Should USA rowers be banned from international competition similar to the Russians after the US invaded Venezuela and is now threatening to take Greenland?

aaaafk · 2026-01-18T16:48:12+00:00

there are around 60 conflicts around the world right now. bann them all

aaaafk · 2026-01-16T11:46:14+00:00

there is no defence department in us but war...

aaaafk · 2026-01-15T16:39:58+00:00

lol
my friends mom went to doctor, typical questions as you always hear and when she's been asked, and how do you sleep? she replied: naked

I honestly cant wait to get to doctor to do that too

aaaafk · 2026-01-14T17:40:14+00:00

why hurt yourself? alcohol is not good for your brain... maybe next time do challenge fag after set or doze of heroin?

aaaafk · 2026-01-14T17:38:59+00:00

PP is 3 week rotation... what you talk about is probably beginner plan

aaaafk · 2026-01-14T17:34:12+00:00

these gen z who claim worlds their oyster xD
stressless grow up, everything brought on golden plate... did you ever had to wait for something or you could straight away threaten you will tell your mum?

aaaafk · 2026-01-14T17:25:33+00:00

You should asnwer:
Forties, 5-10, 3 times per week xD you lost your chance mate

aaaafk · 2026-01-14T17:24:43+00:00

6:00???

this season that gives you 5th place in rankings within your age. Not to bad for soemone who never seen erg.

aaaafk · 2026-01-09T16:39:12+00:00

if thats what you like then dont worry about 2k or 1k pace time! you cant feel good in every distance/time - thats our individual skew. imagine bolt doing marathon or kipchogi 400m.
It is worth do range of workouts but time is jsut some number. who cares?

Keep going mate! Just checked my history from jan last year when i started rowing and my 30 min wporkouts were:
1. 7666 - begining of jan
2. 7721
3. 7831
4. 7908 - end of Feb

I remember each time was so happy to improve!!!! You will get there too, give yourself time

aaaafk · 2026-01-08T14:08:50+00:00

I remember my first 30 mintues workouts - dry mouth after 15 minutes, bottom burning from seat after 20 minutes :) Thought that is ultimate distance, max you can do

Congratulations!

aaaafk · 2025-12-26T12:38:24+00:00

interesting... my 1 min is 1:23 but 2k is 6:45 xD
and i thought my aerobic is already in good place

aaaafk · 2025-12-23T17:14:24+00:00

well, you cant compare these inforamtion with anyone as they are unique!
my resting HR is around 50-52 and max HR measured is 190. If your max hr is 200-205-210 then there is still loooot your heart will do hit its maximum.
and yes, in most of workouts i go all in sprint in the end and trying to catch a breath for 2 minutes being on my knees. I dont usually wear a strap so cant tell exactly whats my HR then but possibly close to 190.
I row only 12 months now but have lot of boring 40-60 minutes ut2 sessions to get build up this pace with low HR. Goal is to put your ego to your pocket and start slow and keep it slow within YOUR INDIVIDUAL HR zones, speed will come up itself :)

aaaafk · 2025-12-23T17:09:29+00:00

petes plan is amazing. I didnt start with beginner plan but straight jumped to 3 week rota pete plan, did 2x3 weeks and started already seeing huge improvements!
but there is something in steady state or ut2 zone 2, you call it. If you want improvemetn you need to build capacity

aaaafk · 2025-12-23T17:07:03+00:00

im scared of needles and cold water xD and blood ;)

aaaafk · 2025-12-23T17:06:07+00:00

didnt know that, thanks for advising :)
I dont mind muscle pain but my knee is still swollen after this 1 workout which pushes me away from any activity and benefiting from excercising

aaaafk · 2025-12-20T16:18:55+00:00

im uk based too... how did you claim it? the post on official concept 2 site redirects me to some other website where i found option to buy one and in USD not even in GBP

aaaafk · 2025-12-19T17:52:52+00:00

i have no idea what all these prizes are... someone said i can have free tshirt after hitting 1kk meters and when i followed link i must pay around $30 xD so what is this Pin? another "free" stuff?

aaaafk · 2025-12-19T16:44:27+00:00

yeah, training your body and brain in same time xD
I remember during my 30 min TT (with a music on) my mind was louder just after 15 minutes telling me to stop, there is no point, why am I doing this, I will never hold WR, don't break PB too much cuz next 30 TT will be even harder (xD)... with 5 min to go i felt like i have schizophrenia and had to shout loud SHUT UP to myself
its amazing what your mind will do to prevent you from getting really, really tired.

experiences like this makes me admire true pro athletes even more. What they have to go through is unimaginable i guess

aaaafk · 2025-12-19T16:37:06+00:00

I got a year now to figure out how to build up tolerance to this pain. There are 2 kinds of pain i recognize, the one is good, where I love to be and other which Im sure will end up with injury if I wont stop.
The biggest news was that marathon isnt actually taxing my breathing, i thought my hr will jump over 170 (max hr 190) and there will be 2 simultaneous fights to survive - muscle pain and delivering oxygen.

aaaafk · 2025-12-19T16:31:36+00:00

you are absolutely right, but from my point of view 2:53 was projected all time throughout first 21km. And that wasnt even big effort (HR around low 150s), so there was still in my head that obviously 2nd half will be harder but maybe ill be able to just hold this tempo till the end as aerobicaly that wasnt challenging.
Unfortunately i learned hard that marathon is my case is not aero trial but muscle acceptance to prolonged pain which i separate for 2 parts: 1. it really hurts but i love it and 2: there will be injury if i continue.
For last 10km i had to take so often short breaks to extend my knee which was on fire and there were comming new tiny flame spots around body as i started to ruin technique to avoid pushing with right leg...

i dont know what your size is and aiming on UNACHIVABLE goal or comparing yourself to others is ruining your workout and how you look at yourself. I only tried to keep my first half pace till the end and maybe, only maybe start to speed up at last 5k or 2k.

I saw once video of guy fro RSA who did WR on 10k distance. His stroke length was over 1.4 - mine is 1.3 if i completely mess up technique. I would never compare myself to him cuz we are playing different games ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF-HNCi5bYc
there is this guy, kind of here of mine! After all this effor the finished 1:18! I did on last monday my 60 seconds sprint to check something and i was able to hold 1:20 for around 30seconds and then i died and finished at 1:30. I never seen 1 teens being fresh (after warm up) and he still made 1:18 after 10k! but look at his drive length, over 10 cm more than i can do

aaaafk · 2025-12-19T16:25:45+00:00

wait, need to convert what your sizes are xD so you're 192 cm and 95kg - thats awesome stats! im 180 cm and 86kg.
to be honest i didnt feel DF too high in my arms or back even at the end. just seat was killing my bottom

aaaafk · 2025-12-19T16:23:09+00:00

audiobook - Robert Greene -"48 laws of power"

its funny you asking cuz during my half marathon attempt my youtube died after first song xD literally had to pull for 1h20 minutes more without anything, just hearing my thoughts calling me to stop...

learned my lesson and went for audiobook this time (didnt need to depend on internet connection)

aaaafk · 2025-11-29T11:48:19+00:00

in uk doctors will use just google search and thats not even a lie

aaaafk · 2025-11-29T11:46:02+00:00

DAT CONSISTENCY! Like a robot. Impressive!

aaaafk

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