in response to "It’s very difficult to stay in a rhythm and the times are definitley out of wack. (1:10 per hundred one pull then 2:30 for the next) "
As the inventor of the Vasa Ergometer, I’m sorry to learn it is not your favorite training tool. But I wonder if that is in part due to an apparent problem with the electronics.
We took considerable pains to make sure every Vasa Ergometer produces reliable and repeatable and comparable readouts from the performance monitor. Every Erg is double checked by our quality department before shipping to ensure it is performing properly.
Therefore, it sounds like something is not right with the Vasa Ergometer at your school. It’s difficult to diagnose the problem from your comments, but my guess is something got knocked or damaged in shipping and the electronics are not working as they should.
Please have your coach or school contact us at Vasa so we can correct the problem immediately for those athletes who do like it and who will gain the benefits the Vasa Ergometer was designed to provide.
For others who want to learn more on how some triathletes have been successfully training on the Vasa Ergometer and reducing swim training time while swimming faster in races, I suggest you look at the athletes forum on Coach Al Lyman’s website on this link:
http://www.pursuit-fitness.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=8