Rowing Chat

Speaking of falling off the erg at the end, sometimes I fall off the seat during the actual erg/water session. It doesn't happen often, and definitely not in races or anything so not a huge problem, but occurs when I'm really forcing the power down with my legs. Generally I just fall back onto my seat with the momentum but there will be some air time. I'm not sure which area of my technique to target to stop this happening completely. Any enlightenment?

Does anyone seated in the engine room find it really hard to get power in? I was with the 2nd VIII due to one of the regulars having tonsilitis and we were doing 3, 2, 1 pieces. (3mins at 20, 2mins at 22, 1min at 24) so fairly low rating when it should be easiest to get the power in.

Anywho, we were doign a set distance, not sure what it was, but the first piece was 16:25 and the second was 14:40. Surprisingly I wasn't actually that tired. I mean I was out of breath by the time we stopped, but not like ergo-stopping breathenessless. I can only assume it's because I was in the engine room (5 specifically, in a bow-rigged boat) even though I was getting full length strokes and I seemed to be pulling my weight.

Am I just getting fitter exceptionally quickly? :P

Its very hard to tire yourself out in the boat like you would on the erg. For one thing technique deteriorates a lot faster, leading to smaller muscles being knackered and becoming the limiting factor way before they should be. Also if you weren't at race rate then its much less tiring. If you were at 34+ and not tired then there might be some problems!

Agreed, the low rate work won't tire you out like a 2k on an erg will, simply because it's more aerobic work being done - you have more time to get oxygen to your muscles.

Whilst on a shorter fast piece you'll get really out of breath as your body is trying to take in enough oxygen to get to your muscles much quicker.

Although you may not be breathless, you should still feel the pain in your muscles from driving really hard, heavy strokes.

for all those that gave me pointers about 2ks, i just thought i would tell you i did it in 8.14 which was the fastest of all the novice girls

thanks for all your help! xx

Well done

Though as I'm Durham alumni, I must say BOOOOO COLLINGWOOD Haha

Well done

Though as I'm Durham alumni, I must say BOOOOO COLLINGWOOD Haha

for all those that gave me pointers about 2ks, i just thought i would tell you i did it in 8.14 which was the fastest of all the novice girls

thanks for all your help! xx

for all those that gave me pointers about 2ks, i just thought i would tell you i did it in 8.14 which was the fastest of all the novice girls

thanks for all your help! xx

Can't beat Shrewsbury's White and Blue lycra :P I've come to love my one piece <3

Oh, and that Nintendo A cappella is ****ing awesome! haha

My home club is blue and white, it seems fairly unoriginal They do compliment me a lot on the colours of my team. Rowers are weird.

I LOVE the Nintendo A cappella. It does make me feel vaguely old though.

Well, i'm 17 and I recognised all of those. So whether that just means i'm geeky or not, you shouldn't be feeling old :P Yeh, I mean our boats are just standard empacher too, we don't have any specialist sprays at all. But then again, our 1st VIII make up for it!

I know this is going to sound stupid. But:

1) is there something bad about doing an A1 5k every day?
2) is it okay for me to be out of breath during an A1?
3) should I not train on this: http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/sports-equipment/delta-airmaster/ it's pretty old, and I can't take full strokes. But unless I'm allowed to take home an ergo from school, it's all i've got.

Thanks

My new kit came today. I'm beginning to appreciate the subtle beauty of blue and yellow lycra.