first day rowing, awesome stuff
Posted: April 19th, 2007, 11:19 pm
Hello everyone,
I hopped on a C2 erg for the first time in my life today and I think I'm hooked. My friend on the crew team here told me there's nothing like rowing for a workout and I believe him. I 21, male, 6' even, 175-180 lbs, in good shape and have a decent athletic background... I'm a vol. Firefighter and a USMC Officer Candidate... both professions require good overall strength and great cardio endurance. My only real physical benchmark of note is my PFT score (290s out of 300 on a good day) which consists of 20 pullups, 100 crunches in 2 min, and a 3 mile run (between 19-20 minutes for me). Today my "workout" on the erg was 5x500m with about 1.5-2 minutes rest in between... the damper (?) was on 5. Here are my times:
2:30
2:10
2:00
1:53
1:52
I had no idea what was going on in the first few but by the last couple I thought I was doing a little better. I don't really have a clue as far as form goes other than watching videos online/here... so I assume its heinous. I'm going to enlist my friend on the crew team to help me out/haze me into gear. My heels were lifting up a bit, which can't be good, so I'll work on that tomorrow.
Any advice, comments, insults, would all be welcomed. Also, this website is awesome. Thanks a lot everyone, have fun
David Goodrich
I hopped on a C2 erg for the first time in my life today and I think I'm hooked. My friend on the crew team here told me there's nothing like rowing for a workout and I believe him. I 21, male, 6' even, 175-180 lbs, in good shape and have a decent athletic background... I'm a vol. Firefighter and a USMC Officer Candidate... both professions require good overall strength and great cardio endurance. My only real physical benchmark of note is my PFT score (290s out of 300 on a good day) which consists of 20 pullups, 100 crunches in 2 min, and a 3 mile run (between 19-20 minutes for me). Today my "workout" on the erg was 5x500m with about 1.5-2 minutes rest in between... the damper (?) was on 5. Here are my times:
2:30
2:10
2:00
1:53
1:52
I had no idea what was going on in the first few but by the last couple I thought I was doing a little better. I don't really have a clue as far as form goes other than watching videos online/here... so I assume its heinous. I'm going to enlist my friend on the crew team to help me out/haze me into gear. My heels were lifting up a bit, which can't be good, so I'll work on that tomorrow.
Any advice, comments, insults, would all be welcomed. Also, this website is awesome. Thanks a lot everyone, have fun
David Goodrich