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Just when you thought the world made sense...

Post by gregsmith01748 »

You read something that just really messes with your head.

I subscribe to Row360 magazine. This month's edition has an article by the illustrious Terry O'Neill on "Masters Training".

This guy is a legend. The O'Neill 4 minute test...He invented it. He's also behind the interactive plan and marathon plan. What he wrote was this:
What I propose for masters is to drop UT1 and UT2 as a formation of the major part of a training session. They can be used as a link between sessions of very high intensity, or technical sessions where the aim is to deal with technique issues rather than physical improvement. Depending on the water you have available, you may work in time or distance.
The rest of the article outlines 4 "hard" sessions to do per week. One AT session (2x5K). One TR session (8x4' - ouch). One AN session (8x500). And one AL ( 4 sets of (10 strokes on / 10 strokes off x 10) ).

The part where I got really confused was his direction if you wanted to do 6 workouts per week. In that case he suggests..

AN, TR, AT, AN, AT, AL

So, I could understand going after this for a few weeks to sharpen for competition, but wouldn't this approach essentially destroy your aerobic endurance?

So very confused.
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Goes completely against what Fritsch and Nolte write in their book about Masters training: https://rowsandall.wordpress.com/2015/0 ... -training/

I would also like to know what kind of Masters rower he has in mind. A 27 year old Olympian? Or the 90 year old who rows for health reasons?

Interesting input, but I will not change the direction I have been going in the past few years (more and more emphasis on UT1 and UT2). Is the magazine worth the subscription fee?
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Post by Paul Victory »

Seems a bit strange alright. But is he suggesting doing endurance rows on the days between between the higher intensity rows? And does the six sessions a week schedule mean training more than once on some days so that you can fit in the UT1 and UT2 rows as well?

By the way, how does he define Masters? Is it over 40, over 50, or is there some other cut off point?
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