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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- A lot of new people have been joining the YAMSQAUD lately so I thought it was time to chat a little bit about my rowing journey and how I came to where I am now.
The 2k row is a huge part of any person related to rowing, whether a beginner wanting to get out on the water or a crossfit athlete wanting to see how low they can get their splits. The 2000m workout that we all know and love all brings us together. So, with that said, relating my journey to my 2k score and seeing if there was anything in particular that gave me my steps on in 2k is a very relatable journey for the yamsquad! Enjoy!
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I wondered where my Grandmas table cloth had gone!
im falling in love with your videos and rowing. i just started 2 months ago because my friends said id be good at it because of my height of 6'4 being only 14 yrs old. my first 2k i got 7:58.2 and then second was 7:38.1 and only hope to improve on the third, aiming for around 7:25. my goal is sub 7 before summer hits and with your videos i feel so motivated and inspired to keep on going. Thank you Cameroon Buchan! all my credit goes to you
Thanks for the kind words! Alot of the credit will be on you! Good luck on your journey and let us know how it goes!
@@CameronBuchan Hey Cameron! its been almost 2 months but the journey is going well. I just had my High school novice sprints yesterday, it was a 1500m where i scored a 5:12 time and won! I surprised myself with a time like that. Thank you for all of the videos you post, they really inspire me to become better not just at rowing but as a person!
bro, im 14 and 6"4, my coach bet me i couldn't get sub 6:45, so thats my goal by next year. congrats on the progress and lets keep getting better
@@littleron2379 Yessir, end of year this year we'll be there no doubt about it
Do you row on water? if so, how are your times/placements?@@lukabosnjak1975
Loving how “a little bit of fuel” = 3 breaded egg toasts
Remember, food is fuel! #yamsquad
@@CameronBuchan how do you make breaded egg toast tho ive googled it but it doesn't come up
@@harrysalfinger3356 will be in the recipe book!
Hey Cam, i just want to point some misconceptions in this topic. You 've probably had tested blood lactate levels and not lactic acid levels. Lactic acid is acid by its ph values, where lactate is bicarbonate, a salt basically. Why is blood lactate test important for endurance athletes? We have 2 main energy systems in our body anaerobic (cp and glycogen) and aerobic (o2), but they are never used separately. Lactate levels shows us in what measure we use anaerobic lactic source in our activities. Which is very important when planning and programming functional training routine. Latest trends shows that largest volume of training is done in ut2 zone (sub 2 mmol/l blood lactate levels), this training zone doesn't make you row faster on 2k but rather prepare your cells metabolically for better clearance of toxic byproducts, increase number of mitochondrias in cell which allows more oxygen to be accepted in the cell, which should increase vo2 max. This allows us to recover much better in between high intensity sessions and are great for technical development. I'm not scientist so don't take my comment for granted, but should be generally correct.
Keep the yam :)
You're exactly right Vladimir! My terminology was off but like you said blood lactate was tested not lactic acid levels! Thanks for the correction! #yamsquad
I'm 52 my PB for 2k is 7:18. Lost over 3 stone on the erg it's a great piece of kit for health and overall wellbeing.
Yes Steve! Great job! Sub 7 on he cards too! #yamsquad
Cameron Buchan will let you know when I do 😁
CAM!!!! Crazy you talk about your journey right now. Im 17 and just started rowing a few months ago. I am looking for a PG year at Kent also, I had a meeting with coach houston the other week and I finished my application tonight. My coach now also rowed at Kent! Crazy world we live in, its a dream school for me. YAAAAM SQUAD
That's awesome Griffin! Tell Coach Houston I say hello! Good luck with your journey! #yamsquad
It took me almost a year to sub 7 and it was all mental. I had the power being 5’11’’ and 181 pounds. Current pb and could probably get better is 6:47.4.
Nice work! Keep up the good work, like you said, you have the power! #yamsquad
I'm trying to figure out what new times for beginners are - I've been sedentary for like 5 years and I'm 20% body fat. still got 6:49 the first time for 2k. after just 3 rowing sessions
I've started the sensei training program just now so ill see how I go with that
I just pulled a 6:55 for my first time on an erg today, this makes me really excited I can get sub 6! I’m 5 ft 8 so that’d be a huge achievement to me!
Sub 6 and you'll be doing trials for the olympics.
@@Josh_Roberts perhaps it’s an unrealistic goal! But I’ll try my best
how much u weigh?
@@michaell.colavecchio8717 I weigh 185lbs
I just pulled 6:49 on my first ever 2k after a week if training, and I'm 20% body fat and been sedentary for 5 years. I don't think sub 7 means much to be honest
Loved this video, brother!! Incredible progress.. good luck this season!!!
Thanks David! You too!! #yamsquad
Caught a knee injury while doing the sport I love, cycling, and got forced to do rehab and strength training. I figured that I needed to have some goals with my training to not get completely mad while being at the gym, so I started pulling a bit on the rowing erg. Started doing intervals right away, and now did my first 2k after 4 interval sessions ;). Managed to complete it in 6:52! Im quite tall, 193cm, and I currently weigh about 85-86kgs so maybe its not that impressive but Im really pleased with that. My aerobic system is pretty good but I really lack the overall body strength for a good 2k. In two/three months have probably completed the rehab and il do a second 2k. If I can pull out a sub 6:40 il probably have to keep on rowing and have cycling as a second sport, because the thought of having a couple of years of rowing in me and 10 more kgs of muscle, something good might be possible to achive. Your video was so interesting and motivational, I just had to share my own ”story”. Thanks Cam!
That's amazing, thanks for sharing your story. If you ever feel like you need help can ways sign you up to my training program!!
When I used to row in highschool I was stuck at 6:52. I realized it was a mental block when I pulled a 4000 meters at 1:45. But I still could not overcome it and I quit rowing shortly after. Now in university I am starting rowing again and I hope to finally go under 6:50. Your videos are a great motivation!
when my 5k was around 1:46 my 2k was sub 6:30 so hopefully you ended up smashing this
Cam, you should make another one of these
It’s been a while!
yam squad over here yamming
You were a part of the middle numbers!
Just got a new 2K PB at 7:30.0. I'm 58 5'9 heavyweight. Try to work on decreasing the time down to 7:20 and below 7 minutes within the next year. But this is becoming tough ! 😊
That's awesome! Congrats!! #yamsquad
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you should have thought "oh ma goodness - I'm a genetic beast" aha jeebus chrust those are some epic first pulls.
I Can't seem to break 6:48, . I sort of had the same problem as you whereby I once pulled a 6:50(at 34spm) then the following day I pulled 6:48(29 spm), I need to get over this mental block 😥
You did back to back 2ks day after day!? That's solid. Little bit of prep goes a long way! You got this! #yamsquad
started rowing just over a year ago at 17 and ive gone from 6:43 on my first one to 6:22 on my most recent 2k
Good work!! Keep it up! #yamsquad
now that's insane. great job man
Carver Schildt bro ur so fast damn, my 2k is 7:02.1 (lightweight women, age 15 height 173cm)
@@mariakr681 That is incredible for a woman, some 15yo boys couldn't even get that
@@mariakr681 your only 8 seconds off the world record at 15?
Binging your videos now. I was a 128kg fat ass back in march. Ive only been training (hard) for 6 months and only 1 month on the rower, im now 106kg and have a 6:52. Glad to hear the span of the pb's. Im 36 with a full time laborious job so id be happy with a sub 6 30 some time in the next year
Sounds like a lot of good work happening! Keep it up 💪
Man's gotta be Evergreen
For a second I thought the total was 6:45 to 6:50 lol
6:54 or 45 🤙 lol - been on that gain train for time
I got confused! 😂 It's been a journey for sure! #yamsquad
Got a block at around sub 8:00, but this year I’m feeling much fresher and looking to destruert my PB: 7:55
Glad to hear it! You got this! #yamsquad
I couldn't get my eyes off your suit, is this a vintage piece? Ok, I know it may not sound much as a compliment but my greatgrandma who was into knitting had made a tablecloth with a very similar pattern :) , that was back in the 30's of course.
It was my grandmother's table cloth! Only kidding, actually it's relatively new piece from ASOS
Absolutely brilliant Cam, love it I'll be back woth knee replacements mad Welshman
Big Man Cam thanks for going through your first time on the concept2 for 2k, from 6:54 - 5:50. I got drafted in baseball and played college basketball in Lousiana years ago. im 6'7 230lbs.
I picked up CrossFit 5 months ago and hopped on the rowing machine for my first time. Doing 30-45 seconds max these 6 months. never doing more than that.
I tried 2k today for my first time and got a 6:31
I know absolutely ZERO about rowing, I only looked up the sport last night and came across your page. I've watched 10 videos since then and have gotten excited.
Im curious about your thoughts on this time to start / putting my focus in training.
Thanks!
Big Man Paul! Well done on the 2k! That's great for your first time.
Pretty cool you came across the videos! Any time is a good time to start anything if you have a passion for it! Would be cool to work with you on the yamsquad training program!
Amazing video love your work I'm still trying to break 6:45 since July at 16 I really struggle to raise my rate XD I think 30 is the same as 36
Sometimes a bit of prep can go a long way if you're struggling with rate but also rate can be quite individual and dependent on who you are as an athlete!
Gotta love Sam McGeown in the background lol
Loving the suit! Where did you get it?
This one is actually made out of my Gran's curtains! 🤦🏼♂️ Just kidding, online from ASOS!
Started off at 6:54. Damn you were already an animal
hey Cameron. Now that you've mentioned that thing about not being at your best throughout the season and having to work with that in mind, would you speak some time about how you organize your training in terms of conditioning, strength, stamina, etc, during the season? I can't seem to find any info related to rowing about this theme.
The question i keep geting unanswered is wehther is best to build up strength and then build the stamina to spread it over a 2k, or first getting the stamina and then get more strong. I used to feel like the first was more accepted, but every now and then i'm hearing that stamina is more difficult to build so that's why you should work on that first, and then get stronger.
I keep having this thought that for being prepared at a certain time of the year, you'll need more time gaining a certain amount of stamina than that same amount of strenght (i know they're not comparable but that's the idea). And if strenght is losed faster than stamina, maybe i should build that last. Because not only i'll get to spend less time losing what i gained first (i.e. losing stamina while building stregth), but it also will get losed slower. (!! --> All of that keeping in mind that theres a conditioning period just after this, where i get used to the 2k distance or whatever goal i set.)
What do you think?
That's a really interesting one! I've always went by the method of base fitness and strength are developed first and then later on in the season power and speed are added on top as like you said the former takes a while to improve! It can vary from person to person though so what works for one person might not work for another! #yamsquad
What shoes do you use to erg? Was just wondering cause it seems like it’s not just you that uses that type of shoe?🙆🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
That are just weightlifting shoes, because of their flat bottom. But it's a personal preference for everybody.
I use deadlift shoes like Jelle said. It definitely is a personal preference but there are differences to the body and pushing angle depending on the shoe you use! I'm in the middle of making a video about them! #yamsquad
Okay cool thanks, can’t wait to watch it👍🏼👍🏼
Hi Cam
I started premier level dragon boat/OC1 paddling at the age of 33. I think building the muscle is one of my biggest issues when paddling with the 20-something year olds on my team, while also working full time. I have knee issues and can't run long distances, so I use rowing instead (6k cardio test). My current plateaus are: 1:37 / 500m, 7:38 / 2k, and 23:28 / 6k. I see the splits you pull and just wonder how; is it the height? Purely your strength? I don't think my form can be so terrible.
I love hearing about your journey. Thanks
Glad you enjoy hearing about it!
I definitely have an advantage being tall but I've seen people go faster than me that are smaller! Mostly just time spent training!
7:14 is my best for 2000m. Been rowing for 3 months. I don't have the power and endurance.
I've built up from 10mins rowing and each week I added 1 min to the row. I was doing initially 6 times a week before a gym workout. When I got to 23 mins I could only do 2 times per week But I would get close to 5900m.
Just been too tired to get 24 mins. So I've been back to 1-2km until I get the motivation back.
This is my log.
100m 0:17.8 min
500m 1:31.5 min
1000m 3:25 min
2000m 7:14.3 min
10 mins 2660m. Base. @ 1:52.8/500m
11 mins 2901m. 241m @ 1:53.8/500m
12 mins 3057m. 156m @ 1:57.8/500m
13 mins 3345m. 288m @ 1:56.6/500m
14 mins 3640m. 295m. @ 1:55.4/500m
15 mins 3949m. 309m @ 1:54.0/500m
16 mins 4122m. 173m @ 1:52.8/500m
17 mins 4260m. 138m @ 1:59.7/500m
18 mins 4570m. 310m @ 1:58.2/500m
19 mins 4800m. 230m @ 1:58.8/500m
20 mins 5090m. 290m @ 1:59.9/500m
21 mins 5250m. 160m @ 2:00.0/500m
22 mins 5564m. 314m @ 1:58.6/500m
23 mins 5891m. 327m @ 1:57.1/500m
Sounds like you're doing a lot of work! If the times you're talking are flat out, perhaps you can reduce the intensity and do a little longer to work on the endurance part. #yamsquad
@@CameronBuchan not flat out. Between 20-24 s/m. I am very tired after it. But not as tired as a flat out 500m, 1000m and 2000m.
I’m 15 and just pbed by 12 seconds at 6:44 currently. Trying to hit 6:30 by January. Any advice?
So. How much training is needed the make sure to reach a sub 7:00 on the 2K? I’m 44 and current weight is 124kg. Start my journey 5 months ago. Started rowing more and more. Better nutrition.
It is a little bit of a “how long is a piece of string” question. Everyone is different. I have written programs for athletes that have been in the 740s and broke 7 after a few months and some after a bit longer. Really depends!
@@CameronBuchan fair enough. But for me it’s an interesting journey. Really start loving rowing. So I’ll make it someday
Did you ever row against the Gunnery while at Kent?
I think I did actually!
I've seen you listed online at various heights, just curious how tall you are in metric and imperial?
Hey Matthew I'm a little over 205cm or 6 foot 9
@@CameronBuchan cheers!
Hey, Cam. I'm a relative newbie when it comes to rowing. I swam in college doing the 1650 y/1500 m as my primary event. Post college I did quite a bit of cycling and marathon training. But while my kids were young I couldn't get a lot of training in. Now I'm 41 and have been going to Orange theory for the past 2 years. That's where I really got introduced to rowing. I enjoy it and it inspired me to buy my own concept 2. I've done probably 10 or fewer 2K, most on the water rower. My best 2K on the concept 2 is 6:47. My total time on the rower per week is a measly hour to an hour and a half, with my total workout time per week of about 4 hours. Do you think I have potential to go sub 6:30 if I start dedicating more time? I'd love to know your thoughts.
Hey Michael!
Great that you found rowing! I'd say the vast majority of people are capable of going sub 630 with structured training.
I have a spot open on the Yamsquad training program that we could get you on to help you!
Is the information on your website? You have a patreon page right?
@@michaelbonomo4983 indeed. There is a link in the describiton of the video and even a discount code if you want to use it!
I find it very funny that my current 2k is 6:54.. I’m currently 6’4. What are some things I can do to get faster?
Biggest thing would be to get fitter
Hey Cameron, how important is deadlifting and squatting for rowing? I have always focused on my upper body in the gym because I wanted to build my upper body strength particularly back and shoulders. This was before I started rowing. Is it possible to build leg strength just from erging or do I need to incorporate deadlift squats as well?
Incorpore legs, erg will not build your legs enough
Are you guys on Strava?
Some of us are yeah! Not for rowing though!
I recently done 6min 58 for 2k.
How would I get to 6min 30??
Do you think improving deadlift will help?
steady state and squat
Hey Cam, my 2k is 6.51, but I can barely get above 30 spm. Any suggestions on how to raise spm?
work on higher rates during trainings : i had the same problem before
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Hey Cam, I've got my first 2k in a few weeks time, age 15, 6'0", 68.3kg in Australia. Any advice as to what I should aim for
@Tyler McNutt that's kinda obvious, isn't it?
With ur height that’s a great advantage. Coz it’s ur first 2km pace urself well and don’t burn out. If u hang off the handle and apply ur pressure affectively a sub 7:10 should be easy which is a 1:47.5 average split
@@aliameer636 thank you so much, I really appreciate this. I'll give you an update when I've done it
@@aliameer636 just to let you know, i had a 5k today and i got 19:42, which is ok i guess
erratic razor mate, congrats that’s a solid job well done 🙌🙌🙌. Was it ur first one? And how was ur 2km
Im 15 and 5,7 feet light weight (156pounds ) my best 2k was 6:58.2
Good job Pepe! Keep up the great work! #yamsquad