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Although I've only used my bike-erg a few times, and I do look to see the profile of those ahead of me, its a royal PIA to do so. Having a W/kg beside or on each one in the ranking table would be a simple shortcut and prevent excessive manual review. As it is, the bike-erg and ski erg allow big peop...

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This thread is getting at the principle question for nearly all amateur athletes. How do you get the best results from limited trading time. For elite athletes, the primary limitation on training time is optimal recovery. For amateur (and I mean that in the "sports as a hobby" way), the primary lim...

Does "fast" mean they act sooner, or that they can produce equally high force at higher speeds of contraction? James, I am not an exercise physiologist, but my understanding is: That am not certain about the "reaction time" (aka "acting sooner") although given that the FT motor neuron has a thicker...

I have an opinion that is non-scientific, but I have 40+ years OTW sweep/sculling, and have been comfortable with "gamut" ergs of the 70s, the stationary C2, and over the past 5 years, I have been a dedicated "slider" with the model D. Upon putting the erg on slides, I immediately experienced a sig...

Theoretical physics, is: theoretical physics. It is not evidence. The evidence is that better results are not easily reached on a dynamic or slider erg, for someone coming from a static erg. We might even say the evidence shows that using static erg technique on a dynamic, we'll go slower. This is ...

Although, Steve, I think you're way past me on solving the slide riddle. Your times do not lie. Jim, No the times don't lie. I erg on slides almost exclusively now...because it feels "alive" and I like it more. I only switch to static in the 3-4 weeks before Crash B's for sport-specific training. I...

Coming up with a complete physical model of erging would have to be difficult. I have a gut feeling that some stuff has been left out of the erging model. For example, roller friction. I pretty much know what I'm doing on an erg and it is very noticeable to me that sliders are more difficult on whi...

So, what do you do to figure out how fit you are? I decided that I was going to get more organized about measuring where I am and what I need to work on. My thought is to do do testing 2 or three times a year. Once at the end of the OTW season (November) and once before the start of the OTW season ...

I have a HM time trial coming up. I would like to row straight through (a bit less than 1h:30m) without stopping so my time is better. I have been having discomfort in my glutes on pieces longer than 40 minutes. I think that my hamstrings and hips are getting tight. Seat pads do not help. I have tr...

The fluid requirement estimates here are way over the mark in my opinion. You need about 500ml per hour, and the first hour is free as long as you're well hydrated to start with. I would put 9g of salt in a mixture of 500ml water and 500ml orange juice and that'll be enough for the whole piece. Sto...

One interesting point from some of the reading I've been doing. That the effectiveness of high intensity training is more related to the number of training sessions you do than the total work in each session. So, something like two sessions of 5x3' in a week might give better results than one sessi...

I am not certain, but I believe there may be several issues at play. One is hydration (as pointed out by others), another is core temperature which has an impact on hydration, but also has an independent impact on cardiac drift. I too cycle. When on the bike, the cooling effect of the wind mitigates...

Steve, I've never been much of a fan of secondary data when it comes to training versus training based entirely on a history of results. What if the data is actually wrong? Then one launches off on a track that either over- or under-trains you. I think that your past history of results tempered wit...

I repeated my step test today.....but modified it a bit due to the wonky results with the "standard" protocol. I followed the "Steve Roedde Lactate Machine" protocol and finally got some useful (but discouraging) data. First, I hypothesized that it was taking longer to get my aerobic engine warmed u...