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Long time no see - low rate HM after a very demanding gym session yesterday. Again no targets and semi-blind only looking at remaining meters, stroke rate and HR. But mostly eyes closed anyway :lol: Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M ❤️ 1:28:40 21,097m 2:06.0 175 900 17 133 10:57.4 2,638m 2:04.6 181...

Long time no see - low rate HM after a very demanding gym session yesterday. Again no targets and semi-blind only looking at remaining meters, stroke rate and HR. But mostly eyes closed anyway :lol: Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M ❤️ 1:28:40 21,097m 2:06.0 175 900 17 133 10:57.4 2,638m 2:04.6 181 ...

thanks again. just to be clear i am not taking meds for anything. when i said meds i probably should have said blood tests. all my indicators that are tested every 6 months are in the upper range of normal. once i am over this flu that is hanging around i will be back on the erg. will see how my ba...

I did a 2K at the weekend and set a new PB by 4.7s (which was almost 2 years old). So I'm pleased with that :D Time Meters Pace S/M HR 6:46.5 2,000m 1:41.6 33 169 1:21.4 400m 1:41.7 32 160 1:21.6 800m 1:42.0 32 169 1:21.5 1,200m 1:41.8 33 170 1:21.8 1,600m 1:42.2 33 172 1:20.1 2,000m 1:40.1 37 174 ...

Kind of reset session, 10k "half" blind. Only remaining meters, rate and HR visible, I went for hoovering 130bpm low rate. Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 41:29.9 10,000m 2:04.4 181 924 17 131 8:15.8 2,000m 2:03.9 184 932 18 130 8:15.4 4,000m 2:03.8 184 934 18 130 8:16.7 6,000m 2:04.1 183 929 18 1...

My slow but continuous progression plan is still working and I am finally doing some rows I feel better about and also my mental state seems a bit better. Nothing amazing or approaching my best but many interval sessions within 2 seconds/split of my best for that session and other random rows or pa...

So there are more People from Germany here? I think not so much, but some :) Stamina is the good translation for condition in German, yes that’s Prio 1 for now. Do you recommend special training for this? MPx already gave a link to Pete Plans, which can be used to build exactly that. Mainly mixing ...

my meds are elevated but not excessively so weight loss will help with that. i have no issues like diabetes and my cholestoral is mildly elevated. Again, no doctor, no medical advice coming. Being overweight and taking meds is clearly showing there are issues. Both is not the natural physical state...

Overmotivated = stupid decisions :lol: Without stupid decisions you don't fully appreciate the good decisions Haha, that's really true! Certainly a tough session which can sneak up and kick you about. So probably not the day for it but no doubt it will get smashed next time. I hope so. Probably som...

Absolutely garbage session. The complete day my body told me not to try, but I did. Roughly 2k warmup, felt not too bad. Started the TOC, 1,2,3,4,5min 1min rest, plan was to go 1:35/37/39 and then see what's coming up. The 2min already felt so hard and during the 3min I gave totally up, as my mind ...

Absolutely garbage session. The complete day my body told me not to try, but I did. Roughly 2k warmup, felt not too bad. Started the TOC, 1,2,3,4,5min 1min rest, plan was to go 1:35/37/39 and then see what's coming up. The 2min already felt so hard and during the 3min I gave totally up, as my mind w...

Hello good evening! just joined this forum here, my name is Volker from Germany. I recently become a concept2 owner and looking for tips with the Training and weight loss especially. I read something about Pete‘s Beginner Plan? Does someone know how to get this? Thanks in advance! Have a nice eveni...

Not a doctor here, but probably you should drop some kilos and work on your muscle strength to support your spine better. Rowing will support this for sure, but more intense strength training will typically have much more benefit (and weight loss will exponentially help with it).

Did my first Full Marathon today, was aiming for under the 3 hour mark so paced for that. Resting heart rate was a bit higher than normal due to remnants of a cold so tried to keep HR in check. The most difficult bit was eating & drinking without losing to much time :) Got a time of 2:59:32 so pret...

Needed something easy for my back, as the last days/weeks were a bit stressing my body. Pulled the lever down (DF 98 reported in the log) and flipped the monitor to the back for a blind row. Soon I realized it wouldn't get an easy session, as I started faster than expected, I felt sweat building up....