I just cannot maintain the wattage. It's nit that my muscles are burning, my heartrate is spiking and I szruggle to get air. I did 4 intervals yesterday with an averaga of 1:45, but after each 500 I had ca. 1 minute rest. To maintain the 1:45 all through the 2k seems like sci-fi at the moment.
Frankly, you said it yourself. You can't maintain the wattage. This will mean you either aren't strong or fit enough to do so. Try slower splits to see what you an hold then build from there
Thank you! I think the atmosphere with people doing a 2k around you can add a little bit of motivation. Doing one alone though doesn't mean it would be slower. My PB was done alone!
Deep in the PAIN CAVE! Hey C what do you generally row 5K at for PB? around 135? Or higher? I am as big as you are and cant get under 18M but just started rowing this year I feel like it is easier w the lever on flywheel at 7 to 8 vs where you do it at around 5.5 to 6 - right? Thoughts are greatly appreciate - I have bunch of LA County Baywatch lifeguards watching you and starting to row in the off season - keep up the comedy!!
That's awesome Robert! When I'm around LA we'll have to grab a bite to eat! Food is fuel after all! I'm about to make a video about drag factor abs resistance, hopefully it'll answer your questions!
@@CameronBuchan SWEEEETT - Great food is great fuel and I consider Guinness great food - probably wrong of me but happy to get some with you if you roll into town - there is a great little row house in Marina Del Rey on the river that UCLA uses - you would love it! There is a rowing machine in our Venice headquarters and we all use it but all of us are VERY clueless and compete against each other in wintertime. Getting from 20 minutes to low 18s (DEEP pain cave) was conditioning but now we all realize there is a necessity to understanding the stroke and the snap and that drag resistance. Based on a ton of comments on your RU-vid channel a video on this subject is going to be loved because I do not think any of us really understand optimal drag and specifically the difference between a 2k a 5k and a 10k. Keep yamming!
Hi Cameron, as an old oarsman who was never as good as you, I can’t help noticing you take the catch with your arms & then hold your arms bent throughout the leg drive …. are your arms really as strong as your legs ?
Hi Chris. Thanks for the feedback! You're right I do bend the arms. Something that I've been trying to shake. I am not "pulling" with my arms past where they are finding load though, where they connect my legs. Of course the bigger muscles are stronger. I see it as a result of the machine itself. The wheel has to change direction so there is a point with zero resistance. Some people "catch" this point with a "bum shove" some people with an arm bend. I'd ve more concerned if it was as bad on the water!
Next time try a BWOR (best and worst of rest) drill? A BWOR can be applied to a 2000 m time trial or any other distance that is a multiple of 500 m. The aim is to minimise the sum of the best and the worst 500 m split out of the whole piece, an exercise that makes you train your end sprint really.
best thing you can remember before your 2k test as a mental preparation is that it's NOT 6 mins of pain. It's 5 mins of focus then 1 minute of pain. It's only 1 minute!
@@CryptixV haha you're right there. anyone who ever does it right need carrying off the erg, even 20 mins after. I just mean in the actual 2k itself. For me it's 500m hard effort, then 500m of efficiency, then 500 of focussed aggression, then 500m of gasping pain fighting every mental demon in my brain. I really don't understand people who walk away afterwards, how can you be happy with your effort if you're walking away
That sounds horrible. I find that the absolute worst part of any workout is between about the half way point and the 2/3 point. Having to go all out during that worst possible time? Cringe.
