heavyweight/ltwt

[The_Giant0]

Hi,

As you can see from my signature, I am a lightweight. However, I am 6'1.5" and have a ok 30' test (rate capped @ 25). I haven't had the opportunity to test much this season because of injury. I was wondering whether I could every be a truly viable heavyweight in the same way that I am for lightweight. Could I drop a lot of time going heavy? also, a major incentive would be to reduce my chance of injury. This is assuming of course I could get up to 190lbs

[hjs]

Depends a bit on your age, just becoming heavy won,t make you faster, your heart and lungs must also be able to give you enough oxigion.
If you are still young you will and can grow, you also should pick up your weights and eat more, but it will take time to grow some quality mass.

[The_Giant0]

Hi,

Im 19 (nearly 20). As a xc-runner I used to be a lot lighter (2 years ago). I have been gaining about 10 lbs of muscle per year since then. I don't know how much more upward growth I have, but we will see. Its hard to see where my "stable weight" is because I have been gaining and dropping (for racing) and I am a bit worried about letting it float to a not quite heavy/not quite lightweight place like 175lbs where I would be too light for heavyweight but also have a pain cutting weight.

[Rockin Roland]

On the water, power to weight ratio is king. Ideal weight for the boat is around 85 kg average for the crew. No one wants to row with big heavy guys. They slow the boat down too much.
On the erg the big guys rule. Look at the size of the guys that win the Crash Bs (excluding Lwt categories). Many of them are over 110 kg.

I've just posted my 2000m erg time trial, performed at our rowing club, result in the C2 rankings. I'm 51 years of age, 6'3" in height and weigh a very lean 86kg. My 2K erg score from yesterday was 6:29.8 (performed on a static C2 erg). However I noticed that the number one ranked time for my age group in the C2 rankings is 6:15............but this guy's listed weight is 118kg. That's 32 kg heavier than me. At our rowing club, even which such a score, this guy would not get selected in the priority crews. He's just too big for the boats in our fleet and would struggle to get his hands and body around the finish position of the stroke in order to keep up with the others in the crew. His weight would make the boat sit lower in the water, creating extra drag on the boat. Hence the heights on the rigging would need to be jacked up so that the crew can clear their blades off the water.

Therefore big heavy guys are bad news for crews on the water but good news on the erg (unless it's a weight adjusted monitor such as that on a Rowperfect erg).

[Bisballej]

@RockRol
I have to admit looking for your plug for the Rowperfect (RP) every time you embrace our C2 community with your insightful advice and input.
It's a pity - in my view - that you need to refer to RP every time you post. You may ever so slightly alienate some people, some of which otherwise would listen to your experienced rower input.
Any way, if you need to stroke your sense of being a loner and a trail blazer for RP - go ahead - I am sure there are a few folks out there, just like me, who enjoys the variety of discourse and insight here - even though you happen to sit on a RP, while informing all us C2 folks.
Keep rocking Roland

JB

[Rockin Roland]

@RockRol

It's a pity - in my view - that you need to refer to RP every time you post. You may ever so slightly alienate some people, some of which otherwise would listen to your experienced rower input.

JB

I have no doubt that my frequent references to Rowperfect on this forum have got many people offside. I can live with that. I don't sell the product so it matters not to me. I do a lot of erging and don't just use a Rowperfect erg but also C2 static, C2 on slides and C2 dynamic(and hopefully an Oartec Slider later this year) at various locations. Hence I like to share my experiences with you guys on this forum. They all have their own pros and cons about them and pale into insignificance when I'm out on the water crew rowing.

[Bisballej]

OP: I did not mean to hijack this topic. Just wanted to appreciate RR's comments, and caution a bit about letting our ego's interfere.

RockinRoland; your last reply was much more measured and objective than I thought possible... Containing words such as pro and con, as well as several brands of ergs
Just yanking the erg chain a bit. Thanks for your row-experienced input. Keep challenging and please keep the fun tone too.

JB

[The_Giant0]

thanks for the input........