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Oct 2020
12:39pm, 25 Oct 2020
896 posts
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Muttley
Mousey, I feel your pain. Trying to live in a house while builders are banging around is a nightmare. Fingers crossed it's worth it all in the end.
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Oct 2020
4:44pm, 25 Oct 2020
112 posts
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Rich963
Hi Nellers, I have (very) occasionally posted on here - but have only had the rower for 7 months so got far more to learn than pass on at this point. I’m generally using it for low heart rate training, so I can use running as my ‘sessions’ - enjoying the challenge of extending out one long row a week at the minute (hence last weekend’s 30k and yesterday’s half marathon).
Definitely keeping an eye on what training others are doing, I’m sure I’ll want a period aimed at increasing speed/power at some point soon.
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Oct 2020
6:09pm, 25 Oct 2020
12,845 posts
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early bird
Yes Nellers I dodya 21 15 9 cals with press ups and sit ups at same ratio followed by 4 sets of 8 bench press.
Row today didn't happen as I forced myself outside for some fresh air first of the weekend. Will try harder OH is trying to encourage me to do a 2k row. I have done a 5k before at the gym and remember the pain though 😱
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Oct 2020
7:05pm, 25 Oct 2020
37,439 posts
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Nellers
Hi Rich, yep, the rower is great for low impact and works a lot of "running muscles" plus a fair few more so has some real benefits. 30k is a monster session though! Just dealing with the seat for that long, let alone the endurance, is a challenge! Well done mate.
EB, I don't really know how to put this but a 2k row is probably even harder than running a flat out mile. Having said that it's about pacing so my advice (even more so for the first attempt) is set yourself a conservative target pace and hold it to half way then see if you can pick it up a touch at halfway, and again at 1500m and then hold on to 200m out and empty the tank. If it doesn't hurt by the end you're doing it wrong I'm afraid!
But it's good pain. 
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Oct 2020
8:18pm, 25 Oct 2020
12,846 posts
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early bird
Yipes
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Oct 2020
8:51am, 26 Oct 2020
897 posts
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Muttley
Oh I dunno, before hammering yourself in races I'd spend some time building up the meterage and working on technique. The technique isn't that hard but it pays to spend a little time to focus on it.
The great thing about the rower is that it's just as good for a steady cardio session as it is for a mad thrash.
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Oct 2020
11:49am, 27 Oct 2020
37,458 posts
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Nellers
The plan today was supposed to be 3 x 7 mins @ r26 but, as I've said, motivation has been lacking recently and the thought of rowing hard for 7 minutes then doing it again was a step too far.
So I did a higher intensity/shorter duration intervals session. Cut down from the 12 reps on the plan I did 6 x 1 min on/ 1 min off. Quite enjoyed it, which surprised me.
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Oct 2020
12:06pm, 27 Oct 2020
900 posts
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Muttley
My fave in that mode is 15 x 1 min go 1 min recover ... the "half hour of power". Haven't done it for a while. Must put that right.
Anyhoo, a steady and sedate 10,000 this morning, just metres in the bank and hopefully a gram or two of blubber burnt off.
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Oct 2020
9:21pm, 27 Oct 2020
902 posts
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Muttley
The real question is -- will it be enough to maintain my 0.1 mile lead over Rich in the distance table?
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Oct 2020
9:56am, 28 Oct 2020
903 posts
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Muttley
That's odd. I didn't do 12.6 miles yesterday. The system seems to have double counted.
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