That force curve is still wrong. Please stop posting your "technique" advice to other people because it is wrong. Have you ever been coached by someone who knows what he/her is doing? If you have, you have interpreted what they have said incorrectly.
ranger wrote:
Nope, not at 1:49 @ 21 spm (12 SPI, etc.).
If I wanted to go faster, I raised the rate.
I did a FM at 32 spm.
I did 500s at close to 60 spm.
I would now do a 500m at 45 spm.
I would do a FM at 24-26 spm.
Back in 2003, I finished 2Ks at 40 spm.
At Baltimore in 2006, I pulled a 6:29 2K at 31 spm (without even preparing for it, just on the basis of my foundational rowing).
12 SPI
ranger
Well obviously those rates aren't good. They are a
total waste of energy, with probably the entire recovery being rushed. I would think that you would have learned by now through all your "amazing" training speculation that rowing is a LEGS sport. Take any rower to the gym and he'll leg press or squat significantly in comparison to his bench etc.
Just by the way, you want a "bell-shaped" curve, with a large surface area, with the peak just before the middle of the curve. You want your curve to be smooth too, with no gaps or what-have-you.
However, on the erg, these may not fully apply because of the technical differences between erging and rowing on the water. But then again, "water rowers" do tend to pull the fastest erg times, and I am pretty sure that they don't have special "erg technique" - subtle differences yes, but nothing huge.
