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Old 02-12-2003, 03:51 PM   #70
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Join Date: May 15, 2001
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Age: 40
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Hi there Sigmar! I totally forgot to answer your questions concerning rowing you asked me in the previous cafe, so here they are [img]smile.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Sigmar:[QB]
Thanks for the diagram.
You've got one of those long boats, I don't know the name either, the Calpe doesn't use them but I've seen them in action.

Do you have any Ergo rac times so that we can compare?

The only ones I can recall exaclty are

2KM-7 minutes 14 seconds (average 1:51)
15KM-1 hour and 5 seconds(Average 2:03)

I'm one of the lightest rowers in the club at 60kg, in contrast the heaviest is 95KG (I also happen to be his double partner which has earned us the nickname of little and large )

Weight isn't a factor in doubles and sculls thankfully, otherwise we might be in trouble
[QB]

I can give you some ergo times, of course. Here's some distances (and times) we've done so far:
Distances
1 KM - 3 minutes and 17 seconds (average 1.38)
2 KM - 7 minutes and 00 seconds (average 1.45)
6 KM - 22 minutes and 41 seconds (average 1.53)

Time
45 minutes - usually around 2.02 average (but that's not an intensive training, more a conditional training)
60 minutes - usually around 2.03 average (the same; non-intensive training)

With the sixteen minutes I usually make a distance of approximately 15 k, a bit less (14.6, 14.7 k mostly).

You're 60 kg!!!! My god! You could be steering us! You're soo light mate, what's your height then? You must be pretty small!
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Originally posted by Sigmar:[QB]
I practice five times a week (Monday,Wednesday, Friday, twice on Saturday, Twice on Sunday), as for gettting up unbelievably early well the time we usually start our session is at 8am, when we're training in Spain it usually drops to 7 though much to the delight of everyone involved.

It's tough but its fun IMO
[QB]

I practice five, mostly six times a week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday) Mostly we go out rowing, but we also take turns on the ergometer, or we use what we call 'de bak'. You must see this as a tank of water, where a rowing boat is installed in, but the boat is fastened (i.e. cannot move). You just move the water, but not the boat itself. It is a very useful tool to practice your rowing technique.
Mondays is the indoor training session, where we train the abs, chest, biceps, etcetera, but also condition (running, sprinting etc.). That can be extremely hard, especially when your already tired [img]smile.gif[/img]
Because our club is a University Rowing club, we can only train either very early (which everyone detests now, but we will start doing it later on) or later in the afternoon. We do the latter mostly, because then everyone has time, and energy.
Currently it is too cold to row though, which is pretty much a shame, so we're all looking forward to spring so we cannot make a few decent strokes, and squash all our opponents.

[ 02-12-2003, 03:56 PM: Message edited by: Link ]
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