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How should young people train on the machine?
Tony Bramley: My 13 year old daughter is keen to give indoor rowing a try and enter competitions
(and probably to beat me). I have the new Indoor Rowing Training Guide and am working on
technique first, but I am unclear what sort of training schedule I should give someone of this age.
She is reasonably fit but not engaged in any organised sport outside school. Any suggestions?Terry O'Neill: We are in the process of writing a training guide for young people, which admittedly is not
much use to you at the moment, but it does illustrate the need for such as a manual as there is nothing out there.
What I would suggest is this; as long as the motivation is coming from your daughter and she is
enjoying it, I would not worry too much about formal training.
What I would do is, on the flywheel, when the lever is on level 1, the remaining space looks like
an eye shape. Cut out a piece of paper to cover this area and stick it to the bottom of the damper.
Then move the damper up to level 3 and the drag factor will be down to 50 and, with this drag,
she should be able to establish a similar rhythm to an adult on about 130.
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