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Hi all, My winter season has started and I want to really make a dent on my 2k over winter. I am 16m, 183 cm and 73kg and my 2k pb is a 7:04. I am thinking about starting the wolverine plan but just want to see everyone's opinions. Would it be worthwhile to follow the WP or should I just do a ton of...

Hi All, I've finished exams and after taking a few weeks off for them I getting back into some intense training. I am planning on getting a membership at the gym again for about a month until season kicks up. I was wondering if anyone had any tips or advice regarding what I should do at the gym to m...

Hi All,
Just recently did a 1k 24 r erg test and was wondering how this translated to 2k. Does this give a rough idea of 2k split from anybody's experience and if so how close was it.
Thanks,
Will

You can try, but it would mean interrupting your current heavy plan, to do some tapering, short and fast. This is typical of Interactive Plan work (level 3 of 5) in the 3 weeks before an intermediate 2k test: 20'UT1 2x8'AT 2x2'TR 2x7'AT 3x2'TR 2x12'UT1 2x10'AT 4x2'TR 2x7'AT 2x4'TR 3x12'UT1 3x7'AT 5...

Can you post the max heart rate you've seen on any of your workouts ? Yep. I don't usually wear heart rate monitor for short hard intervals as I find it quite distracting but when I was doing 4 * 2km intervals my heart rate was at 201. However, it can most likely go higher when doing shorter harder...

Hi Will, You will go sub 7 mins, if you keep training. You are putting good work in. When you do so is the $64,000 question. Looks like you are in a rowing club so does your coach have any advice? He/she may well have good knowledge and experience of working with rowers of your age. If you changed ...

Hey all, I just have a few question about going sub 7 on the erg. I am 15M , 183 cm (6 ft) and weight roughly 70 kg. My last 2 k was in early February this year and I went 7:16 when I was 64 kg and probably an inch shorter. Over the winter I have mainly done ss erg and strength training in the gym. ...

Hi all, My season is starting again and I really want to get my 2k down. Important 2k test are around december, january and february. I have been looking online and I was thinking of hopping on the petes plan. However I am just wondering if I start on the pete plan now is it too early and will I pla...

3*20' UT2 Row:

1:00:00.0 13,215m 2:16.2 139 776 19 164
20:00.0 4,447m 2:14.9 143 790 18 163
20:00.0 4,396m 2:16.4 138 773 19 165
20:00.0 4,372m 2:17.2 135 766 20 166

In this study adding one intensity day/week (one HIT session per 7-10 day) during off season https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262786174_HIT_maintains_performance_during_the_transition_period_and_improves_next_season_performance_in_well-trained_cyclists 1. Makes you faster when measured 8 we...

My purpose for this plan is to come back as strong and fit as possible and to improve my 2k. What's your 2k target? If you know this, do a little maths. Start with the target time, translate to Power in Watts, divide by the rating you think you can do it at; this will give a number, which is the wo...

I think Stu is right, that's a lot of weights , but only little endurance work, so you'll only reach the strength goal but not the fitness goal. It's possible to focus on strength for a while and hold endurance on maintenance, but in my opinion that's not needed if your goal is to improve your 2k. ...

Hhmm, just my thoughts so feel free to ignore them, but the 2k isn't very dominated by strength, and you're definitely missing something by not doing intervals and some mid/high range intensity sessions. I think you're focusing on strength too much eg two types of calf raises aren't needed, and if ...

Hi all, My season is now over and over the past few weeks I have refined and tweaked my training plan for the winter. My purpose for this plan is to come back as strong and fit as possible and to improve my 2k. I have about 5-6 months until training starts again and I will be following the following...

Thanks for all the replies, From what I have read it seems that HR training is not sent and instead dependent on your own max and resting HR. I will try figure out my max heart rate next time I erg but what should I do on the erg for this. In the meantime I will just use 140 - 165 bpm as a guideline...