Whatever workout planning method you use, I strongly encourage you to keep detailed records of your workouts, and to row a standard set of workouts that you repeat frequently. Looking at your log book and seeing a long list of directly comparable workouts showing steady improvement is a powerful motivator to keep going when you hit the inevitable rough patch.rowmyboat wrote:I can now see the benefits of being able to 'step' gradually with the aim of improving and I'll persevere with that mode over the next few weeks to hopefully show improvements.
Well, I don't base everything on the 2k target, but there are those who do, and some of them seem to be quite successful with their structured efforts. An example that comes to mind is Jim Pisano, and a thread describing what he does can be found at http://www.c2forum.com/viewtopic.php?t= ... ght=swcspi 2k is a handy aiming point since it is the standard racing distance, so presumably someone with a competitive bent has an idea of what they can do for that distance. It's short enough that no one says "eh, I'm not going to do that, it's too long" like you often hear about the half or full marathon, and long enough that you do have to have some reasonable aerobic fitness to do well. I always think it is FAR too long when actually doing oneYou appear to base all practices on the 2,000 target? Do those who have the excellent 2,000 times not venture into the small distances at all? Or do those perhaps who row 2,000 and longer prefer to keep to the longer distances and don't hamper their times by entering into the shorter distances? I usually aim at all distances but is this restricting in any way?
Bill
