Welcome and congrats on the PB! My HR runs high, so I don't wear the monitor if I'm pushing hard. I also struggle not doing a TT when doing a SS. 2 items have really helped me 1) row using a restricted SPM as you mention, and 2) rowing without straps ontmonahan wrote:This is my first post here, hopefully, there will be many more to come. I am 18 years old, 6'3" 185 lbs and I am starting out on the BPP. I have been rowing for a few weeks now (only about 8 sessions) and am ready to take it seriously. In previous years I have competed in triathlons competitively, although, I took the winter off to lift and my endurance is abysmal. My goal is to be in good enough shape to walk on to my college's rowing team (obviously in the novice boat).
Anyways, I did Week 1.1 today. I fixed my form and tried to remain conscientious of it throughout the row. I definitely went way too hard as can be seen by my heart rate. Though, on the bright side, I set a 5k PB by 2 minutes as well as a 2k PB in the last 2k of the 5k. I really struggle with going easy on the SS and would appreciate some advice. Should I try to just row 20 SPM, or force myself to keep my HR under 165? Any help is appreciated.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR
20:31.1 5,000m 2:03.1 188 945 26 184
4:09.2 1,000m 2:04.6 181 922 27 176
4:11.2 2,000m 2:05.6 177 907 26 176
4:08.2 3,000m 2:04.1 183 929 26 184
4:04.0 4,000m 2:02.0 193 962 27 189
3:58.5 5,000m 1:59.2 206 1009 28 196
Early gains. Racing your training is fine, this will sort itself out, soon enough you can,t race every session anymore.tmonahan wrote:This is my first post here, hopefully, there will be many more to come. I am 18 years old, 6'3" 185 lbs and I am starting out on the BPP. I have been rowing for a few weeks now (only about 8 sessions) and am ready to take it seriously. In previous years I have competed in triathlons competitively, although, I took the winter off to lift and my endurance is abysmal. My goal is to be in good enough shape to walk on to my college's rowing team (obviously in the novice boat).
Anyways, I did Week 1.1 today. I fixed my form and tried to remain conscientious of it throughout the row. I definitely went way too hard as can be seen by my heart rate. Though, on the bright side, I set a 5k PB by 2 minutes as well as a 2k PB in the last 2k of the 5k. I really struggle with going easy on the SS and would appreciate some advice. Should I try to just row 20 SPM, or force myself to keep my HR under 165? Any help is appreciated.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR
20:31.1 5,000m 2:03.1 188 945 26 184
4:09.2 1,000m 2:04.6 181 922 27 176
4:11.2 2,000m 2:05.6 177 907 26 176
4:08.2 3,000m 2:04.1 183 929 26 184
4:04.0 4,000m 2:02.0 193 962 27 189
3:58.5 5,000m 1:59.2 206 1009 28 196
at rate 18/22.Welcome to this thread and the forum, great place to learn from many experienced rowers as I have and still learning. I'm very new to the sport after a very long lay off (over 10 years) from when I did a fair bit of rowing and the big difference I find now compared to then is my SPM - it is way lower. I too am doing the BPP (5.1 yesterday) and I never thought I'd do 7000 at 22 SPM and keep a decent pace and feel comfortable. I really think my stroke is improving and getting stronger with each week that goes by.tmonahan wrote:This is my first post here, hopefully, there will be many more to come. I am 18 years old, 6'3" 185 lbs and I am starting out on the BPP. I have been rowing for a few weeks now (only about 8 sessions) and am ready to take it seriously. In previous years I have competed in triathlons competitively, although, I took the winter off to lift and my endurance is abysmal. My goal is to be in good enough shape to walk on to my college's rowing team (obviously in the novice boat).
Anyways, I did Week 1.1 today. I fixed my form and tried to remain conscientious of it throughout the row. I definitely went way too hard as can be seen by my heart rate. Though, on the bright side, I set a 5k PB by 2 minutes as well as a 2k PB in the last 2k of the 5k. I really struggle with going easy on the SS and would appreciate some advice. Should I try to just row 20 SPM, or force myself to keep my HR under 165? Any help is appreciated.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR
20:31.1 5,000m 2:03.1 188 945 26 184
4:09.2 1,000m 2:04.6 181 922 27 176
4:11.2 2,000m 2:05.6 177 907 26 176
4:08.2 3,000m 2:04.1 183 929 26 184
4:04.0 4,000m 2:02.0 193 962 27 189
3:58.5 5,000m 1:59.2 206 1009 28 196
I agree. It's that middle 500.... more specifically about 700-200m to go really gets me mentally. I am getting better with mental games, but it's hard to keep up when my body is telling a different story.jbhop5857 wrote:@rayofsunshine: Doesn't that hurt? I hate that distance, seems like the middle 500 is the most ridiculous thing. Really well done, you did them on 3R, I had 5R, big difference there. Nice work.....
David
It was painful. I had set a new goal of 41:10 with about 6k left. With a little under 2500m to go, I was struggling and gave up on the new goal so that I wouldn't HD. I figured I could still get the 41:30. Then, I felt like I was going to miss that because the wheels were falling off. Somewhere inside 800m I completely emptied the tank. The last 10 strokes or so were pathetic.. I think they were up near 2:08. I couldn't breath, was dizzy, yada, yada.jbhop5857 wrote:Good Day,
@ray - Awesome job!! I think with just constant pacing you have more room to grow immediately also. Very well done. That 2:05 split towards the end looks like it hurt.
Cycle 1/ Week 3/ Day 2
12k SS @23spm and HR <145. Avg. 2:06.4
This was a large increase in recovery meters, but my body wanted in. Went for a 10 mile bike ride yesterday and forgot about the butt pain of getting back on the bike, so a bit sore there today. I was impressed with HR for the first 7500 of this as it was sitting at 138. Glad to see some progress there, hopefully it will translate to sprints in a few months.
Have a great day
David