New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[Autoland]

Congratulations on being in the PB zone!

David

Thank you David!

Pretty impressive logbook you have there.

[MartinSH4321]

Thanks everybody!

Martin: No 'sprint training' to speak of. But, I lift heavy weights and do a fair bit of quick intervals. So, I imagine that I'm pretty well trained for it, anyway.

Paul: yeah, I aways have my partner standing on the front + a sandbag on the back if I'm trying to sprint. Not sure what my LP was. It all happened too quickly to notice, haha

yeah, I think your physique and strength for sprint rowing could be worse
No real sprint training makes this even more impressive! If you train a bit more for it I think you could be sub 13 pretty fast. I don't want to compare myself with you, but when I started to work on my 100m technique and erg setup (fixed to the ground, feet as high as possible, non-slip shorts, rating) I was able to improve by about 1'' without strength or endurance improvements.

[btlifter]

Thanks everybody!

Martin: No 'sprint training' to speak of. But, I lift heavy weights and do a fair bit of quick intervals. So, I imagine that I'm pretty well trained for it, anyway.

Paul: yeah, I aways have my partner standing on the front + a sandbag on the back if I'm trying to sprint. Not sure what my LP was. It all happened too quickly to notice, haha

yeah, I think your physique and strength for sprint rowing could be worse
No real sprint training makes this even more impressive! If you train a bit more for it I think you could be sub 13 pretty fast. I don't want to compare myself with you, but when I started to work on my 100m technique and erg setup (fixed to the ground, feet as high as possible, non-slip shorts, rating) I was able to improve by about 1'' without strength or endurance improvements.

Cheers, Martin, fingers crossed!

I'm curious about the "feet as high as possible" part. I do put my feet 1 notch higher for sprinting and it feels like that translates to a little more power. I assume this is because it creates a shorter lever arm (like keeping the bar close to body when deadlifting). If that's the case, how come we move our feet lower for longer pieces? Is it just to open the angle a little bit and create more room for a longer stroke?

[MartinSH4321]

Thanks everybody!

Martin: No 'sprint training' to speak of. But, I lift heavy weights and do a fair bit of quick intervals. So, I imagine that I'm pretty well trained for it, anyway.

Paul: yeah, I aways have my partner standing on the front + a sandbag on the back if I'm trying to sprint. Not sure what my LP was. It all happened too quickly to notice, haha

yeah, I think your physique and strength for sprint rowing could be worse
No real sprint training makes this even more impressive! If you train a bit more for it I think you could be sub 13 pretty fast. I don't want to compare myself with you, but when I started to work on my 100m technique and erg setup (fixed to the ground, feet as high as possible, non-slip shorts, rating) I was able to improve by about 1'' without strength or endurance improvements.

Cheers, Martin, fingers crossed!

I'm curious about the "feet as high as possible" part. I do put my feet 1 notch higher for sprinting and it feels like that translates to a little more power. I assume this is because it creates a shorter lever arm (like keeping the bar close to body when deadlifting). If that's the case, how come we move our feet lower for longer pieces? Is it just to open the angle a little bit and create more room for a longer stroke?

Yeah, I think that's right. For me, the higher the feet the more it feels like a deadlift, and also the more stable I am on the seat. With feet in normal position I lift my whole body up from the seat when sprinting, don't know if it's a technique issue or because of high force and rating (around 60). Maybe feet higher will help you too.

[gouldilocks]

Thanks everybody!

Martin: No 'sprint training' to speak of. But, I lift heavy weights and do a fair bit of quick intervals. So, I imagine that I'm pretty well trained for it, anyway.

Paul: yeah, I aways have my partner standing on the front + a sandbag on the back if I'm trying to sprint. Not sure what my LP was. It all happened too quickly to notice, haha

yeah, I think your physique and strength for sprint rowing could be worse
No real sprint training makes this even more impressive! If you train a bit more for it I think you could be sub 13 pretty fast. I don't want to compare myself with you, but when I started to work on my 100m technique and erg setup (fixed to the ground, feet as high as possible, non-slip shorts, rating) I was able to improve by about 1'' without strength or endurance improvements.

Cheers, Martin, fingers crossed!

I'm curious about the "feet as high as possible" part. I do put my feet 1 notch higher for sprinting and it feels like that translates to a little more power. I assume this is because it creates a shorter lever arm (like keeping the bar close to body when deadlifting). If that's the case, how come we move our feet lower for longer pieces? Is it just to open the angle a little bit and create more room for a longer stroke?

Cam, I think the main reason for the high feet is that your angle of force is then slightly downwards - when your feet are lower you tend to push slightly upwards and when sprinting can easily come off the seat.

Paul G

[KeithT]

Wow! I cant wrap my head around these sort of sprints - I am still a better sprinter than distance person but I don't have that super low pull power. I rely on holding decently fast splits to get results. Even when I was a little stronger I still didn't have that explosiveness. I also start seeing worse results when DF is that high. Anyway, this about you and you crushed it!!!

Cheers, Keith. I'm sorta similar. The 1k is my sweetspot; I have a fair bit of strength, but am not as quick/explosive as the absolute best over the true "sprint" distances. Fortunately, my conditioning is more developed than most "sprinters".

1K is my best distance as well. Last year I made good improvements in longer rows but my 1K is always my best when compared to others in my age group. It does seem to incorporate strength and capacity fairly evenly.

[winniewinser]

Full speed erg yanking after some weights ... PB by 0.3s.

0:17.0 100m 1:25.0 52
0:04.7 25m 1:34.0 52
0:04.1 50m 1:22.0 59
0:04.1 75m 1:22.0 58
0:04.1 100m 1:22.0 43

[MartinSH4321]

Full speed erg yanking after some weights ... PB by 0.3s.

0:17.0 100m 1:25.0 52
0:04.7 25m 1:34.0 52
0:04.1 50m 1:22.0 59
0:04.1 75m 1:22.0 58
0:04.1 100m 1:22.0 43

Well done Alex, that's a great improvement for 100m! If you do it BEFORE weights you may get sub17 next time

[Dangerscouse]

Full speed erg yanking after some weights ... PB by 0.3s.

0:17.0 100m 1:25.0 52
0:04.7 25m 1:34.0 52
0:04.1 50m 1:22.0 59
0:04.1 75m 1:22.0 58
0:04.1 100m 1:22.0 43

Well done Al. I don't think I've ever tried to do a 100m

[winniewinser]

Well done Alex, that's a great improvement for 100m! If you do it BEFORE weights you may get sub17 next time

16.9 is a target now for sure

Well done Al. I don't think I've ever tried to do a 100m

Cheers. Not sure you can call this rowing as form takes a back seat

[Dutch]

Full speed erg yanking after some weights ... PB by 0.3s.

0:17.0 100m 1:25.0 52
0:04.7 25m 1:34.0 52
0:04.1 50m 1:22.0 59
0:04.1 75m 1:22.0 58
0:04.1 100m 1:22.0 43

Nice one Alex, on a bit of a roll at the moment

[max_ratcliffe]

Full speed erg yanking after some weights ... PB by 0.3s.

0:17.0 100m 1:25.0 52
0:04.7 25m 1:34.0 52
0:04.1 50m 1:22.0 59
0:04.1 75m 1:22.0 58
0:04.1 100m 1:22.0 43

Well done Alex. Crazy event!

[winniewinser]

Nice one Alex, on a bit of a roll at the moment

Well done Alex. Crazy event!

Cheers chaps

[KeithT]

Full speed erg yanking after some weights ... PB by 0.3s.

0:17.0 100m 1:25.0 52
0:04.7 25m 1:34.0 52
0:04.1 50m 1:22.0 59
0:04.1 75m 1:22.0 58
0:04.1 100m 1:22.0 43

Nice - happy to see you one the PB thread again.

[winniewinser]

Full speed erg yanking after some weights ... PB by 0.3s.

0:17.0 100m 1:25.0 52
0:04.7 25m 1:34.0 52
0:04.1 50m 1:22.0 59
0:04.1 75m 1:22.0 58
0:04.1 100m 1:22.0 43

Nice - happy to see you one the PB thread again.

Thx Keith......picking some easy fruit. My other row PB's seem a long way off and I am reluctant to push too hard too often atm.....health before ego

Maybe some Skierg stuff to come though.