2k Help

[[old] frog]

can sum one please give me sum training idears to get my 2k time down as im new to this and have a comp but its only in 5 weeks time. my best time so far is 7mins do you think i could get it down to 6.30 in this short time if i train hard.really need sum training idears and distance plus how many times a day or week could i go without overtraining.please help.thanks<br />

[[old] hjs]

<!--quoteo(post=56238:date=Feb 18 2006, 09:29 AM:name=aroha)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(aroha @ Feb 18 2006, 09:29 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>can sum one please give me sum training idears to get my 2k time down as im new to this and have a comp but its only in 5 weeks time. my best time so far is 7mins do you think i could get it down to 6.30 in this short time if i train hard.really need sum training idears and distance plus how many times a day or week could i go without overtraining.please help.thanks<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />in 5 weeks 6.30 simple : no

[[old] Citroen]

<!--quoteo(post=56238:date=Feb 18 2006, 08:29 AM:name=aroha)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(aroha @ Feb 18 2006, 08:29 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>can sum one please give me sum training idears to get my 2k time down as im new to this and have a comp but its only in 5 weeks time. my best time so far is 7mins do you think i could get it down to 6.30 in this short time if i train hard.really need sum training idears and distance plus how many times a day or week could i go without overtraining.please help.thanks<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Try the six day a week Pete Plan. But don't expect to get an better than 6:55 in that short time.<br /><a href="http://concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5409" target="_blank">http://concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5409</a>

[[old] frog]

<!--quoteo(post=56245:date=Feb 18 2006, 07:10 AM:name=hjs)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(hjs @ Feb 18 2006, 07:10 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=56238:date=Feb 18 2006, 09:29 AM:name=aroha)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(aroha @ Feb 18 2006, 09:29 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>can sum one please give me sum training idears to get my 2k time down as im new to this and have a comp but its only in 5 weeks time. my best time so far is 7mins do you think i could get it down to 6.30 in this short time if i train hard.really need sum training idears and distance plus how many times a day or week could i go without overtraining.please help.thanks<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />in 5 weeks 6.30 simple : no <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />great help :NOT<br /><br />thanks citroen will give petes plan a go i no 5 weeks is a short time but i did a 7 min flat with bad form since than i have had a training session with a top new zealand rower and learnt a lot so i think i can really beat that 7 mins within 5 weeks with my new form,will keep you posted on how im doing

[[old] hjs]

<!--quoteo(post=56281:date=Feb 18 2006, 10:08 PM:name=aroha)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(aroha @ Feb 18 2006, 10:08 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=56245:date=Feb 18 2006, 07:10 AM:name=hjs)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(hjs @ Feb 18 2006, 07:10 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=56238:date=Feb 18 2006, 09:29 AM:name=aroha)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(aroha @ Feb 18 2006, 09:29 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>can sum one please give me sum training idears to get my 2k time down as im new to this and have a comp but its only in 5 weeks time. my best time so far is 7mins do you think i could get it down to 6.30 in this short time if i train hard.really need sum training idears and distance plus how many times a day or week could i go without overtraining.please help.thanks<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />in 5 weeks 6.30 simple : no <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />great help :NOT<br /><br />thanks citroen will give petes plan a go i no 5 weeks is a short time but i did a 7 min flat with bad form since than i have had a training session with a top new zealand rower and learnt a lot so i think i can really beat that 7 mins within 5 weeks with my new form,will keep you posted on how im doing<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Indeed great help . If you ask something impossible than don,t expect an answer. If someone improves 30 sec in a year that would be great and you want it to be don in 5 weeks? Don't fool yourself, if you want to improve you have to work for it and not just 5 weeks but much longer. So yes I would help but not if you ask something totally impossible ......................<br /><br />Tip : don,t just ask but look around on the forum you will find a lot.

[[old] frog]

ok thanks for the advice yeah as you can tell i am new to this sport and have LOTS to learn i am loving the training and this forum i have learnt alot just reading other posts so now have set new goals maybe improve a few seconds in 5 short weeks i hope to carry on though as now i think im hooked.so thanks for putting me straight.

[[old] frog]

been training hard and am new to the sport but in under 2 weeks i have gone from 7:10 to 7:00 and now 6:50 and im sure i have still got room to improve who no,s what i can do come comp day in around a months time had a lesson with top new zealand rower and learnt alot will keep you posted on any new progress.

[[old] hjs]

<!--quoteo(post=57390:date=Feb 27 2006, 02:43 PM:name=aroha)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(aroha @ Feb 27 2006, 02:43 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>been training hard and am new to the sport but in under 2 weeks i have gone from 7:10 to 7:00 and now 6:50 and im sure i have still got room to improve who no,s what i can do come comp day in around a months time had a lesson with top new zealand rower and learnt alot will keep you posted on any new progress.<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Nice, Keep on going but don,t expect to keep improving this fast. It get's tougher and tougher. But you can improve a lot still.

[[old] frog]

yeah thanks, and dont worry its very tough already but im sure i can go a little bit faster,do you guys and girls just go hard out the whole way or do you go steady for first 1000 and try and pick it up in the last 1000 and whats better i see some people do long strokes and some people do shorter strokes which would result in more spins and better time?? or the long stroke results in better time? im 6 ft 4. these might be dumb questions so im sorry just trying to pick up new idears, have been reading other posts and learning alot that way aswell.thanks

[[old] ROWROWROW]

<!--quoteo(post=57529:date=Feb 27 2006, 06:34 PM:name=aroha)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(aroha @ Feb 27 2006, 06:34 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>yeah thanks, and dont worry its very tough already but im sure i can go a little bit faster,do you guys and girls just go hard out the whole way or do you go steady for first 1000 and try and pick it up in the last 1000 and whats better i see some people do long strokes and some people do shorter strokes which would result in more spins and better time?? or the long stroke results in better time? im 6 ft 4. these might be dumb questions so im sorry just trying to pick up new idears, have been reading other posts and learning alot that way aswell.thanks<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I go fairly hard in the first 500, around 2/3 splits below my desired average. Then, I keep a consistent pace until around 250 left when i sprint. <br />Yeah, when i sprint i tend to take really short strokes

[[old] eyespliced]

<!--quoteo(post=57529:date=Feb 27 2006, 06:34 PM:name=aroha)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(aroha @ Feb 27 2006, 06:34 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>yeah thanks, and dont worry its very tough already but im sure i can go a little bit faster,do you guys and girls just go hard out the whole way or do you go steady for first 1000 and try and pick it up in the last 1000 and whats better i see some people do long strokes and some people do shorter strokes which would result in more spins and better time?? or the long stroke results in better time? im 6 ft 4. these might be dumb questions so im sorry just trying to pick up new idears, have been reading other posts and learning alot that way aswell.thanks<br /> </td></tr></table><br />what I do is start off w/ a "power 10" (i.e. in the mid 1:30s) then i bring it up to my desired splits and hold it their till the last 500 were i crank up the intensity