how fast can you row 2000 metres ?

[wazztie16]

Just rejoined the gym, went to warm up on the rowing machine on my first day and did 30 seconds, then I remembered this thread and gave 2000m a go, including the first 30 seconds.

7:59, I was closing in on 8 minutes and didn't want to hit it so pushed hard at the end and managed sub 8.

Very happy with that for a first go, and I'm definitely going to keep at it.

Arms and quads are aching today though, I think I went a little TOO hard for a first time back.

[CharlieGee]

I've just got back into on the water rowing (well, sculling) after I was bought an ergo for Christmas so will start contributing here.

2k PB was 6:12 in '05, I'd be happy with 6:50 right now (but there's absolutely no chance I'm doing one for a couple of months). Building it up slowly at the moment, did 40 minutes at 1:58 pace this evening. It's much easier to do it at home than to traipse to the gym.

[13m]

I did intervals again this morning, next to a pretty but particularly thick lass that attends our gym.

She was doing 2k. I joked I would race her. Then I went on to do 13 x3 0s sub-140 intervals, 30 seconds rest between each.

When I'd finished she was gleefully dancing about the gym, "I won, I won. You shouldn't have kept taking a rest".

[Jesus]

Say hello to Phooey for me next time you see her there.

[mondeoman]

7:40 is previous best (52 yo, desk job, 90kg), but getting more work on the rower this year, think I might be able to hold 1:50 and get under 7:20. Maybe

[clonmult]

13m said:

I did intervals again this morning, next to a pretty but particularly thick lass that attends our gym.

She was doing 2k. I joked I would race her. Then I went on to do 13 x3 0s sub-140 intervals, 30 seconds rest between each.

When I'd finished she was gleefully dancing about the gym, "I won, I won. You shouldn't have kept taking a rest".

At the public gyms I gave up attempting to engage or encourage others. The level of thick, especially with regards the erg is quite scary*

Thats pretty good pacing.

My mojo has done a runner last few days. Tried all sorts this morning, finished the gym session with 7x100m, doing it with "normal" rowing strokes, just absolutely flat out. Wanted to put the handle down after the second. Kept going, pain got worse. Average pace was 1:26.0. How the heck I got upstairs to the office afterwards ...

• - thickest thing has to be people setting a treadmill on the steepest incline and holding on for dear life. More of a forearm workout.

[Fezzaman]

This thread has gone rather quiet! Who's still grinding up and down that torture slide? I've enjoying cycling and lots and lots of core with maybe 1 erg a week. I will concede it's all in an effort to one day do a 2k test, but right now can't bring myself to do the work on an erg, I have a fear of inflicting injury upon myself!

[Jesus]

I'm still sort of grinding the rail.
Just passed the 500k mark, that's 11 months since I started but have actually missed 12 weeks due to illness, holidays etc.

Did another half marathon this week in 1 hr 43, but had to do it on half slide and flat foot as my screwed together 2nd metatarsal means I can't bend my foot at the moment. (I suspect my surgeon wouldn't be too impressed if he knew what I was doing...)

[13m]

I've done a couple of 2ks this week, but rating at 18 strokes per minute. I managed 7:40 ish.

I suspect there are plenty of people sub-7 at 18, but it is an altogether more relaxed experience than going 30+ and bleeding from the eyes afterwards.

[MacGee]

So I've just done the 5k required to get to the one million metre target. Thatll do til I've lost the fat.Stair climber and bike from now on

[Fezzaman]

MacGee I think it's safe to say with warm ups and cool downs you would have done that 5k last year itself! I'm sure you've done more than most will ever do in their lifetime.

Happened to be at Leander for a dinner last night - in the car park there was a stunning cobalt blue 997.1 GT3, anyone here?

[mondeoman]

5k yesterday, in 500m chunks as interval training @ 2:10 / 2:00 alternating and last 250 @ 1:39.

I use the rowers as my warm up for every gym session, either 500m with 1min rests, varying rates and splits or a simple 2k in 8 mins.

[clonmult]

Still doing it, 2,229,000m so far this season. So by the end of the month I'll be well over 2.4 million

I'm much preferring the ski erg at the moment, but now I'm going to start bringing a bit of running into my routine, intention of doing the Reading half marathon next year, so close on a years worth of training ahead. Ugh.

[clonmult]

Interesting update; in town on Saturday, some chap was doing a fundraising challenge with an erg - getting people to do a minutes row, put their distance on the board.

Gave it a go in the morning, did 333m (1:30 pace) - which was okay, well behind my PB of 343m. But my youngest son, 8 years old gave it a go - 194m. Which makes him the fastest 8 year old on the erg in england.

But we went back in the afternoon to see how our pace compared. Someone had well and truly beaten my PB - 373m, but reckoned I should give it another go. 348m, thats a 1:26.2 average and a nice PB. Its given me a fair old boost, time to start pushing a lot harder in training - reckon that I'll be good for over 370 in time.

[J4CKO]

Never been on a rowing machine before but my PT got me doing intervals on it and I loved it, went to the gym yesterday and picked the 2000 metre programme, remembered the thread but was thinking it would be a longer distance, just found it again to get some tips, I memorised my time and it was 8.41, didnt go crazy, but felt it afterwards, seems to give a lovely burn in the lats the day after.

Resistance was set on 10, what is the point of that, does it make it harder ? PT set it initially on 8 for the intervals and then said she "hadnt anticipated quite how powerful I was", which made me smirk and think of PH.

Any tips ? think I may be a convert to rowing, dying to have another crack, now part of my workout.

Oh, am 46, 6ft and 14 st 8.

Edited by J4CKO on Saturday 15th April 10:02

[So]

J4CKO said:

Never been on a rowing machine before but my PT got me doing intervals on it and I loved it,

Any tips ?

Oh, am 46, 6ft and 14 st 8.

Yes. You're not rowing fast enough if you enjoyed it.

[J4CKO]

So said:

J4CKO said:

Never been on a rowing machine before but my PT got me doing intervals on it and I loved it,

Any tips ?

Oh, am 46, 6ft and 14 st 8.

Yes. You're not rowing fast enough if you enjoyed it.

Good point, could have gone faster but was holding back a bit, and enjoy is perhaps the wrong word, its like a lot of things we profess to enjoy in life, what we actually mean is we are glad its over.

[mondeoman]

J4CKO said:

Never been on a rowing machine before but my PT got me doing intervals on it and I loved it, went to the gym yesterday and picked the 2000 metre programme, remembered the thread but was thinking it would be a longer distance, just found it again to get some tips, I memorised my time and it was 8.41, didnt go crazy, but felt it afterwards, seems to give a lovely burn in the lats the day after.

Resistance was set on 10, what is the point of that, does it make it harder ? PT set it initially on 8 for the intervals and then said she "hadnt anticipated quite how powerful I was", which made me smirk and think of PH.

Any tips ? think I may be a convert to rowing, dying to have another crack, now part of my workout.

Oh, am 46, 6ft and 14 st 8.

Edited by J4CKO on Saturday 15th April 10:02

Drag factor at 10?
oh dear.
http://www.concept2.co.uk/indoor-rowers/training/t...

http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=5310

[J4CKO]

mondeoman said:

J4CKO said:

Never been on a rowing machine before but my PT got me doing intervals on it and I loved it, went to the gym yesterday and picked the 2000 metre programme, remembered the thread but was thinking it would be a longer distance, just found it again to get some tips, I memorised my time and it was 8.41, didnt go crazy, but felt it afterwards, seems to give a lovely burn in the lats the day after.

Resistance was set on 10, what is the point of that, does it make it harder ? PT set it initially on 8 for the intervals and then said she "hadnt anticipated quite how powerful I was", which made me smirk and think of PH.

Any tips ? think I may be a convert to rowing, dying to have another crack, now part of my workout.

Oh, am 46, 6ft and 14 st 8.

Edited by J4CKO on Saturday 15th April 10:02

Drag factor at 10?
oh dear.
http://www.concept2.co.uk/indoor-rowers/training/t...

http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=5310

Oh dear ? Just going on what I was told and not taking it too seriously, will try it on other levels, subsequently read some of the thread and the analogy with bike gears seems to be widely accepted, i.e. Lower gear is less resistance but shorter stroke, higher is more but gets you further.

Will drop it and see how it feels, new to this but reckon I can go a hell of a lot faster, that was my second go on one, also the challenge on here calls for full resistance doesn't it ?

Edited by J4CKO on Sunday 16th April 00:18

[dtmpower]

Jacko. You can set the times in the leaderboard with any drag factor. The drag factor is a preference according to the individual, the times you complete a distance in are always comparable.