New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[iain]

Maybe tomorrow on the 3 x 2k 3R i could warm up with a 2k and THEN maybe break 2:00 2k? It's to show myself I can do a sub-8 minute 2k. Then I will simply lengthen it to 7500m and also reduce the stroke rate.

Good luck!

[alex9026]

PS. This 4" and 36kg weight advantage is very, very significant. I am training 6x a week with some other weights/callisthenics training and even now i am not sure how far i can go for the 2k.

You'd do well to focus on the positives and the things YOU have control of. Take a look at Sakly's training (absolutely not to try replicate it!). Sure he won't mind me saying he's not your typical "rowers build" but just consistently knuckles down with a positive attitude and has impressive times right across the board, that a lot of 6'2+ 90kg erg'ers would be happy with. It CAN be done.

I mostly post on the Pete Plan thread but I feel like I can post an update here. Managed to break an 8 minute 2k finally. 1.59.3 @27 7.57.3.

Hopefully more to come as it was the third rep of a 3x2000.

Brilliant, a nice milestone ticked off and if this was the last of a block of intervals, you've absolutely got more to give.

[Sakly]

PS. This 4" and 36kg weight advantage is very, very significant. I am training 6x a week with some other weights/callisthenics training and even now i am not sure how far i can go for the 2k.

You'd do well to focus on the positives and the things YOU have control of. Take a look at Sakly's training (absolutely not to try replicate it!). Sure he won't mind me saying he's not your typical "rowers build" but just consistently knuckles down with a positive attitude and has impressive times right across the board, that a lot of 6'2+ 90kg erg'ers would be happy with. It CAN be done.

Thx for your kind words, don't mind you saying that
I know I won't break any world records, but I also know being barely HWT and not very tall, my times are competitive to some degree
It's all about willpower and putting in the work.

I mostly post on the Pete Plan thread but I feel like I can post an update here. Managed to break an 8 minute 2k finally. 1.59.3 @27 7.57.3.

Hopefully more to come as it was the third rep of a 3x2000.

Definitely more to come! Well done