Burning legs

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Bartojanssen
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Burning legs

Post by Bartojanssen » November 8th, 2012, 6:15 pm

I started rowing in january and i like it very much, i am still improving but when i am doing longer distances like the
10 k, half marathon my upper back legs are burning like hell at the end, is this normal or is it just a question of technique?
By the way , i am doing 7'17" 2k and 18'58" 5 k , is that ok, 45 years 84 kg?

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Re: Burning legs

Post by Bob S. » November 8th, 2012, 8:46 pm

Bartojanssen wrote: By the way , i am doing 7'17" 2k and 18'58" 5 k , is that ok, 45 years 84 kg?
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Re: Burning legs

Post by truth1ness » November 11th, 2012, 11:39 pm

As long as it's a muscle burn and not a tingling/shooting/nerve type pain you're all good. You want the burn in your legs not back/arms.

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Re: Burning legs

Post by heroesfitness » July 8th, 2013, 6:59 am

Sounds like a build up of lactic acid, if you try doing some high intensity interval training this should increase your tolerance levels and also improve your marathon times.
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