Concept2 Forum

hello C2 community-

I'm just gettinginto rowing, and are currently mostly doing the concept2 WOD to give me some training sessions to shoot for. I have been erging solid for about a month and completed my first HM (1:39:48.9) during the summer solstice challenge.

I want to get more serious, and direct in my training, but of course my mind is more commited if I have a plan to follow. Currently I row about 3/4 times a week, and do a weight lifting/conditioning workout at home, and crossfit once a week. with 1/2 days of rest during the week.

I am wondering if anybody has had any experience with some of the training programs out there like, concept2 I know has some training stuff, and I keep reading about the PetePlan. Also, I know it costs a lot of money, but has anybody tried training programs from dark horse rowing before. I love his youtube videos, and wondering if it is worth the money, or if the free pete plan is the way to go.

also. I would like to keep my weight training/crossfit days, but am willing to change those up to better suit the sport of rowing.

I feel there is enough information out there to create your own routine with some research, without the need to pay anybody a penny. I see the free pete plan mentioned alot and is closest to how i structure my rowing. Im new myself, this forum has been great for me...reading old posts it seems like 99% of questions newbies need are here somewhere.

Congrats on the HM, i still havent got around to attempting one...and ive been rowing 15k most days for the last 4 weeks or so...so respect to you for doing one after a month!

You shouldn't need to pay for advice at this stage unless you have very specific and serious training goals.
The Pete plan is focussed very specifically on a 2k race performance and is very difficult to maintain beyond 3 or 4 cycles of 3 weeks. It is pretty intense and it is very hard to maintain any significant weights or other cross training if done properly as 5/6 sessions a week. There is also a 5k version of the Plan that is perhaps better for the longer term. There are specific Pete threads on the Training sub forum here that give a lot of really good information about how to best do it - it is a good thing to do if you want a faster 2k. There is also a wealth of really good (cheap) info on other threads in Training as well that will answer a lot of the questions you have and offer plenty of good ideas.
Also look for links to the Interactive Plan which is part of the C2 training guide.
Eric Murray has a You Tube channel which offers lots of good ongoing training ideas.

Awesome-

thanks for the info, I will give the forums a deeper look, and for the advise on the petePlan, and its meaning.