FatBusting : BartMan log.
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Lunchtime row:Â 5500Â Â 20:20.1<br />
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Trainspotting facts of the rowing career of Mr B Man.<br />
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I have now rowed since getting the machine in Feb 2002 : 5,617,275m sitting on the rower for 365 hours, 53 minutes and 41 seconds. Rowing at an average pace of 1:57.2 / 500m<br />
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For the 2007 season : 78,253m in 4 hours, 51 minutes, 7 seconds. Average 1:51.6 / 500m<br />
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Evening Row:Â 7500Â Â 28:05.8 -
thing I don't get is what drives you on? In order to push myself that hard in any cardio activity I need to be doing it for a reason, training for a triathlon etc, where I can see the progress towards the goal, I can't do it just to 'be fitter'. Weights and a bit of cardio I can do but that's because I like to look good!
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You get hooked, and always want to better your times - with me that has happened anyway. Get down times when you can't be arsed, but not too many. the online rankings also help. You see you are 4 seconds off beating another 5 blokes, so you go hard out to beat them, and so on, and so on...<br />
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lunchtime row:Â 6500Â Â 24;34.3<br />
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Evening Row 6000  21:39.0 <br />
Weights session - upper body. -
Weekend in Taupo with Mrs BartMan playing squash, and thought that woud be it, no exercise for me, but right beside the squash club, the Taupo Events centre and their 'fitness suite'. <br />
So for $12, had a row on Saturday and Sunday, and even used their treadmills, to WALK a 20 minute warm down.<br />
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Sooo, Saturday 6000m 21:07.5 a new PB for that distance by about 30 seconds or so I think. Also beat my 5000m time on the way past to the 6000m by a couple of seconds, so was pretty stoked. Then walked on the above mentioned treadmill and cramped a beauty in both calves. <br />
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Sunday, did some interval training stuff - would row hard out for 30 seconds, and then just row for 90 seconds. Did a half hour row, and covered 8242 - which is 40 odd metres off my PB for the distance. Treadmill again to finish, no cramps this time!<br />
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Weight got under 100kg for the first time this weekend too - jumped on scales before row - 101kg, after row, 99kg. Second day was 98kg after the row, and 101 gain pre row!!<br />
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Also saw hori Bop of all poeple there, and he weighed in at a sevete 170kg... -
Mate, first time under the undie since 14 years old - you legend!!!!!<br />
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Farkkkkk Willie gonna have to go hard this month............. -
lunchtime row. That 30 second sprint / 90 sec cruise thing again for 30 munutes. 8269 - season best, and 19 metres off PB. Should have started a sprint a minute out, but think I would have died.<br />
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Willie - expect my real weight is that 101-102 still!! but a couple of kilos worth of weight loss in sweat during a 20 minute and a 30 minute row. Goes to show, drink shed loads of water boys and girls!! -
I don't know how good it is, but since January 2004, I have now lost about 18-20kgs. Although, the last 10kgs has been thanks to eating right too. Or righter, rather! That has also coincicded with me rowing upwards of 50,000 a week too, instead of 30 a week.<br />
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Is a good aerobic, or anerobic exercise, depending how hard you row. <br />
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This thread has me quite motivated to try and beat your times as I think they are damn difficult yet acheiveable targets (in time once fitter) for a chubbo like myself. I like rowing as it's easy on the joints if you have the technique right.<br />
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I will let you know how I go. My first 5000 will be at Lunchtime<br />
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Cheers -
mate, you should be able to give them a good nudge - a dwarf like myself rowing should be at a disadvantage to a stretch like youself (getting my excuses in early :happy:).<br />
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log into concept2.com and start a traing thing there. In your profile you can input 'training partners', and check what they have been doing. You can then (I think) check back onto old times / distances, so you could start by attacking my early times / distances.<br />
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My ranking ID is 66877 so you can check in there. <br />
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here's my first ten training rows on the rower...<br />
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[quote<br />
]dist.       time       date      weight     weight     rower<br />
7668 30:00.0Â Â 2/1/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
5305 20:00.0Â Â 1/30/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
5243 20:00.0Â Â 1/29/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
7766 30:00.0Â Â 1/28/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
10004 40:00.0Â Â 1/27/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
5203 20:00.0Â Â 1/26/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
4864 20:00.0Â Â 1/24/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
10186 40:00.0Â Â 1/23/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
5053 20:00.0Â Â 1/22/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
7443 30:00.0Â Â 1/21/2003Â Â 32 H standard[/quote]<br />
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[quote]distances and Persoanl bests for that first years rowing.<br />
500M 01:29.5  88 of 375 | 23% 2/2/2003 32 H none <br />
1000M 03:21.2  136 of 395 | 34% 2/6/2003 32 H none <br />
2000M 07:00.3  581 of 1514 | 38% 2/6/2003 32 H none <br />
5000M 17:59.8  117 of 974 | 12% 4/19/2003 32 H none <br />
6000M 22:00.2  70 of 373 | 19% 3/11/2003 32 H none <br />
8065M 30:00.0  111 of 740 | 15% 4/15/2003 32 H none <br />
10000M 38:36.4  241 of 801 | 30% 2/18/2003 32 H none <br />
15256MÂ 60:00.0Â Â 121 of 381Â | 32%Â 4/2/2003 32 H none[/quote]
