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Post by johnlvs2run » April 2nd, 2006, 6:24 pm

Rockin Roland wrote:If you find rowing in a boat boring because you can only go in one direction why don't you try rowing a coxless pair with a heavyweight bloke. Then you would go around in circles
Roland,

That's as dumb of an idea as your other ones. :lol:
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Post by Ben Rea » April 2nd, 2006, 7:57 pm

Thanks for the kind words Arno, im glad when people are happy about things I do. :D I will take that in to consideration :wink:
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Post by whp4 » April 2nd, 2006, 9:29 pm

John Rupp wrote:
Rockin Roland wrote:If you find rowing in a boat boring because you can only go in one direction why don't you try rowing a coxless pair with a heavyweight bloke. Then you would go around in circles
Roland,

That's as dumb of an idea as your other ones. :lol:
There you have it, Roland, an opinion from a reigning expert! :roll:
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Post by Rockin Roland » April 2nd, 2006, 11:24 pm

John Rupp wrote:
If was on the water I'd rather be in a kayak, and there is good evidence that kayaking will be much better for your rowing than going out in a boat where you can coast along at low rates.
With all your years of experience on the water you'd have to know what your talking about. So you've tried both kayaking and rowing and found that kayaking improves your rowing more than rowing does. And you have good evidence to prove it.

Plus it is only possible to coast along in a rowing boat but not in a kayak. Wow that's amazing stuff.

Well I better go and sell my new rowing scull and buy a kayak.
Before I do that, just one question John. How do I give my legs a workout in the kayak or do you suggest to only use my upper body when rowing on the erg? I assume PERathlon does the rest for you.
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Post by johnlvs2run » April 2nd, 2006, 11:46 pm

Roland,

If you want to develop your legs then go out run up some hills.
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Post by Ben Rea » April 3rd, 2006, 8:56 am

hills, a coaches solution to everything :twisted:
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Post by johnlvs2run » April 3rd, 2006, 1:00 pm

Cool signature file, Ben.

I like it. :D
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Post by polaco » April 3rd, 2006, 1:42 pm

John Rupp wrote:Ben,


Personally I think there'd be nothing more boring than being locked into a boat where you can only go one direction. If was on the water I'd rather be in a kayak, and there is good evidence that kayaking will be much better for your rowing than going out in a boat where you can coast along at low rates.
John......... this is the second time I ask the same to you this year:


Have you ever rowed on water?
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Post by Ben Rea » April 3rd, 2006, 2:12 pm

thanks john, i stole the link from....sasha i think, hehehehe :twisted:
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Post by johnlvs2run » April 3rd, 2006, 3:32 pm

Ben... it's a great idea. :D
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Post by Rockin Roland » April 3rd, 2006, 6:25 pm

polaco wrote:
John Rupp wrote:Ben,


Personally I think there'd be nothing more boring than being locked into a boat where you can only go one direction. If was on the water I'd rather be in a kayak, and there is good evidence that kayaking will be much better for your rowing than going out in a boat where you can coast along at low rates.
John......... this is the second time I ask the same to you this year:


Have you ever rowed on water?
When it comes to boat skills John is an old Master. He hasn't missed a Head of the Charles race for some 20 years now. Can't you tell from the wealth of knowledge that he brings to this forum about the topic. He's out so frequently on the water that he struggles to find the time to visit this forum.

If you ask nicely he'll give you some valuable tips on rigging your boat. Ask him on what he thinks would be the ideal set up for your boat eg. height, span, inboard etc.
PBs: 2K 6:13.4, 5K 16:32, 6K 19:55, 10K 33:49, 30min 8849m, 60min 17,309m
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The best thing I ever did to improve my rowing was to sell my C2 and get a Rowperfect.
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Post by johnlvs2run » April 3rd, 2006, 6:44 pm

Don't worry, Roland...

Ben and I will wait for you at the finish line. :lol:
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Post by Ben Rea » April 3rd, 2006, 8:45 pm

haha, thanks john, might be a while though, grab a pillow, take a nap :wink:
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