Concept2 Forum

On further research I found the various HR formulas and decided on Tanaka max rate 162 and read up on 80/20 training. So have been rowing at 22 spm within 70-80% zone 2, drag setting 6 and consistently achieve 80-85% of the hour in this zone -distance is about 12.5-12.7k but this is not as important...

i have just done an hour row all in UT2 or below 12715m, split 2.21.5, 22spm 50min UT2, 10 min below, ave HR 118bpm, max HR 128bpm, 123 watts, 116 drag Recent row... 13019, split 2.18.2, 22spm, 29min UT2, 27min UT1, ave HR 122, max HR 141, 132 watts, 123 drag I'm not sure what I take from this other...

Clearly a variance of opinion regarding this but I think my original question still stands - is it safe/wise/appropriate given my age 65 and good levels of fitness to row at 90%+ HR for any significant amount of time? I understand the need for a solid basic aerobic fitness but I am not rowing for sp...

Digging deeper into this it seems there are benefits of rowing for lengthy periods in UT2 - so i have looked up how to calculate my UT2 threholds and depending which method is used eg 220 - age or HRR = MHR minus RHR or rowing.org.uk calculator in my case 70% is either 108, 132 or 140 - a huge diffe...

Thanks for the many comments - I now get the notion of levelling off. Have found a PetePlan5 Lite which is 3 days a week, so it will fit in with my general training regime, for 12 weeks so plan to give this a go in the autumn as away most of September. Finding time to do more sessions is not easy as...

Thanks for the suggestions - I have decided to row for 60 minutes having built up through 30 and the 10k for endurance purposes; one of my hobbies is mountain hiking here in the uk and I am usually out for 5 hours - ascent of 3000+feet for a distance of c10 miles' so the rowing has really been helpi...

I'm a 65 year old rower 5"11 and 12 stone - have rowed on and off since my 30's but have fully picked it up again in the last few years. I've progressed to rowing for 1 hour and have been religiously staying in my 80-90% HR which is 129-145 bpm, stroke rate 22/23 damper setting is between 5 and 6, d...