1.37 500MoonPlanet wrote: ↑June 28th, 2020, 2:23 pmRelatively new rower here (started last october), struggling to maintain leg strength during covid. Currently my training looks like around 4 sessions a week, 3 steady-state of 40-60 mins per week and 1 harder one, plus 3-4 runs per week (I'd rather not cut this if I can; I enjoy it) and a circuit session or two. I've only really started properly thinking about my training since covid started, and although my aerobic system has made huge gains, my legs start to get sore more easily (well before my lungs even feel like they're working hard) and my sprinting ability has taken a gigantic hit. My 2k-paced stuff has gotten a split or two faster but my max watts have fallen from 570W to just 450W. Before covid I did weight training once or twice per week but now that's not an option. I know max watts isn't the be-all and end-all but it's now starting to interfere with the rest of my training as I can't fully push my aerobic system in the harder stuff and my steady-state stroke rates are now creeping up to 20 rather than 18.
How do I reverse or at least stop this loss? High-power sprint sessions? More bodyweight exercises? Hard rate-capped pieces? Really need a solution because at this rate by the time I can row on the water my max watts will be the same as my 2k...
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Looking at your pb s. there is a very narrow margin between your sprint and your 2k.
Don’t know how you got those 570 and 450 readings. But for 570 peakpower 1.25 pace I would expect a stronger 500.
Other point, although max power absolutely is an important marker, it is not something you should train for a lot. It should come naturally. The base training for 2k and above is fitness and building a good stroke. Not building a monster stroke.