheel, if we hold the total constant. I think that we are about on the same page....

That said, I enjoy competing in (Static) Erg Events from time to time, and I am looking for empirical (or just plain perspective informed by experience) regarding whether one would expect a rower AT THE SAME STROKE RATE to be faster or slower on a Static vs. a Dynamic at 1K, 2K and 5K? Extra inerti...

I have copied this abstract before - I believe the original paper to debunk I believe you are right about that being the original scientific paper debunking the formula; however the fallacy of the heart rate formula was become well known in the rowing community much earilier. Too many team 2k/VO2ma...

Okay Boomer, There was a nice little article in the New York Times debunking the 220 - age rule. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/24/health/maximum-heart-rate-theory-is-challenged.html It is a worthy read particularly because rowing is mentioned several times. It also has a great quote by my favorite...

Your post is mainly about your heart rate, so let's start there. Hitting your max heart rate, or at least getting close, is pretty common when doing HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). Your heart won't fail just cause it gets close to your maximum. However, if you have any worries, you should s...

I suggest that you increase your body angle at the start so that your elbow are at either side (+/- an inch or two) of your knees. This should keep you from initially pulling the handle up and over your knees. It also has the advantage of slowing you down a little (and observation that hjs also mad...

Nice video. You were impressive in a good way. You row hard, maybe not very smooth, but hard. You are what the rowing world likes to call, a "hammer." Did you know that prize for winning the CRASH-Bs is a hammer? You are in good company. Good rowing is a complex dance between the footboards, your qu...