Rowing - Any help??

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  • AidanR
    AidanR Posts: 1,142
    Oh no, there is definitely cross over. It's just that obviously specificity is best for a particular sport. As I alluded to previously, though, I'm a big fan of cross-training for non-elite athletes. I'm much more interested in all round fitness, and for this the marginal benefit of a first erg session over a 5th cycling session is pretty self-evident. Of course, if your aim is to be a better cyclist, you'll almost certainly be better off with a 5th cycling session. Horses for courses, as they say.

    6:50 is a very respectable time for a casual rower, as is 1:39 for a half marathon. My PBs aren't much better than those at 15 years younger!
    Bike lover and part-time cyclist.
  • lycraholic
    lycraholic Posts: 127
    ERGING IS HORRIBLE. DON'T DO IT. :shock:

    (500m record 1:27, 2k record about 6:20, oh yeeeah)
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    @AidanR: I fully agree with you. The problem that I find is that having a few goals on the go at the same time helps break things down nicely and stop any boredom. I also ride MTB so a little bit more upper body doesn't go amiss. Also very much more interested in all round fitness, as also enjoy the duathlon's (and maybe a tri if I can learn to swim properly by next year)

    @Lycraholic: You really enjoy suffering by the look of your ergo times :)
    Doing the C2 Challenge again this year and already up 7 secs on my 1 mile row from last year (5:30 vs 5:23), so should be up for a 6:45 2k this year hopefully (but really would like to crack 6:40). 6:20 is way out of my reach in this lifetime!

    I am only 4 secs off your 500m time... but as you know - that's feels further away than the 2k time.
    Simon
  • pilot_pete
    pilot_pete Posts: 2,120
    2K in 6'49" was my best.....you know, one of those days where it just felt so 'right'? I was 43 (last year) and had struggled to get below 7 mins for about a month, then did two in a week! That was after 6 months doing a million metres for charity, then deciding to follow a training program which really made a difference. I had been doing between 5k and 10k rows prior to training for the 2k distance and for aerobic capacity and all round strength (as opposed to muscle) I think it was probably the best exercise I had ever done....and I was an Army PTI for 11 years in my 'yuff'. 10k time was something like 37 minutes.

    I then swapped to cycling as I was spending too much time in the gym on an erg when the sun was shining outside and it took very little adaptation. I was doing 50 miles plus in a matter of weeks and averaging 15mph in hilly terrain, 20 on the flat. So I can see how beneficial my base level fitness was to cycling. If you aren't a competitive cyclist I cannot see the problem with involving ego work in your weekly routine. As others have said it certainly helps motivation if you are getting bored with the turbo....

    PP
  • lycraholic
    lycraholic Posts: 127
    springtide9 wrote:
    @Lycraholic: You really enjoy suffering by the look of your ergo times :)
    Doing the C2 Challenge again this year and already up 7 secs on my 1 mile row from last year (5:30 vs 5:23), so should be up for a 6:45 2k this year hopefully (but really would like to crack 6:40). 6:20 is way out of my reach in this lifetime!

    I am only 4 secs off your 500m time... but as you know - that's feels further away than the 2k time.

    To be fair I am probably quite a lot younger than most posters on here! I don't think I could do times like that now, I haven't touched an erg in months. Still use them for the occasional bit of strength building/core work though.

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