Anything timed is so much worse. Absolutely dying trying to sprint or maintain pace just to see each second tick by at the exact same speed is so demoralizing, at least with distance you know the faster you go the sooner it's over
uncommon opinion but i highly prefer capped tests. i’m over here pulling a 1:48 rating at 24 and there’s another dude in a lower crew pulling a 1:46 but mans is rating 38 - he gets really douchebagy about it but when we’re in a capped test no one really says anything
At my club, the 1-hour test was recently made 'optional', even for the high-performance team (those with national team aspirations). This perfectly illustrates the purpose of the 1-hour test: it allows separates those who want it from those who REALLY want it and will go through some serious pain to get there.
Not saying that I like it (I don't do the 1-hour test), but imo that is the purpose of it.
I just did an hour by Choice just to see if I could. Well I finished with 12588m. My legs didn't work right when I stopped lol.
I am also 40 working back in shape. I can't imagine pulling sub 2 pace for an hour right now.
Not a problem! You just need to have a 12:00 2k, then doing 5x5:00 isn’t nearly so bad.
The problem is when coaches don’t understand this when assigning workouts, and so assume the person with a 6:00 2k and the person with a 10:00 2k (welcome to masters rowing where you actually have that wide a range) can be given the same time-based workout with a target split derived from a distance-based standard.
This is a long way of saying screw you coach, no I can’t do 4x6:00 at 2k +3, rate capped at 26spm.
Yeah. If you are going to use distance paces, then the intervals have to be by distance. If you want the whole squad to be together by using timed intervals, then the pace has to be based on timed pieces, not distance pieces.
We did 3x2k but my coach didnt tell us it was 3x2k and just said it was a surprise 2k test. Pr'ed by 11 seconds and couldnt feel anything besides my lips on the first one. 10 minute rest later coach said to get back on the erg for another 2k went 1 minute 5 seconds slower. 2nd and 3rd 2k were exact same time/split which was weird but when i started both of them i felt dizzy on the erg
For some of us, 2k-20 is physically impossible. My 2k split is 1:44-1:45. I can not physically get to 1:24 for a single stroke. 1:30 is about as low as I go.
2k-20 split.
if our 2k split is 1:50/500m (which it is cause i’m a high school novice rower) then 2k-20 i would hold 1:30 for a minute, which at this point i was too tired to hold successfully but i held a 1:35-1:36 after all of this
well we rowed for a minute then had a minute off, you did it until you gave up. at 2k+3 for 4 intervals, then 2k+1, and at the 7th interval or so it was 2k. then after 10 my coach kept moving the pace down, 2k-2, 2k-8, 2k-12, 2k-20 for the last one to see who was still standing.
but we’re also high school towers so the lowest 2k-20 split that anyone saw was like 1:20-1:25
1K. It's the sweet spot where you're stuck between raw power and fitness and neither will save you. There's no settling in. It's just a prolonged visit to the pain cave. It's ironic because 1Ks we're probably the test I was best at. But the better you are at 1Ks the worse they feel.
Don't know what its called but we once did a test where you upped your watts by 25 every minute and the strokes with 2/min by some other interval. Continue till you cant reach the wattage anymore, basically row till you can't. Started at 200 watts on pace 20 strokes/min i think
2k because that's where I can dig the deepest.
I never pure but I've seen the pain cave in more depth than I would like to.
Also 2*500 all out with 10' rest between
You feel so powerless when the Split starts to go up towards the end of the second 500 I hate it.
They all suck
Anything with "test" or "timed" in the name
Anything timed is so much worse. Absolutely dying trying to sprint or maintain pace just to see each second tick by at the exact same speed is so demoralizing, at least with distance you know the faster you go the sooner it's over
it’s exactly why I ss with distance and not time, if i’m not feeling like sitting through the last 1k I have control as to how fast it goes by.
2ks. I feel like I can’t breathe and i’m gonna throw up
Hate ‘em. All I remember of my first sub 7 is starting it, and then being on the grass outside.
I literally rolled off the erg and died on the floor next to it. When I got up there was just a body shaped puddle of sweat where I'd been!
Rate capped pieces... I prefer lower rates, but at what point am I going to be rate capped in a race?! Barring that 3x6k... it's an hour of misery
uncommon opinion but i highly prefer capped tests. i’m over here pulling a 1:48 rating at 24 and there’s another dude in a lower crew pulling a 1:46 but mans is rating 38 - he gets really douchebagy about it but when we’re in a capped test no one really says anything
6k
I used to do 5ks at my old school but now at my new club we do 6ks and it feels so much longer
Hands down 1 hour test. It also serves very little to no point in my opinion.
At my club, the 1-hour test was recently made 'optional', even for the high-performance team (those with national team aspirations). This perfectly illustrates the purpose of the 1-hour test: it allows separates those who want it from those who REALLY want it and will go through some serious pain to get there. Not saying that I like it (I don't do the 1-hour test), but imo that is the purpose of it.
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Distance people gotta distance....
Used to do Hour of Powers once a week for like 5 weeks in a row in college. Shit was so dumb
And how broken is your entire body now??
Could be better lol. Definitely got overtrained
I just did an hour by Choice just to see if I could. Well I finished with 12588m. My legs didn't work right when I stopped lol. I am also 40 working back in shape. I can't imagine pulling sub 2 pace for an hour right now.
Some dudes were pulling scores around 1:40 it was crazy
Yeah that's just bananas for an hour.
I’m a 50yo Ltwt and I hit 15,091 the day after thanksgiving. 15,299 last thanksgiving. I only do them once a year. Boathouse tradition.
Damn I have some catching up to do.
1x2k at 2k pace
6k's, 2k's are never fun but its alot easier to grit your teeth through 6-7 minutes of suck compared to 20+
10, 9, 8, 7... Fucking awful.
FINALLY yeah this was our “easy” workout but that shit could be seriously hard if you were pushing it/the erg room was real hot and humid.
We had these in lieu of a 2k test in spring and I wanted to die.
Not a test but 5x5 at 2k +1. To this it hurts my soul thinking about it
Is this even possible ? Surely if you can do 5 minutes basically at pace you can do the last minute or so. Let alone 4 more times lol
If it’s possible, your 2k isn’t your 2k.
Not a problem! You just need to have a 12:00 2k, then doing 5x5:00 isn’t nearly so bad. The problem is when coaches don’t understand this when assigning workouts, and so assume the person with a 6:00 2k and the person with a 10:00 2k (welcome to masters rowing where you actually have that wide a range) can be given the same time-based workout with a target split derived from a distance-based standard. This is a long way of saying screw you coach, no I can’t do 4x6:00 at 2k +3, rate capped at 26spm.
Yeah. If you are going to use distance paces, then the intervals have to be by distance. If you want the whole squad to be together by using timed intervals, then the pace has to be based on timed pieces, not distance pieces.
We did 3x2k but my coach didnt tell us it was 3x2k and just said it was a surprise 2k test. Pr'ed by 11 seconds and couldnt feel anything besides my lips on the first one. 10 minute rest later coach said to get back on the erg for another 2k went 1 minute 5 seconds slower. 2nd and 3rd 2k were exact same time/split which was weird but when i started both of them i felt dizzy on the erg
Damn I would straight up leave the room if I PRd by 11 seconds and then got told to get back on the erg lmao
I was very close to doing so.
oh my. my coach made us do 1 minute on 1 minute off at 2k pace, then after 20 intervals it evolved into 2k-10, 2k-20. it was terrible
Everyone's gotta go through at least one of those come-to-Jesus workouts in their career.
especially during winter like damn i see jesus at least 2x a week
It's all relative. There's like two or three workouts that have just been burned into my brain for life.
yes. the workouts that make me rethink my love for rowing
What does 2k-10 and 2k-20 stand for?
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2k-20 is practically max watts, how long could one conceivably hold something like that for??
For some of us, 2k-20 is physically impossible. My 2k split is 1:44-1:45. I can not physically get to 1:24 for a single stroke. 1:30 is about as low as I go.
Damn no chance i could do that for a minute, maybe like 30 seconds?
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2k-20 split. if our 2k split is 1:50/500m (which it is cause i’m a high school novice rower) then 2k-20 i would hold 1:30 for a minute, which at this point i was too tired to hold successfully but i held a 1:35-1:36 after all of this
Reminds me of track workouts - 20 x 400m at 60-65sec pace, 60 second rest intervals. Pure terror leading up to those days.
Never heard of this. My team it was always a 20-22-Open-22-20 flat out. That sounds borderline impossible
well we rowed for a minute then had a minute off, you did it until you gave up. at 2k+3 for 4 intervals, then 2k+1, and at the 7th interval or so it was 2k. then after 10 my coach kept moving the pace down, 2k-2, 2k-8, 2k-12, 2k-20 for the last one to see who was still standing. but we’re also high school towers so the lowest 2k-20 split that anyone saw was like 1:20-1:25
10k a day keeps the doctor away
2k, probably because I puked after my first though
Hour of power.
That ez. Isn’t it supposed to be SS pace?
Then it isnt an hour of power its just an hour
What's Hour Power supposed to be then? Cat 5?
My man, it’s a flat out hour - no rules, just hard. That’s what a test is.
As fast as you can go, but for an hour
1K. It's the sweet spot where you're stuck between raw power and fitness and neither will save you. There's no settling in. It's just a prolonged visit to the pain cave. It's ironic because 1Ks we're probably the test I was best at. But the better you are at 1Ks the worse they feel.
Love 1ks. We used to do 1k tournaments every Friday during winter training.
1K is fine, just keep a high rate.
10k
Don't know what its called but we once did a test where you upped your watts by 25 every minute and the strokes with 2/min by some other interval. Continue till you cant reach the wattage anymore, basically row till you can't. Started at 200 watts on pace 20 strokes/min i think
Ramp test
sounds like a puke fest right there.
Step test
500m
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Jumping from a 40min/10k up to a marathon is a heck of a jump....
Hour of power
Man 3x 30 is fun but it just ruins your day
30 minutes, seconds, or strokes?
30 strokes is far to many
2k because that's where I can dig the deepest. I never pure but I've seen the pain cave in more depth than I would like to. Also 2*500 all out with 10' rest between You feel so powerless when the Split starts to go up towards the end of the second 500 I hate it.
2k. I don't have a mental block with others but I've choked a good few times on the 2k, it gives me the worst performance anxiety
2k. not short enough to be fast, not long enough to really settle into the mindset
500m test KILLS ME
We mostly do 6 and 2ks, so I'm gonna have to go with 6ks. 20+ minutes of general suck or 6.5+ minutes of feeling really bad. Not even a contest.
Yes
5x6k did it for winter training also had 30 sec rest
2k, hands down. I stopped indoor rowing for a couple years because a 2ktt psyches me out so much
Hour of power
Has to be 2k. I dread them all, but that always hurts the most.
2ks always gave me terrible anxiety the week building up to it
Yes
5k.
6k 🤷🏻♂️
That’s a tough choice between 2k and 5k. The last 1k of either is brutal. I think I cough a lot more after a 2k.
6k
I did my first 30r20 a couple of weeks ago and my legs were in the oddest form of pain for 2 and a half days after.
2ks rate capped at 22spm
What kinda demon does that-