How to find most "efficient" stroke rate for SLOW pieces

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Dangerscouse
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Re: How to find most "efficient" stroke rate for SLOW pieces

Post by Dangerscouse » September 27th, 2019, 2:09 pm

mattBLiTZ wrote:
September 27th, 2019, 1:52 pm
Dangerscouse wrote:
September 27th, 2019, 3:52 am
I also used a cut up yoga mat in a pillow case to sit on, but I waited until it got really uncomfortable before I usee it. Luckily that is about two hours for me. Don't use it to start with as it loses its relief.
Very interesting idea!
Only about four squares though; any more and you're sitting too high and the angles are all wrong. Be careful not to try and sprint as well as I found it was a lot easier to come off the seat
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Re: How to find most "efficient" stroke rate for SLOW pieces

Post by mattBLiTZ » September 28th, 2019, 11:45 am

Dangerscouse wrote:
September 27th, 2019, 2:09 pm
mattBLiTZ wrote:
September 27th, 2019, 1:52 pm
Dangerscouse wrote:
September 27th, 2019, 3:52 am
I also used a cut up yoga mat in a pillow case to sit on, but I waited until it got really uncomfortable before I usee it. Luckily that is about two hours for me. Don't use it to start with as it loses its relief.
Very interesting idea!
Only about four squares though; any more and you're sitting too high and the angles are all wrong. Be careful not to try and sprint as well as I found it was a lot easier to come off the seat
Will keep that in mind. I already have the issue of falling off my regular seat during a max 100m attempt - when are they going to invent a seatbelt for this damn thing!? :lol:

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