I’ve been fighting illness for the last 10 days or so, today I finally think it is over! I’m glad I was able to stick to the schedule, been doing a 4x2k 6m rest on Wednesdays & a 2:00 pacer 5m at a time on Mondays. Rest Tuesday& as much SS as my body can handle the rest of the week. Did 30m at 2:00 l ...

Iain you madlad!!! I wish you the best on your journey!

One thing I love about the erg is I get to the gym and I don’t have to make any decisions. I just sit down and most of the week, I do the same thing: 10min intervals with 15s rest for water and sweat. I like to drink a lot of water while I row so I don’t have so much to recover when I’m done. Most da ...

I decided to do some intervals this week because I know you are right to suggest them. Did a 4x2k Tuesday average 1:57.5 & an 8x500 today average around 1:45. Honestly not bad, it made me feel confident to push and succeed, and the recovery after the 4x2k was significantly better than the 5k. Your ...

Right on! I am certainly not afraid to drink tons of water, so I will just have to stay on top of it. Side topic - what’s your method for finding scientific studies on this sort of thing? I find the smartest people are the ones who excel at research. I’ll agree that my goal is a strange one. I would ...

My end goal is to get my SS down to 2:00 pace and do that 100km/week. The 5k times are just a nice tracker to go along with it. I have been doing them more often instead of the 4x2k or other intervals because I feel I can get a similar effect in less time, so I have one short day a week at the Y to ...

Been a while since I posted an update, so here goes. Basically, the slog back up to speed is going well. My SS pace is now around 2:11, I think sub-2:10 is coming quickly. I posted a 19:22 5k a couple weeks ago which felt awesome. I was on pace for 19:15 or so last Wednesday, 500m left, but then I ...

The 2:13 pace was easy and breezy. I could have gone at least 2:10 but my HR was getting high right away. Remember I’m trying to do this 5x a week so it can’t be all out. All out would maybe be around 2:05. I did 70min at 2:00 at the beginning of August, I’m a long way from there right now. You say 1 ...

Hey guys I’m just here trying to accept how much I lost in August. Average today over 80min was 2:13 and it’s time I accepted that’s normal for now. My 4x2k is gonna have to be like 1:56 ave and my 5k even higher than that. I’m bummed but trying to keep my head up. I might take a volume block for a c ...

JonT, Thanks so much for your tip about the catch! You were right, unstable and grabby would describe how my catch can feel as well. Your idea about pausing for an instant really helped me and it did not slow my stroke rate at all. The knees going too far is getting better with this advice, and I’m g ...

It just so happens my older brother is a physio!

He lives a few hours away but he recommended this mobility exercise and the locust/superhero pose.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SlzYz7SQns4? ... zjaIECN_Yn

My back pain is pretty sharp. Before it was only when I tried to use it but now it is kind of achey all the time. I tried to just go back to 12 on Wednesday, could only do an hour before my legs got tired. Guess that illness really took it out of me. But then later that day my back started hurting ...

I have been working on your suggestions and getting over a week-long stomach illness. Getting my upper body forward has been causing some persistent lower back pain. I really think my core is just not strong enough to sustain this change. Late in the week I can feel the back pain come and go stroke ...

I got 2 technique videos for you guys! Y’all were totally right, as soon as I saw the video I could see me shoulders and arms causing a hitch in the catch. I was bracing before the catch like I was trying to catch a medicine ball. https://youtu.be/0JcrIfJjzDM?si=jWeBMeMcw9uUv_s7/ I started to focus o ...

Hey Iain no worries about some big ideas. Just break it up for me lol. Going up on stroke rate was a GREAT idea. My first try I went at an easy breezy 2:07 for 60 minutes. Barely made it over 140bpm. I did notice it was much easier to let my pace— and heart rate— rise quickly. That seems like good ne ...

Thanks guys! I usually work at 19-21 spm. Drag factor 130+/-. I’ll buy your bit about my maxHR. Using 53 (measured) and 192 on the calculator here, my UT2 zone is 129-150, which is basically what I was saying before about being toast after 3-4 weeks if I go over 150 too long. I have been doing 4x2k o ...

Iain, Sorry I missed my maxHR. The absolute highest my HR has ever been recorded was on an erg, it was 207. That was maybe 2 years ago? Over the last 6 months or more though, I have been unable to get much over 190. I do occasionally have conversations during my SS pieces and I have done a lot of ...

I am currently rowing 80 minutes at a time, 5 days a week at 2:06-2:10. My goal is to do 100k in that time, ie 2:00/500m. In order to sustain this week after week, my HR really can’t go above 150 for long, unless I had to take pseudoephedrine or it’s really hot. For my 6th day, I have been doing 4x2 ...

J, great to hear from you. Do you want to share a bit more about yourself in addition to being a meters junkie? Don't expect to challenge you on the Metreboard as I only row 4 days a week these days. But you might want to get involved in nonathl9on / rowlympics &/or CTC? - Iain I’m a full-time dad t ...

Hey guys I’m new to the forum. I row a lot because it makes me feel good. I’m finally up around 100km/week now (longtime goal), hopefully I can get myself on the meter board, I think I got it started.

I’ve got new goals now, hoping you guys would like to come along with me!

J the Dad