Concept2 Forum

Pushing 58. I choose a range of (low) 110 (high) 185 bpm.<br />I did a pb of 20:03 for 5k (df130) averaging a bpm of around 145. (I maxed at 180bpm.)<br /><br />What I find encouraging is that my recovery time is reducing but I haven't been able, yet, to measure the time between when I finish and wh...

Thanks for the replies everyone.<br><br><br>Much Appreciated<br>Bill

I'm in Los Angeles for 2 weeks.<br>I brought my training gear but can I find a gym that has the Concept 2?? <br>All the gyms I have rung have never heard or concept2 or rowing machines<br>This can't be true -- they must exist here somewhere<br><br>I am getting withdrawl symptoms <br><br>Does anyone ...

Luckily I have never suffered from the problem whilst erging.<br>I did slip once on the "Spinning Bike" on a hill stretch.

Hi I am mid way through my 16 week training programme but have to go to Los Angeles to work for a couple of weeks at LAX airport at the end of November/Early December.<br>I will be based around the airport and need to find a gym that has the concept2 rowing machines which I can use.<br>Does anyone h...

Reading through the various posts, I notice that we all use different DFs - only natural I suppose but is the correct that there is no standard DF when in a competition? Surely a rower using 130DF will be at a disadvantage to someone using 110.

I had a good day yesterday<br>2k warm up at 2:10spm followed by 2 x 14min at 2.03 (3 min break).<br>Then 4 x 500m sprints with 1 min break @1:55 1:54 1:53 & 1:51<br>so 10.754 mtrs making 91k this month all at 130df.<br><br>Then did the rest of my programme aiming at a sub 7:30 2k.next month<br>OK th...

Is there a mandatory drag factor set in competitions for any of the challenges? 500/2k/5k etc.<br><br>My work out ranges between 21 & 26SPM My 2K PB was 26spm my 500m was 31spm<br><br>I set my DF at 130 to do all my work.<br>Should I be reducing this when I go for "ranking" distances. I want to get ...