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I have always been a proponent of minimalism in strength training, and spend the minimal time lifting that provides benefits while leaving more time for running, rowing and other activities. I perform only two sets per week of a variety of exercises that develop balance across muscle groups (e.g., ...

I have run several marathons where more of my training was on the rowing ergometer than on the road (not because rowing is better than running when preparing for a marathon, but because at my age I don't really tolerate the mileage I did when I was younger). I would recommend using the erg for supp...

This is as close to "perfect" as I've seen on these forums. You must have done a lot of reading on training plans, and likely already have thoughts on the following. You want "progressive" overload, so ramp up to this plan in a sustained gradual way from what you've been doing. Too much too soon cr...

Hi Stefano! If you are training to run a marathon, I'd follow a marathon training program. They'll typically have you running with a mix of speed sessions and steady state, and all cross-training would be steady state. Anecdotally, I'm doing all of my hard sessions on the rower right now and am doi...

A big part of what you're doing is building confidence. As long as you can recover and do every session that you want to do, doing longer distances / times will always be better. When you feel like you're smashing every session, it's a virtuous circle as it breeds more subconscious energy I'm sure ...

2 weight session is about optimal. Doing your hard rowing intervals on the same days as weight training makes sense. You could also do long/slow (UT2 level) rowing workouts at 70% or less of max heart rate on the same days you do your long slow runs. If you have more than 1 hard running session / w...

Hi Dangerscouse, thanks a lot for your reply…I agree with you: I don’t find much crossover but rowing is one of the greatest tool I tried for Cv fitness. I have only a doubt about the two sessions I want to schedule: is it better to keep longer and shorter intervals (like 4x2k for the first session ...

Hi everyone! My name is Stefano, I'm from Italy...it's a pleasure to meet you and sorry for my bad English. I bought a C2 Rowerg a year ago and after a few months of intense use, I fell in love with running and i started training intensely for my first marathon scheduled for November 2022. In additi...