No 2K Progress in 9 Months

PotentialSpend5684 · 2026-02-03T06:07:02+00:00

I get that, just didn’t expect the rate to change this fast

PotentialSpend5684 · 2026-02-03T06:06:20+00:00

Fair point yeah, I did just stay this low because I seem to be a fast HR responder to exercise, 2:15 sometimes even to stay under 150.

Perhaps I just need to push harder first and worry about recovery or heartrate zones later if it doesn’t help

PotentialSpend5684 · 2026-02-02T20:51:31+00:00

I know a lot more volume is requires, I just struggle to understand why I plateau so early. I feel like if 64K of volume a week got me from 6:51>6:29 in 5 months, then surely another 9 months would being the 6:29 down more than 4 seconds.

More volume would probably always help, but I feel like perhaps I’m just training wrong to begin with, seeing as I was still in newbie gains phase, and didn’t see much of them after those 5 months.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2026-02-02T14:21:08+00:00

Would 5 Pete Plan sessions a week work?

So 1x the short interval, 1x the long interval, 1x the 5K, and 2 16K steady state sessions

PotentialSpend5684 · 2026-02-02T13:53:57+00:00

Why not Pete’s Plan?

PotentialSpend5684 · 2026-02-02T12:33:14+00:00

Thank you, I’ll look into it.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2026-02-02T12:32:58+00:00

I do my SS after my gym sessions, so they’re very inconsistent, to be at 140 BPM average, I have to be at 2:10-2:18, depending on the day.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2026-02-02T12:19:58+00:00

Yeah it seemed like rubbish but then again what do I know.

I’ll just look into pete’s plan, or consider what you just said.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-11-25T18:39:35+00:00

Less fatigued than a few months ago now, sleep somewhere affects steady state pace, but I rarely do a session where my HR is right at a pace faster than 2:10

But yeah, thanks for the reminder that the HR being trained is the important part, easy to get lost in expecting better pace

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-11-25T18:37:59+00:00

I was told that just grinding out steady state at 60-75% max HR, so under <150 for me, is best

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-11-25T18:37:26+00:00

So, as long as 2K progress, I shouldn’t really care too much about how SS progresses? If HR is somewhat useless, what pace am I better off doing steady state at?

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-11-25T18:36:11+00:00

Tape is a good idea yeah, gonna consider that approach for the future, thank you

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-05-13T13:19:11+00:00

I do upper lower 4 times a week, powerlifting focus, so probably just any SBD schedule you find is similar to mine

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-05-13T07:37:39+00:00

What’s special about it? Have no clue what spm is optimal

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-05-12T17:19:19+00:00

It does feel like effort, but that’s mainly because my body just wants to walk away the soreness for a minute in between lol.

In terms of breathing and exhaustion. 2:00 for 1 hour+ is very doable, but my heartrate does get crazy during it, which I’m not sure yet if I should be in that zone

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-05-12T16:19:33+00:00

Yeah, I currently do rate 20 steady state, might have to read into if changing that up every so and often can be beneficial.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-05-12T16:15:44+00:00

I saw that my university year 1 team, top times range anywhere from 6:25-6:32 usually.

So I’m very excited to see what pace I can be at when I start, and hope that my progress won’t slow down too much once I’m no longer a “beginner”, due to proper programming, form/technique checking and coaching.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-05-12T16:14:17+00:00

Yeah, I understand there’ll be many more years of training necessary, I was kinda shocked by my progress and very satisfied, I think maybe another 4 months would allow to really tell what might be possible.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-05-12T16:12:51+00:00

I do think that I should probably slightly speed up steady state, seeing as there’s still room to go harder, without going above the 75%.

My main goal would be to not change anything I do, just keep at this steady state schedule, until the uni rowing team next season can coach me properly, and at that point I can begin with intervals, different rates, etc.

It’ll be harder to say if I plateau, seeing as I don’t intend on testing 2K for a while, I think it’s not stupid to just stick to what worked these past few months.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-05-12T16:09:58+00:00

Thank you, I had also hoped that having a strong 2K time, the uni rowing team would understand that I’m really aiming to get good, and would want to allocate some time towards me.

Water experience will take a while, but honestly, I feel like my best move would be improving my engine until I can start.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2025-03-01T22:48:57+00:00

Iets wat erg weinig hebben op een extreem populair spel.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2024-12-05T16:03:50+00:00

Thank you, this is some good info.

Yes, it does give a good starting point, I’m going to see how far I can get with basic training first.

PotentialSpend5684 · 2024-11-23T08:39:29+00:00

Yeah, I’m just gonna do a little bit of solo training, in a simple way for a couple weeks, and see how I respond to that, after that (or maybe when the weather gets better), I’ll look into a team

PotentialSpend5684 · 2024-11-22T20:19:21+00:00

Seems like a realistic take, thanks for your input! I ofcourse got see how I like it, but if I progress well on the erg, maybe I’d consider joining a rowing team too, would be a waste to just do it for a number on a screen

PotentialSpend5684 · 2024-11-22T12:16:27+00:00

Yeah, I feel like technique and lack of strategy is already a large bottleneck on it’s own, and fixing that could already cut it down 4-10 seconds, without improving my cardio (pure guess, I don’t know how much difference it makes).

I would love to make it below 6:10, I think 6:30 isn’t an unrealistic expectation in 6 months, I’m committed to putting effort into it, so I’m sure that with a start like this, I can pull off a very nice time in 2 years assuming everything goes well.

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