LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.

[Kona2]

Welcome to all new team members! We will, naturally, try to convince all who have joined the Fall Team Challenge Luna-Tic team to also join us year round in what Concept2 calls the affiliation team. To join the year round team, you have to go to your profile while in your logbook, click on edit, and scroll down to affiliation....and then select Luna-Tics. I know, confusing!


Meanwhile, stats are a bit delayed (but they'll be out sometime today). It's a busy day. I did crack up when I saw the section headline below....must be a Denver epidemic...

[j1415]

Rowed 10,000m for the first time today. 45 minutes, 600 cal.
This could get addictive!
147,000m since Aug.11th (date I started using logcard)
With winter approaching, not much else to do in this frozen wasteland...
Cheers.

[Kona2]

Woohoo! More milestones being achieved every day ! Great rowing by all !

Welcome Wim (WR) to the year round team.

Season meters as of 126/365 = 37,583,010 m

Total meters on the day = 832,380 m

Oars in space (participation) = 41 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Right...Celebrations:

1.9 MM Will S
1.55 MM Rosi
1.50 MM Ron
1.50 MM David A
1.5 MM Minnie
1.4 MM Brett
1.4 MM Ronnie
1.35 MM Bernie
900 K Baz
750 K David T
550 K Barbara bg
550 K Peter G
250 K Marty
250 K Dave H
50 K Robert

Thanks to all who rowed in the last two days...and to all who are rowing today!

Allie 600 m
Ashlee 700 m
Kaylee 720 m
Ethan 1,010 m
Steven D 1,015 m
Mario 1,700 m
Philip 2,000 m
Nicole 2,542, 3236 m you go, girl !
Benny 2,800 m
Tammy 3,000 m
Marty 3,400 m
Mitch J 3,503 m
Roger 4,000 m
Mary O 4,107 m
Andre 4,339 m
Harold 4,500 m
Peter G 5,000 and 3,500 m
Tom M 5,941 m
Jeff M 5,984 m
Z 7,000 m
Dave H 10,000 m
Robert 10,000 m
Ronnie 11,000 m
David T 12,000 m
Rosi 12,000 m
Kim 13,097 m, 10,094 m .... and congrats on that fine first 10K! woot !
David A 14,456, 9765 m
Gabby 15,000 m
Ross 15,273 m
Karen 15,967 m
Jay 16,600 m
Jim K 16,945 m
Charles B 17,247 m
Minnie 21,097 m and 21,336 ... Minnie the Mooner returns !
Jodi N 22,031 m
Brett 22,034 m
bg 25,788 m
Ron 31,097 m
Baz 43,750 m
Bernie 56,116 m
WR 64,090 m
Will S 255,000 m ... will have to start the 2 MM countdown !

speed posting....

Go team go !

[Rumping]

Of course, those 64km are my total for last 30 days or so, not what I rowed in the last two days I wish I was at a 32k/day pace, but then I'd have to radically change my diet and stop playing Farmville (as well as abandon my wife & kids).

[Toothdoc]

Of course, those 64km are my total for last 30 days or so, not what I rowed in the last two days I wish I was at a 32k/day pace, but then I'd have to radically change my diet and stop playing Farmville (as well as abandon my wife & kids).

Sounds like a noble goal! LOL

danno

[rosita]

Welcome to all new teammates, I am so glad you have joined our team
Danno, I am so happy to see you posting again, hope you are feeling better and following doctor and your wifes orders.
Rosi

[bg]

Of course, those 64km are my total for last 30 days or so, not what I rowed in the last two days I wish I was at a 32k/day pace, but then I'd have to radically change my diet and stop playing Farmville (as well as abandon my wife & kids).

details, details.... :-}

[just27]

I like smilies a lot and tend to overuse them (my apologies in advance), I rant a lot, am somewhat goofy, and suck at building a decent sandcastle.

Ron will give you a run for your money in smilie usage ...

I always used to attack (abandoned) sandcastles and stomp them into oblivion ... until I met one that used driftwood for its structural integrity. Now, I just trust the tide to do its thing.

[big maq]

WELCOME Wim !!!!!


Mitch J

[BAZzy]

Welcome to all the new luna-tics... Sunday morning Sydney-side, father's day actually so I hear the ssound of bacon and eggs being cooked, just the things after my row!

I think I was rowing on ethanol this morning after couple of stouts last night!

Cheers, BBB

[Rumping]

I must be doing something wrong as even on low intensity my back just starts aching after 15 minutes or so. I want to do longer stints, but 30 minutes is all I can do until I improve my technique and stop hurting my back.

Oddly enough, once I jumped on my exercise bike the aching went away almost immediately. My back muscles are really stiff and I don't know what is aching or causing it. Slumping over while rowing is probably it. Or possibly trying to hold my back straight the whole time (and failing because I'm a desk monkey who sits bent over a keyboard most of the day).

I need to record myself I guess and watch to see what I'm screwing up. I can't tell from sitting on the erg.

[Kona2]

Welcome to all the new luna-tics... Sunday morning Sydney-side, father's day actually so I hear the ssound of bacon and eggs being cooked, just the things after my row!

I think I was rowing on ethanol this morning after couple of stouts last night!

Cheers, BBB

Happy Father's Day to all the Aussie dads ! In fact, happy father's day to all the dads on the team -- we have some great dads here! Woot !

[Kona2]

I must be doing something wrong as even on low intensity my back just starts aching after 15 minutes or so. I want to do longer stints, but 30 minutes is all I can do until I improve my technique and stop hurting my back.

Oddly enough, once I jumped on my exercise bike the aching went away almost immediately. My back muscles are really stiff and I don't know what is aching or causing it. Slumping over while rowing is probably it. Or possibly trying to hold my back straight the whole time (and failing because I'm a desk monkey who sits bent over a keyboard most of the day).

I need to record myself I guess and watch to see what I'm screwing up. I can't tell from sitting on the erg.

Ouch! I switch back and forth from cycling to rowing - and also find that the lower back muscles get stretched out nicely on the exercise bike. Whenever I've been doing more cycling, I expect to be able to jump on the erg and zoom through some good distance rowing....and the conditioning on the bike doesn't completely translate into conditioning on the rower.... and vice versa. Rats - can be humbling.

So here's some thoughts that may or may not apply for you:

Paying attention to form is good
Stretching is good
Use your legs more when rowing
Give yourself time to build up distances - it's tough to be patient on this one, but important.
Anti-inflammatories can be your friend

Hang in there !

[bg]

I must be doing something wrong as even on low intensity my back just starts aching after 15 minutes or so. I want to do longer stints, but 30 minutes is all I can do until I improve my technique and stop hurting my back.

Oddly enough, once I jumped on my exercise bike the aching went away almost immediately. My back muscles are really stiff and I don't know what is aching or causing it. Slumping over while rowing is probably it. Or possibly trying to hold my back straight the whole time (and failing because I'm a desk monkey who sits bent over a keyboard most of the day).

I need to record myself I guess and watch to see what I'm screwing up. I can't tell from sitting on the erg.

hope you find the answer soon...and i agree with k2...we do have great dads here...happy father's day to all....

[Rumping]

I must be doing something wrong as even on low intensity my back just starts aching after 15 minutes or so. I want to do longer stints, but 30 minutes is all I can do until I improve my technique and stop hurting my back.

Oddly enough, once I jumped on my exercise bike the aching went away almost immediately. My back muscles are really stiff and I don't know what is aching or causing it. Slumping over while rowing is probably it. Or possibly trying to hold my back straight the whole time (and failing because I'm a desk monkey who sits bent over a keyboard most of the day).

I need to record myself I guess and watch to see what I'm screwing up. I can't tell from sitting on the erg.

Ouch! I switch back and forth from cycling to rowing - and also find that the lower back muscles get stretched out nicely on the exercise bike. Whenever I've been doing more cycling, I expect to be able to jump on the erg and zoom through some good distance rowing....and the conditioning on the bike doesn't completely translate into conditioning on the rower.... and vice versa. Rats - can be humbling.

So here's some thoughts that may or may not apply for you:

Paying attention to form is good
Stretching is good
Use your legs more when rowing
Give yourself time to build up distances - it's tough to be patient on this one, but important.
Anti-inflammatories can be your friend

Hang in there !

The anti-inflammatory may not be my friend in this case I'm guessing. Since I am on one due to tendonitis (or so my doctor says, my physical therapist disagrees with the doctor). And yes, I'm trying to give myself time to build up. I started with 5 minutes, then 10 and worked my way up to 30. But I think 30 is going to be the limit for a while at this rate.

One thing I read was to do some crunches and other ab exercises to build the ab muscles, since the lower back and abs do work as a pair. It made sense at the time.

I'm also going back up a little bit on drag, since I rowed with 115 drag today and my legs had a somewhat hard time catching the wheel whenever I tried to slow down my pace. With 125-130 drag I don't seem to have that problem as the wheel slows down enough to let my legs do more work. I'm still trying to find out what works best for me (adjusting my form, rowing technique, drag, HR limits and so on).

And I agree that the conditioning on the bike doesn't translate to rowing. My first attempt at rowing was humbling indeed as got a lot of sore muscles after only a few minutes while I thought I was in okay shape.