Rowing Chat

Thing is, I don't even know what went wrong. Now, my parents won't even let me go train on the erg upstairs because they think i'm too ill. Makes me want to break someone when I can't relax through rowing :P I'm going to start doing some more strength stuff at home, and i'm going to go down before each session and do a 2k. I'm going to try a 1:53 split tomorrow and just go down 1 pip each time I think!

If you've got the flu, seriously don't even bother training at all there will be literally no training effect and you'll just piss yourself off and possibly put yourself out for longer. Just give it like a week or something. It would have had a massive effect on your 2k. The times I had to do 2ks when I was ill, it felt like I had no power in my legs despite still feeling pretty fit.

My advice training wise would be to just follow your programme. You're at a very good school for rowing so they know what they're doing. If you dont feel like you're working hard enough and want to do extra then work on your technique, even if its on the erg. As for doing a 2k itself, what other pieces have you done at max effort? Use these as a base for predicting an attainable time to shoot for.

And please dont do a 2k before every session! If you want to do extra sessions everyday then do feet out 12k's at a very low resistance or something. It'll keep you on your toes technically, stimulate your aerobic system nicely and wont burn you out.

And keep a training diary if you want to stay focused.

What do you mean feet out?

Our new coach loves feet out rowing, we've done it before but not to such an extent. It's really helped us improve as a crew actually.

Apparently, one of my main issues technically is rocking my back too soon during the drive (i.e. I straighten out from leaning forward too quickly). Anyone have any ideas to help me improve this? I've tried a lot, it's just difficult.

Our new coach loves feet out rowing, we've done it before but not to such an extent. It's really helped us improve as a crew actually.

Apparently, one of my main issues technically is rocking my back too soon during the drive (i.e. I straighten out from leaning forward too quickly). Anyone have any ideas to help me improve this? I've tried a lot, it's just difficult.

In addition to the above, do your erg warm ups from the front end - have you done this before? If not, I'll explain:

Instead of the usual sitting at backstops then arms, arms and body, quarter, half, 3/4, full slide warm up, do it from the other end....

1. Start at the catch position on the erg.

2. Keeping your back in the leant over position and your arms always straight, move back about 1 inch on the slide just by pushing on the footplate with your feet, still do the tapping down catching. This is 1 inch rowing from frontstops.

3. Lengthen the stroke to quarter way back on the slide, still staying leant over arms locked out.

4. Up to half slide

5. Up to 3/4 slide

6. Full slide but still as soon as your legs are fully locked out you should be leant over, arms locked out, and then tap down, forwards without any arms/body movement.

7. THEN bring in the body swing (will feel SO good as this can put a lot of strain on your back until you're used to it - don't overdo it! I CAN hurt a lot if you do too much, you need to ease your back into this especially if you're already leaning too early).

8. Then finally you can bring in the arms at the end.

This generally should improve compression at the catch and the proper sequence of legs-back-arms through the drive. If it's a bit complicated, ask your coach or a more experienced rower to show you as it's quite a common exercise to do.

Hopt that helps

sooo what does anyone reckon is a good 5k time for a girl?

sooo what does anyone reckon is a good 5k time for a girl?

I still don't get why they didn't go with an Empacher...

Oh, and the guy at 7 in the Cambridge boat was rushing sooo much up the slide! But other than that, it was a good race

I don't see Trapmore staying with the light blues for next year, or after his contract runs out anyway (if he's on one). Cambs had a lot more going for them.

And do you mean Rasmussen? I'm sure he was 7.

Also, would smash Liz Box

God yes.

Bah I was trying to hit the good rep button but on my phone. Sorry for the neg rep :/

Yeh I do mean Rassmussen or however you spell it! He was a big guy but his technique wasn't comparable to the other 7

Baha, I will never forgive you! This day shall live in infamy!

Rasmussen the boat club president who helped win last year was rushing the slide? Nice

He was, I swear! About half way through, you could see he was coming to the catch way sooner than everyone else. He was the only thing wrong with the timing! I think it's just because they were all tired, and he was starting to slack up on his arms being fully extended before coming up the slide.

May have just been me being hypercritical because I actually know a few things about rowing now haha. Last year, I was like, "What the hell's a bow?". I shall have a look at the iplayer tomorrow to check :P