FatBusting : BartMan log.
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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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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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DOn't think you gain too much muscle - lots of strength I expect though!! -
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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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] -
Sunday:Â 5500:Â 20:15, and upper body weights session.<br />
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Under the ton for a few seconds I reckonl until I had re hydrated!!<br />
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But getting there. Don't think I would like to get much under the 100 at any rate - hate feeling 'small' after all theses years of being a frontrower. Someone even picked me for a flanker the other day. The shame :shifty: -
just pick up a ball and show em your ball skills fella - den they will know you are and always will be a front rower!!! :2funny:
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But getting there. Don't think I would like to get much under the 100 at any rate - hate feeling 'small' after all theses years of being a frontrower. Someone even picked me for a flanker the other day. The shame :shifty:<br />
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Don't believe the hype, Bartos.<br />
'Small' lives longer, goes further, doesn't get diabetes, heart disease etc...<br />
We've just been told we need to be big by our coaches ever since college, so of course it's going to be hard to change your mindset, but you've gotta do it, for the sake of yourself. I don't know about you, but I want to meet my grandkids. (In about another thirty years, mind
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I'm pretty sure we're about the same age (I'm 32), so now's the time to get cracking... or else we're heading down a road that ends at heart attack city.<br />
I'm planning on being around 85kg when I run the London Marathon, anything more and it'll just be too hard. -
Willy, you get your touch team together, and I'll get mine, and then we'll see who has the magic :knubble:<br />
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Chowie, I don't think I would get much below 95kg, not carrying too much fat at all now, and am probably fitter than when I was playing code! Mind you, with that stupid BMI index thing, no doubnt I am still super obese.... :tickedoff:
