Charles Carroll 1:00:50 row

11,012m

Meters

1:00:50.8

Time

2:45.7

Pace

566

Calories

Average Watts77
Calories Per Hour564
Stroke Rate18
Stroke Count1088
Drag Factor110

June 28, 2019 16:01:00

Workout
Dynamic RowErg

Workout Type
Just Row

Weight Class
Lwt

Verified
Yes

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AEROBIC BASE TRAINING AND ENDLESS CHAIN MOVEMENT

- When I row 10 meters per stroke, chances are I will be rowing at 16 to 20 spm.
- When I row 16 to 20 spm, chances are I will be getting 10 meters per stroke.
- When I produce a force curve that shows peak force early and maintained through the drive, chances are that I will be rowing 10 meters per stroke at 16 to 20 spm.

These, however, are just part of a larger goal. And being parts — not the whole, itself — raises a question. Can the full benefit of Aerobic Base Training be gotten if you separate the parts from the whole? Distance per stroke, stroke rate, force curve — each can be likened to a link in a chain. But what value does a link possess in and of itself? Isn’t it valuable only insofar as it remains connected to the other links? I think so.

The goal of Aerobic Base Training is to work on technique by repeating slow, but focused movement that results in force curves which show peak force early and maintained through the drive while rowing 10 meters per stroke at 16 to 20 spm. Only now am I starting to appreciate that to focus on any one of these things while losing focus on others is to fall short of the goal. If the goal is to coach yourself to row well, you have to pay attention to the whole movement. As Steve Fairbairn wrote a century ago, rowing is an endless chain movement. So the endless chain movement is what I am seeking to improve.

How many times recently have I quoted the old Latin phrase, Duos qui sequitur lepores, neutrum capit? (Who chases two rabbits catches neither.) But while this may be all well and fine when you are in a field chasing rabbits, does it apply when you are working on an endless chain movement in a flat water racing single? Polish each link all you want, but will you see any improvement if you don’t keep all the links joined together? I have learned not to let myself be distracted by a single link when what I am really after is the whole chain. And on that — on endless chain movement — on absolute continuity of motion — is where the focus belongs.

Splits

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:00:50.8 11,012m 2:45.7 77 564 18
5:00.0 872m 2:52.0 69 536 16
10:00.0 898m 2:47.0 75 558 17
15:00.0 900m 2:46.6 76 560 18
20:00.0 905m 2:45.7 77 564 19
25:00.0 908m 2:45.1 78 567 19
30:00.0 906m 2:45.5 77 565 18
35:00.0 889m 2:48.7 73 550 17
40:00.0 914m 2:44.1 79 572 18
45:00.0 925m 2:42.1 82 582 18
50:00.0 913m 2:44.2 79 571 18
55:00.0 918m 2:43.3 80 576 18
1:00:00.0 913m 2:44.2 79 571 18
1:00:50.0 151m 2:45.5 77 565 17

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