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Don,t be afraid to push the rate. If this did not feel super tough you will pretty easy pull this during a 2k. Sessions like this should feel very nasty, if not you have reserve. Learning to push yourself is part of getting better. Thanks for this - and understood. Yesterday was definitely not very...

I’m sure you will have thought of this, but over the last couple of weeks I’ve been following (out of curiosity) a few Concept 2 sales through eBay, and there doesn’t really appear to be a massive difference in what a Model D or Model E sells for. Therefore, one option might be to sell your Model D ...

I really hope the link between 8*500m intervals and 2k pace is accurate.... yesterday I was in a hotel gym and a bit short of time, so did 7*500m, 1 min recovery at an average of 1:54.6. Splits were: 1st 500m 1:55.2 28s/m 2nd 500m 1:53.8 27s/m 3rd 500m 1:54.6 27s/m 4th 500m 1:54.4 29s/m 5th 500m 1:5...

An "average" difference between 2/5k is roughly 6 seconds in pace. If you haven,t done much faster work it could certainly help. It can make you stronger. 500m reps on 1 min rest are roughly 2k pace. On longer rest a good bit faster. Talking about 8 reps. 250 reps again on 1 min are roughly 1k pace...

Thanks John, I’m definitely still learning and experimenting with what pace I ought to be aiming for, and what recovery ratio to use. I knew I definitely wanted to do seven reps today, and that this was more important to me than risking a HD if I tried to stick wih a 1:00 recovery or shaving a secon...

Really satisfied with today’s session. 7*1000m; 2:00r Splits were as follows 1000m 3:57.9 (1:58.9) 30s/m 149hr 1000m 3:57.3 (1:58.6) 28s/m 159hr 1000m 3:57.8 (1:58.9) 29s/m 164hr 1000m 3:57.2 (1:58.6) 29s/m 164hr 1000m 3:57.4 (1:58.7) 29s/m 167hr 1000m 3:57.1 (1:58.5) 29s/m 169hr 1000m 3:52.5 (1:56....

Have just finished today’s interval session, which ended up being 5* 1250m; with 5m recovery. Splits were 1st 1250m 1:58.2 SR26 (HR149) 2nd 1250m 1:58.3 SR25 (HR159) 3rd 1250m 1:58.9 SR25 (HR163) 4th 1250m 1:59.0 SR26 (HR165) 5th 1250m 1:59.1 SR27 (HR168) I had intended to do 6, and am mildly annoye...

Thanks JP - I will have a read of the Pete Plan for 5k. I’m not sure I’m going to follow a strict plan per se, and I feel as though I’m pretty close to being able to squeeze under the 20 min mark... I will however keep doing some intervals for a few more weeks and will post on here anything of inter...

You can do a 5k at 28 in 20 minutes (203W), if you learn to pull a 7.5W stroke (W/Rating). You're not far off, but it has to be done, no matter in what combination, rating or distance. As a test, try some 30'/20 or similar low rate work at about 150W, concentrating on the stroke itself. This may in...

Today will be a nice lazy 21097m at below 152bpm! I of course do not know your aerobic and anaerobic thresholds, but I am not sure that the aforementioned dr. Seiler would consider 152 BPM lazy enough. Fair comment - and I suspect you are right. 152bpm for me is roughly 75% of my heart rate reserve...

Before I bought my Model D I had a Tunturi rower.... (not the R50) To be honest, they are not awful, and for the money it was a reasonable bit of kit... however, it was nowhere near as good as the Concept2, and as soon as I could afford to, I switched. I’ve looked at the Tunturi website, and an R50 ...

I did another interval session yesterday, and attempted to do 4*1500m, at goal pace of 1:59.9, rate 30; and 2:00m recovery... I was toying with a longer recovery, but figured I would see how it felt at a ratio of 3:1 (6m effort, 2m easy) Family life got in the way and I was interrupted, so ended up ...

Carl Watts wrote: ↑

October 12th, 2018, 3:23 pm

Yes if the second hardware version made after mid 2008.

See if you have the later version by the firmware its running here.

https://www.concept2.com/service/monitors/pm4/firmware

It is - my Model D is a 2012.

All I’ve recently bought a PM5 monitor for my indoor rower. I did this at the same time as I bought a skierg because I wanted the ability to quickly switch between the two using Bluetooth Connect and the ErgData app. I’ve stuck the PM4 monitor that was on my machine in the cupboard, but am now wonde...

My current 5k Pb is 20:24, and one of my short term goals is to get this below 20m. 20.24 - 5k is 190 Watts, not bad at all. To get to 203W (20') a lot depends on the rating you used in your last 5k. If high, you'll need to improve your stroke. If low, you'll have to increase the rating. Both can b...