Winter Training

[old] gorow9 · Post by **[old] gorow9** » October 26th, 2004, 8:49 pm

Winter's coming... at least in the northern hemisphere, so what do we do, we can erg... easy but on water training and other outdoor training are coming to a abrupt end soon, does anyone have any good suggestions for keeping in shape in the winter... keeping in mind that not everyone can exercise 3 hrs a day. Also, Xeno at my rowing lesson today, your name came up, you used to row at Naragansett Boat Club? Also do you know Albin Moser, he's my coach and so I heard him talking about what a great rower you are and I thought I know that name, he's in the c2 forum... Anyway, enough rambling ~Sara Life's short... row hard

[old] derm · Post by **[old] derm** » October 26th, 2004, 9:05 pm

Sara, I like spinning classes, snowshoeing, jumping rope, and mountain biking in addition to erging for winter fitness. Hope this is helpful. Hank

[old] gorow9 · Post by **[old] gorow9** » October 27th, 2004, 8:48 am

Spinning classes? Not framilier with that but I have been snowshoing... it's good exercise when you get used to it. I'm not sure if we get enough snow here for it to be worth buying snow shoes though. Anyway I realy enjoy biking... in the past I've put my bike up for the winter... but I'll try to use it some I guess there wouldn't be a problem with crowds. Thanks ~Sara "Life's short... row hard"

[old] Daren C · Post by **[old] Daren C** » October 27th, 2004, 9:47 am

Spinning is basically a group class led by an instructor, that uses a specifically designed stationary exercise bike. It's become quite popular in the past few years so you can probably find sessions at any local gym/fitness centre.

[old] Byron Drachman · Post by **[old] Byron Drachman** » October 28th, 2004, 7:50 am

Sara wrote: "Anyway I realy enjoy biking... in the past I've put my bike up for the winter... but I'll try to use it some I guess there wouldn't be a problem with crowds. " I agree: <a href='http://www.math.msu.edu/~drachman/b_and_e.jpg' target='_blank'>http://www.math.msu.edu/~drachman/b_and ... > Byron

[old] PaulH · Post by **[old] PaulH** » October 28th, 2004, 9:50 am

Byron - I tend to stop cycling in the winter, not from the cold, but from my uncanny desire to hurl myself repeatedly to the ground whenever so much as a flake of snow lands. But seeing your recumbent gives me a stability-related idea! Cheers, Paul

[old] gorow9 · Post by **[old] gorow9** » October 28th, 2004, 11:23 am

Yea how do you manage not to fall and kill yourself when biking on a trail in the snow? It does seem kinda dangerous. Anyway I might ask at the YMCA about spinning classes... but mabe one indoor exercise stationary machine (the erg) is enough for one winter. Anyway thanks ~Sara

[old] rabblerower · Post by **[old] rabblerower** » October 31st, 2004, 2:24 pm

There are a couple of winter things I like to do outside they gym. There'se a swimming pool about 4 miles away from our rowing club so once a week me and my crewmates run to the pool, then swim 30-40 lengths. We also try to play a recquet sport once a week - squash or badminton usually, as apparantly this does a lot of good for your hand eye coordination and reaction speeds, which can improve your rowing/ergo technique quite a lot. The swim thing tends to take about 2 hours overall (we're in England where the sports facilities are less than great, so It's only a 25m pool), and we tend to just do the hour worth of squash/badminton. I don't think these should really be used to replace gym work but they certainly work as a compliment to it, and they keep the routine varied.

[old] anomad · Post by **[old] anomad** » October 31st, 2004, 2:39 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (gorow9 @ Oct 28 2004, 10:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Yea how do you manage not to fall and kill yourself when biking on a trail in the snow?  </td></tr></table> Nokian studded tires are very popular up here in Alaska. If you are serious about riding in snow and ice its the best way to keep yourself sunny side up. I get away with a studded front only commuting to work, which I do down to about -25F. Staying fit in winter up here has been a challenge for me. Indoor rowing, swimming, xc-skiing, walking (snowshoes or not), weight lifting are all good exercises. My winter cycling basically amounts to transportation, I don't get much of a workout from riding below freezing. Its just too uncomfortable. One of my favorites last winter was the indoor triathlon, 5k rowing, 20 min on rollers, and 20 min running on treadmill.

[old] gorow9 · Post by **[old] gorow9** » November 3rd, 2004, 4:54 pm

Thanks 4 the tips everybody, I'll have to try to swim this winter... I usually swim in summer because our YMCA is a bit of a joke, but I find that swimming helps relieve back pain and swelling if I pull a muscle or something, and also just good for stretching and swimming... DUH. I'll have to ask for those nokian studded tires 4 christmas from "santa" hopefully that'll help for the winter months... Thanks agian 4 the advice. ~Sara~

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