Why would you want to practice rowing badly?KevJGK wrote:9.5 - 9.75 spi is what the WP calls for at 16 & 18 spm at my reference pace and it feels exactly right; exactly as MC describes it "tough but doable".
Sure we can all pull a few strokes at a much higher spi but whats the point if we can't maintain it? 16 spi would be suicide as part of an endurance session for me.
So that you will be slow?
If at 190 lbs. you are only pulling 9.5 SPI in your low rate rowing, you are doing something terribly wrong.
Post a video rowing 16-18 spm at 9.5 SPI.
Let's take a look.
As I mentioned, I would guess that you are not using your legs as you should.
Your timing is bad.
No reason to make bad habits permanent by practicing them!
Foundationally, rowing is about skeletal-muscular capacities and technical skills.
It isn't about endurance.
First take good strokes.
Then learn to row well habitually, unconsciously, and with great endurance.
Heck, if you are going to row 9.5 SPI, at least row 10 MPS and rate 27 spm.
Then at least you will be doing something positive and useful, like learning an efficient ratio.
That won't solve your problem with effectiveness, though.
Right now your rowing is screamingly ineffective.
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