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Hello Folks……….just to add my penny's worth. At the age of 48-49 I have found myself in the worst shape of my life………5'9" - 238lbs - 40" pants - high BP………but thankfully nothing more serious, probably due to being very fit and active from 16yrs to 40yrs (when I bust my Achilles, and put weight on). ...

Henrik,

Uncannily accurate formula.

Well, there's a challenge then! I'll let you know what happened at the start of October when I've been off the beer for a couple of months.

Thanks and all the best.

Jim

Hello Henrik. Thanks for the reply. Don't quite understand your point about the 'wattage +30% formula'. My best 2k at the start was about 8:15 - after erging since April it is now 7:34, after a few weeks off with holiday & injury I'm at 7:50. To determine potential using the suggested formula which ...

What a beginner could do to determine some realistic whereabouts for his or her potential is an honest test over 2k and look at the wattage. Add 30%. This will usually correspond to around 40secs off your 2k. It is easy to write such a thing, but if you're planning to do it be prepared for loads of ...

Thanks gents. I guess I am labouring under the view that all successful rowers seem to be 230-50lbs and 6'2"-6'6". Perhaps that's just for rowing on water - where I guess that a heavier boat will have more momentum once it gets going. The point about SPM cadence - surely shorter atheletes have to wo...

I am a stocky ex-rugby player with an inside leg of 29". I have got into erging regularly over the last few months, and despite being 41 I still want to make substantial improvements to my times, however I suspect that with not being 6'5" and 230lbs there's a probably limit to how far I can get. My ...

Gerhard,

I'm erging at about 26-30spm for every distance. It certainly hurts, but I feel I have no choice seeing as my inside leg is only 29".

I may be doing it wrong though.


Cheers,

Jim

Hello Neil - and everyone else, this is my first post. I have used C2 off and on for a number of years, but due to rupturing my Achilles tendon playing rugby last year, this spring I decided to make C2 my prime training. I started in April 2007 hugely overweight and unfit after being inactive for ov...