Author Topic: Cross Training: Rowing  (Read 226940 times)

simonp

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #125 on: 09 January, 2010, 10:39:08 am »
Probably should work up to that. Maybe try a 15,000 first.

That is the benefit of joining these challenges.  To get challenged!  "Maybe try a 15,000 first"! Gulp!  I'll see what I can do this afternoon.  I'll be happy with 7,500.

Thanks for reminding us to log by Friday.  Do we have a team target?  Like stay below 200th or beat Cambridge University Alumni?

I used to be unable to do 1500m let alone 15,000. Last night I did 30 mins (7282m) then did some weights and core stength exercises then did 10,000m. The reason for that is you're not supposed to hog a piece of equipment for more than 30 minutes before 7pm.

My personal goal is to do 100,000m in the month again. Once Chris gets over his flu we will shoot up the table so I'd like us to be well inside the top 200.  Maybe we can be top 150.
 
If you're not used to doing more than 2500m then don't build up distance too rapidly. We don't want injuries. Good luck.

I'm resting today then tomorrow I'll try to do 15,000 I think.


Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #126 on: 09 January, 2010, 05:32:16 pm »
I'm aiming to do another 10,000m tomorrow, and to achieve 100,000m by the end of the month.  I might even get to 120,000m, as I plan to do 3 x 10,000m each week (Monday to Sunday), and there are three full weeks left after tomorrow.  Setting the target at 100,000 allows me a bit of leeway for illness/lethargy etc.

Chris S

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #127 on: 09 January, 2010, 05:38:34 pm »
Well, I haven't been bed bound today at least. I'll try a little Wii table tennis in a while. If I don't pass out doing that, I might be able to do a 1000m or two on the rower tomorrow.

Edit: Forget it. I had a bad night - and climbing the stairs today is enough to send me into coughing spasms. I suspect if I tried to row, I'd turn myself inside out  :sick:.

andygates

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Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #128 on: 10 January, 2010, 04:32:10 pm »
I'm in.

Hey, while thinking rowy thoughts, I've noticed that my feet pull on the straps at the end of the stroke no matter what I do.  Am I just a huge thigh ox or is this a technique thing?
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simonp

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #129 on: 10 January, 2010, 04:38:31 pm »
I've done two 30 minute efforts today with a bit of weights in between.  Now on 48,936m in 7 days.

I only rowed on Monday Tuesday Friday Sunday.  Wednesday was pub, Thursday was hangover.  ::-)  Reckon 200,000m in the month is on now.

We're up to 172nd.  Good work team.  :thumbsup:

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #130 on: 10 January, 2010, 05:31:31 pm »
We're up to 172nd.  Good work team.  :thumbsup:
Well done Bridget! Very impressive.

And we're above Cambridge University Alumni :)

And with Andy joining, we only need one more for an eight.

Darn it, I'm hooked.

andygates

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Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #131 on: 10 January, 2010, 05:36:32 pm »
Dunno about an eight, but I did a twenty-two once.
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simonp

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #132 on: 11 January, 2010, 09:45:13 pm »
If Mike would only tick the box that signs him up for the JVTC (he joined the team) then we'd have 8.  Until he does, any metres he rows aren't counted.

OI, Mike!!!



Anyway, I finally did a 15,000m row this evening.  1:04:12.5 it took.  Had to keep reminding myself to slow down. :)


simonp

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #133 on: 12 January, 2010, 09:33:40 pm »
Right so.

I've not done any today because my knee's been a bit achy.  :(

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #134 on: 12 January, 2010, 09:46:15 pm »
Sorry to hear about the knee, Simon.  Hope it's back to normal tomorrow.  

I did my first 15,000m tonight - not as quickly as you - it took me 1:08:20.8, but I was quite pleased with that.  Mentally, I'd been aiming at 1:09, so I was more or less right on target, and I didn't feel too wasted when I'd finished.  I find I'm much more comfortable with the longer distances, compared with the eyeballs out effort of a 2000m.  Maybe it's an age thing, partly.

Anyway, we're 174th in the rankings after my row.

simonp

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #135 on: 12 January, 2010, 10:12:39 pm »
Good work.   :)

andygates

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Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #136 on: 13 January, 2010, 08:34:55 pm »
183rd!   :o  Quick, someone pile into the other side of this virtual longship and let's go pillaging!
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Chris S

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #137 on: 13 January, 2010, 08:39:43 pm »
I'll be cleaning my lungs off my PM3 if I try rowing...  ::-)

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Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #138 on: 14 January, 2010, 09:30:09 am »
I did my 7500 this morning which means we've moved down a whole two places! 

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #139 on: 14 January, 2010, 09:13:03 pm »
Another 10,000m from me, and we've dropped to 186th!

simonp

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #140 on: 15 January, 2010, 12:13:09 am »
Sorry.  Not done anything since Tuesday on account of my knee having flared up a bit.

Might be having a go again tomorrow if it's fully settled down again, but I'll start with a shorter distance and see how that goes first.

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #141 on: 16 January, 2010, 01:20:00 pm »
on account of my knee having flared up a bit.
Take it easy B - I guess rowing is harder on the knee than cycling.

Did a 15000 for the first time - oh me bum muscles!

Chris S

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #142 on: 16 January, 2010, 01:46:21 pm »
Good News!

I just did 35 minutes on the turbo without expelling my lungs  :thumbsup:.

All being well, I'll be back on the rower RSN.

Marco Stefano

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Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #143 on: 16 January, 2010, 02:09:39 pm »
I would keep the pressure light, resistance low and rating a tad higher if recovering from aches & goo, so you go through the motions without too much oomph. You will still get warm, and pump your lymph system round which helps with recovery.

Been a bit tardy on this thing - I ought to join. 8836m last night.

Anyone near Cambridge at a loose end tomorrow and wants to see the wet end of the sport, it's the first leg of the Winter League head races (on the Cam, A14 bridge to the Green Dragon footbridge, 2.7km). I'm steering a coxless quad on the Cam for the first time; too many bends, aaargh...

Marco, Isle of Ely RC

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #144 on: 16 January, 2010, 02:10:23 pm »
They're upgrading the work gym and will have a lovely shiny Concept 2 rented from, and maintained by, a gym equipment rental company.

Might have to start knocking on the door of the vomitorium at lunch.
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Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #145 on: 16 January, 2010, 07:12:16 pm »
Did a 15000 for the first time - oh me bum muscles!

Well done!  :thumbsup:

Another 10,000 from me today, and the time was a PB, so that was good.  As I've remarked before, all my PBs are set in the daytime, normally on a weekend.  I just don't have the same energy on an evening, even when I've only been sitting at a desk all day.

Simon - hope the knee is better soon.  Don't rush back to the rower if it doesn't feel right.

simonp

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #146 on: 16 January, 2010, 07:41:47 pm »
My knee feels fine today, but I'm not going to be on the rower until Monday at the earliest, as I am leading the CTC all day ride tomorrow.

I happened to have already booked a physio appointment for wednesday just gone, so when I broke my knee it didn't have to wait long to be seen to.  She did some mobilisation work on it, which along with a bit of rest (though I did cycle to the physio, to work and home that day, due to lack of car) seems to have helped a lot.  I'm apparently over-using my left leg.  She reckons that the imbalance between left and right quads has got worse since I last saw her, not long after LEL, so I have to try to build up my right leg a bit over the next few weeks.

I've got to either switch back to normal tyres on the Galaxy by tomorrow, or do the 60 miles tomorrow on fixed, too.  No-one else volunteered to lead the ride.  And I'm at a party this evening too so there's a lack of time to get things done.

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #147 on: 17 January, 2010, 08:16:09 pm »
First decent weather in ages, but I couldn't get out on my bike today, as I had things to do at home.  Took the opportunity to do another session on the rower.  I set out thinking that I might do a half marathon, but I wasn't really in the mood, so I gave up at 15,000m.  I think my legs were a bit tired after my 10,000 PB yesterday.

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #148 on: 20 January, 2010, 09:47:39 pm »
It's all gone quiet on here, hasn't it?  I did 10,000 last night and 10,000 tonight, so that means I've reached my 100,000 target.  Revised target is now 150,000, so that's 50,000 in 11 days - I think I should just about make it.

simonp

Re: Cross Training: Rowing
« Reply #149 on: 20 January, 2010, 10:45:04 pm »
I'm nursing my knee.  Good work andrew and swarm_catcher in particular - we're still ahead of Cambridge Uni Alumni when I checked earlier today.