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[dob1928]

Hi Team,

After entering my last two days of rowing I looked over and saw that I surpassed 21million meters. It was another great feeling for sure!!

I am stretching more, drinking more (water) haha gin on weekends. Not pushing as hard and the cramps aren't as severe or as often. Again thanks all for the help and advice.

Happy rowing,

Ed

CONGRATULATIONS ED!!!! I can't even imagine how much time you've spent on your erg. Glad to here you're doing better. Here's to 21,000,000 more!!

[Edscapade]

... I am stretching more, drinking more (water) haha gin on weekends. Not pushing as hard and the cramps aren't as severe or as often. Again thanks all for the help and advice. Ed

Glad to hear about the progress with the cramps. Maybe a sports drink (electrolytes) might help, too.

Definitely. These are my favorite two sports drink recipes:

Copycat Sports Drink (Gatorade)
1/2 cup orange juice – OR ½ cup strong green tea – OR 2 T fresh lemon juice
9 T sugar
1/2 t organic sea salt
8 cups water

Thanks for these recipes going to try them both. I drink Gatorade here but very expensive!!
This recipe makes a sports drink with a similar balance of carbohydrates and electrolytes to Gatorade.



All Natural Lemon-Lime Sports Drink
3 cups filtered water
1/4 cup raw honey
1/4 t organic unrefined sea salt
1/3 cup lemon and/or lime juice

A good sports drink allows the water to be absorbed more quickly than plain water alone. Use for any activity that takes you past 90 minutes. (Up to that point, plain water is usually fine.)

[just27]

Thanks for these recipes going to try them both. I drink Gatorade here but very expensive!!

You can even add the day-glo colors, too, for a more realistic copy-cat recipe ...

[Kona2]

Hope you and yours are enjoying some Memorial Day weekend celebrations! A sincere thanks to all our veterans and their families for their service. Welcome back to Michelle and Matt.

Meanwhile, our resident artist is a man of many talents (and interests). He has given me a program to determine our team meters quickly, and I am trying to be savvy enough to use it. Gasp. I am usually pretty good with the technology. I figure it is good for the brain to change things up, and you may see our data displayed differently in the near future. We shall see what transpires, and in the meantime, thanks go out to AJ for working on stats efficiencies for me!

Season meters as of 24/365 = 9,046,010 m

Total meters on the day = 387,466 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

750 K Jim
550 K Ed
350 K Jay
250 K Will S
200 K Christa
150 K Jon C
100 K Chuck
100 K Bobbie
50 K Peter G
50 K Norma

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!



AJ 500 m
Lily 2,500 m
Rebecca 3,000 m
Rich M 3,000 m
Jeff M 4,541 m
Tony m ...to get to a yearly total of m !
Anita m ... a double double!
Norma m ....Norma is leading us in cheerleading efforts this week!
Kerry 5,686 m
Christa 6,000 m
Tammy 6,500 m
Bobbie 7,765 m
m ...the queenly wave replaces the hula hula for today's palindrome!
Dan O' 8,701 m
K2 m ....crazy eights!
Janice 10,943 m
Robyn 11,000 m
Stefan m ...a double aught double palindrome!
Peter G 11,335 m
Thor 11,633 m
Roger 12,000 m
Danwho m ...whovian!
Jon C 14,000 m
Chuck 15,000 m
Jay 15,277 m
Will S 16,100 m
Jim m ... a count'em up and down palindrome!
Richard T 29,863 m
Ed 42,194 m

[normadelaney]

5555 m, for a yearly total of 55,555 m. How cool is that?!?! Very clever, Tony!

[normadelaney]

5--6--7--8 Who do we appreciate??
Well, YOU, K2!!!

[Kona2]

Welcome back to G-l-o-r-i-a

Hail, hail, the gang's all here .... leave your worries at the door....at least the hail was only pea-sized, and the replacement mandevillas survived the sudden squall. I am not sure if the ones I picked up are "Red Riding Hood" or "Ruby Star" - half the fun is in the names, and the showy red! On the flip side, I will be replanting the pumpkins for the giant pumpkin growing contest....those plants went sailing downstream. Wish we could send those areas that need rain some of what we are receiving!

Hooboy! Lots of erging went on yesterday (especially for a holiday). Whether it was a pre-cookout or post-cookout erg session, some awesome meters were produced!

Season meters as of 25/365 = 9,819,435 m

Total meters on the day = 773,425 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

800 K Richard T
300 K Robyn
150 K Minnie

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Gene 1,650 m
Steve H 2,000 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m ...singing a twosie palindrome!
Dan O' 5,000 m
Jessica 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
K2 m
m ... a palindrome by Norma!
Jeff M 6,026 m
Kerry 6,099 m
William H 7,192 m
Larry 8,178 m
Matt 10,000 m
Mikkel 10,000 m
Tammy m ...a palindrome....but no hooty owls for her...
Jay m...a palindrome!
Janice 13,088 m
Christa 15,000 m
Will S 15,001 m
m ...hula hula...a palindrome!
Richard T 18,521 m
Ed 21,097 m
Jim 21,255 m
Roger 21,402 m .... almost a palindrome!
Robyn 25,000 m ...good rowing day!

[just27]

... I will be replanting the pumpkins for the giant pumpkin growing contest....those plants went sailing downstream. Wish we could send those areas that need rain some of what we are receiving!

I wish you could share your rain, too! Other than wilting seriously in the late afternoon sun, my competitive pumpkins are off to a fine start. They're not the giant Atlantic behemoths, but they're proud to be in the race!

[Kona2]

Ok, channeling Abbey Road, Track 7......

Season meters as of 26/365 = 10,239,933 m

Total meters on the day = 420,498 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

100 K Janice
100 K K2
200 K Anita
250 K Roger
350 K Thor
450 K bg
500 K Michelle - a cool half million!
600 K Ed
800 K Jim
850 K Richard T

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Lily m ...a palindrome from Boulder!
Ross 2,028 m
Patrick 3,049 m
Bobbie 3,500 m
Jeff M 3,540 m
Dan O' 4,000 m
Tony m ...a palindrome from a master gardener...
Jessica 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
Kerry 5,260 m
Stefan 5,384 m
Robyn m ...a fivish palindrome!
Norma m ....a palindrome for June 1st...
David T 7,000 m
William H 7,243 m
Christa 7,500 m
Larry 9,133 m
Matt 10,000 m
Roger m ...a starry palindrome!
Tammy m ...she sees stars in her palindrome, too!
Minnie m ...a starry palindrome!
K2 11,679 m
Janice 11,912 m
Danwho m ...whovian palindrome!
Anita 13,355 m ....there's a double double in there !
David A 14,920 m
Michelle 18,500 m
Jay 20,000 m
Ed 21,097 m
Jim 28,223 m
Thor 37,507 m
bg 39,713 m
Richard T m ....a big number palindrome! A red giant ....with 50K or greater in a 24 hr period!

[Drivetofast]

I got it abbey road track 7 (Here comes the sun)

[just27]

I got it abbey road track 7 (Here comes the sun)

Some might say that the zebra crossing has the look of a palindrome!

[Thor MW]

hey all
Goofy question of the day.
Is there a list of exercises one can do while rowing to work other muscles by changing one's grip on the handle? I search but couldn't find anything. There is just talk of intervals and things of that nature.
Example, If I change my grip to an under handed grip it may work the backs of my arms more. Perhaps I could curl the handle up to work the front of my arms.

Thanks Luna-Tics
LT

[Drivetofast]

hey all
Goofy question of the day.
Is there a list of exercises one can do while rowing to work other muscles by changing one's grip on the handle? I search but couldn't find anything. There is just talk of intervals and things of that nature.
Example, If I change my grip to an under handed grip it may work the backs of my arms more. Perhaps I could curl the handle up to work the front of my arms.

Thanks Luna-Tics
LT

Yup cross fit endurance had us do that plus row with a weighted vest.

[Thor MW]

Yup cross fit endurance had us do that plus row with a weighted vest.[/quote]

What is cross fit endurance?
A weighted best? Like it's not hot enough rowing without a shirt on? Grin.

[Drivetofast]

Yup cross fit endurance had us do that plus row with a weighted vest.

What is cross fit endurance?
A weighted best? Like it's not hot enough rowing without a shirt on? Grin.

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