How to increase stroke rate without exhausting myself?

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Re: How to increase stroke rate without exhausting myself?

Post by Vcweiss346 » February 19th, 2023, 12:24 pm

I’m not sure how relevant this is. But, having started rowing just a month ago. When I started out the natural cadence I fell into was 18. Just through the course of training, getting stronger, getting more fit, my natural cadence has moved to 20, maybe 21. I have spent some time with hard efforts but still only stroke rates of 24, 26, 28. Almost zero time at 30 and beyond. Now that I have some base I will spend more time specifically higher rates and see where it goes.

But fundamentally it’s just going to take some training time in those uncomfortable zones.
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