Hello
I'm looking for a indoor-cardio-machine to raise my general condition.
My idea was to orientate my workouts on power zones from given structured workouts plans - such as TrainerRoad offers for cycling (based on ftp) - in order to improve weak parts specifically.
On the skierg I like the focus on upper body workout better than just the one on the legs with the bikerg. (Due to arhrosis problems on the hips, the rower is not an option.)
Is there a possibility to do such power zone orientated workouts on a skierg? Rspectively will i find corresponding training plans for the skierg or can I just take those from rowing or cycling?
Another question: With a bike one can exercice on a pretty constant watt-level while on the rower/skierg each hit bases on a graph of power. So does power zone oriented training on a rower/skier make sense at all? Will a program just take the average of watt of each hit in order to define in which power zone I'm currently in?
And can you suggest (for a low to medium trained man) 45-60min workouts and hiit's on a skierg? Or would the bikerg be the better option to choose as the only one cardio-machine?
Thanks a lot for your time and replies!!
Power Zone Training on Skierg
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hjs
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Re: Power Zone Training on Skierg
I use a skierg, it indeed is much more upperbody oriented, although we do stand up and squat, but the main drivers are the muscle in the trunk and arms and not the legs spine.
There are few trainingplans for the skierg specific, some users offer, not for free, plans. I do think you can use plans for other devices, maybe with a few changes here and there.
A skierg can be used for all kind of sessions, from very long to super short etc.
At first, certainly when you are not wel trained upperbody wise, it takes some time to be able to do longer sessions, you use muscle in ways thats a bit unusual, maybe swimmers can get away with it right away.
Relative speaking, to be good on the skierg, you need to be very strong, skiergers, on average, are stronger than rowers or cyclist. Reason being, you have to do the work with less muscle.
The movement is not like cycling, but like rowing or swimming, movements with pauses, power will indeed be an average of the strokes you take.
There are few trainingplans for the skierg specific, some users offer, not for free, plans. I do think you can use plans for other devices, maybe with a few changes here and there.
A skierg can be used for all kind of sessions, from very long to super short etc.
At first, certainly when you are not wel trained upperbody wise, it takes some time to be able to do longer sessions, you use muscle in ways thats a bit unusual, maybe swimmers can get away with it right away.
Relative speaking, to be good on the skierg, you need to be very strong, skiergers, on average, are stronger than rowers or cyclist. Reason being, you have to do the work with less muscle.
The movement is not like cycling, but like rowing or swimming, movements with pauses, power will indeed be an average of the strokes you take.