Concept2 Forum

With long rests, we remove all lactate. Then, to train lactate "tollerance" (aka endurance), we'd have to get it back up again and waste a lot of time. So long rests is not how to train endurance. I find two minutes rest is more than enough to stay in training bands whether designated by HR or Watt...

You can’t compare both plans, the beginners plan uses less intense paces, so less rest is needed. I don't understand. Neither BPP nor PP address pace except in a relative sense. The instructions for both BPP and PP on intervals are pretty similar: do the the average pace of the last time you did it...

I'm in week 17 of the Beginner Pete Plan (BPP) and was looking ahead at the regular Pete Plan (PP) . To my surprise the rest times for intervals are significantly longer for PP than PP. I would have expected longer rest times for the beginners. What am I missing? Should I just go with the rest times...

I want to thank Bob Evans and Dsamant for the oil idea. I'm really surprised oiling the rail isn't suggested in the concept2 maintenance video: https://www.concept2.com/service/indoor-rowers/model-d/maintenance, it is a major quality of life improvement. It was taking me a good 5 to 10 minutes to cl...