Welcome to the team and to the forum John. I should do far far more heart rate restricted rows and there is a training scheme called the Maffetone Method (or plan). It's a bit of a big read I'm told and I've never had the dedication to want to try and decipher it but I know a couple who've used it ...

... There are actually a few views on what UT2 should be ... if I take the British Rowing definition of 65-75% max HR ... there is also quite a bit of overlap, which is where I would be aiming. Thanks again and I see what you did there :) Yes, I realise these ranges can only be a general guide for ...

Grobi wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:28 am...
From now on you are good to go without any post approval.

Sweet. Thanks!

Edit: Hmmm ... Seems not. Still getting the pending spproval message. Never mind.

One more question: Do we have to wait for every post to be approved before it's released? It said I would be advised when it was approved but that never happened.

Thanks for the welcome and advice Jon. The calculator link is exactly the one which led to my confusion. The calculator bases the zones on %ages of reserve HR, then immediately below that is a table based on the same %ages - but of MHR (which one assumes means maximum HR). This is my very point - it...

Hi all. I've trained in fits and starts on an erg over the last 15+ years, often with several years' break in between! When it comes to exercise I've always been the 'anaerobic' guy - doing mostly short sprints on the erg (100 - 1000m). I'm now of an age (72) where I feel I should try to boost my ae...