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I had the same experience with my brand new Mod D when it arrived in February - direct from C2.

One of the legs the holes didn't line up correctly. I've ended up using a couple of washers and a spacer to get it to work.

IIRC it was exactly the same when I got my Mod C back in 2003 or so !

I could never get my 235 to connect to the PM5. Ended up buying a chest HR strap - which also seems a lot more accurate on the rower than my wrist-based readings. I don't know if it's just my watch or not, but the wrist-based HRM seems to pick up some sort of interference and electrical impulse gene...

Try some longer rows - say one per fortnight. The sheer endurance it'll give you means that you'll be able to maintain form better over the shorter distances. By longer rows I mean 30 min, 10k and 60 min rows. Your progress won't be linear forever, I'm afraid to say. It will be linear for a while, b...

Only just seen this : I did the running version (4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours) last June. My take from the event : 1. Know your sweat use and fluid needs. For me, I found in training that I needed to take on roughly 750ml of fluid to compensate for each run. Add in 'subsistence' fluid and I ne...

I've not been on the erg much recently (only 63k in January), been cross-training with a bit of running and time on the turbo trainer to boot. But ... the new C2 has arrived ! I went on the waiting list back on the 14th October, and it was delivered this morning by 2 very cheerful and helpful lads f...

A bit over a week off after I wrenched my shoulder, testing to see if everything is working properly today

5 min warm up - 1192m

5k - 20:04.6

5 min cool down - 1203m

A bit sore, but everything seems to be working OK

Total for today : 7395m

Season to date : 714,103m

Had my first shot of the Covid jab on Friday - a rather sore shoulder over the weekend, so didn't train at all. Damn, that's a brilliant excuse for being lazy, shame there's only one part to go ! Anyway, back to it this evening. A 5 minute warm up, followed by the 'classic' C2 pre-set descending int...

Big J wrote: ↑

January 13th, 2021, 7:57 pm

it would be helpful if more experienced rowers could look at my training and pass comment on it.

If you want people to be able to look at your training, then you can adjust settings in your profile

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Big J wrote: ↑

January 13th, 2021, 7:57 pm

it would be helpful if more experienced rowers could look at my training and pass comment on it.

If you want people to be able to look at your training, then you can adjust settings in your profile

See my profile link below for an example

I'm a bit dubious on the wrist-based HR watches on the C2 - my Garmin watch doesn't work well with it, for some reason. It tends to read my HR as exactly 3 time my stroke rate, so there looks to be some sort of inducted field happening This doesn't happen with the chest HR strap Watch is a Garmin 235

Sat on the turbo trainer for 5 minutes as a warm up. 30 minutes - aiming for a PB (old PB 7371m) Splits set at 3 minutes, as it makes target maths simple when the brain isn't working properly 3:00 733 6:00 735 9:00 727 12:00 742 15:00 740 18:00 738 21:00 738 24:00 738 27:00 743 30:00 773 Total 7407m...

My RHR for the last week has ranged between 47 and 56, with an average of 52 Today, my RHR is 49, but my Garmin watch says that my lowest recorded number in the last 4 hours is 42. My RHR can be heavily affected by training the day before (especially running, rowing or cycling have less effect, not ...

A Pete plan variation for me today - long day in work, so slightly reduced from the 'normal' Plan : 500m @2k-3 / 3:30 recovery, 8 reps Me : 500m @2k-3 / 3 min recovery, 6 reps With the new 2k pace @1:52.4, pulling 1:49.4 was the target 500m 1:49.6 500m 1:49.5 500m 1:49.3 500m 1:49.3 500m 1:49.2 500m...

A nice easy session today - 7k, at a steady pace

7000m - 29:57.0 - 2:08.3

Season to date : 662,237m

Put down your (probably erg-based) 2021 targets, and, at the end of the year, we can all re-visit and see how we did Most folks do this in April. The "rowing season" runs 1st May to 30th April, not 1st Jan to 31st Dec. That's a very good point, I'd not thought if it ! Thanks, and apologies. Will re...