Haha the first one was just under 1:45 if I recall, then the next 2 were in the 1:50s.
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Dang it! You beat me and you don’t suck. I need to shave 9 seconds off my time since the chart said >1:45 sucked. One thing the whole article left out was the resistance of the rower. I did it at L10 the first time and hit 1:51. I tried L7 this week and still failed.
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I only do L10. I honestly feel like the resistance doesn’t hinder me that much but I dunno.
I didn’t notice much difference. I wonder if the distance changes with the resistance. I think it’d be like a better stroke in the water so it’d propel you further with each stroke - kind of like using half an ore vs the full width. The lower intensity might’ve made me do more “strokes”.
Hmm. Next time I’ll do one row as hard as I can and see what the meters fall at on the screen. Then restart, drop the resistance and do it again. Probably have to do 3 times each and take an average since quantifying force there is a bit dodgy.
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But I’ll be the first to do the ME 1RM Row! Louie Simmons would be proud.
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Resistance on the rower is quite important.
The higher the level the longer you’ll get each stroke. But at the price of massive lactate build up.
Put the resistance a bit down and up the stroke rate, you’ll be able to keep it longer.
The best rowers in the world put’s it at around 7 I’ve heard for the 2000 m.
You can then work for a stronger stroke by working in higher resistance or better cardio by weaker resistance. It’s all trial and error.
I would try the same resistance for a while and then when you get a feel of it, play around a bit on different settings. If you start out on a 1:45 pace and can hold it for 400 m’s and then miss the pace for the last 100 I would say try a bit lighter resistance.
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This is something I’ve always wondered about, rowers used to be my cardio machine of choice. Thanks for the info.
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Well fuck. I am in the suck category at rowing. Thankfully when it comes to fleeing for my life, I’m decent at short to mid distance running. If I have to row to save my life I’m dead.
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This made the quote of the day, lol.
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Swam yesterday, 1 km.
Today:
Inc DB triple RP at 80: 8, 5, 3
Superset
CG Pulldowns 3 sec ecc 3x10
Straight arm rope pulls 5 sec ecc 3x10
Superset
Dips 5x10
Crossovers 5x10
Elbow flared single arm upper back rows 3x12
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To echo what Mort said, I have a couple of friends who rowed through high school in a pretty competitive league. They usually trained at level 4-5 for 2k races.
They basically said that increased resistance gets you more distance per stroke at the expense of energy per stroke. Lower resistance gives you less distance per stroke but helps conserve energy. They always said the middle reistsances were harder for 2k’s than level 10, and for something like a 500m my experience was similar
Well, the purpose of that little 500m challenge is to test athleticism. The article says it’s a combination of aerobic power and strength. I say load it up and go all out.
My bad. What’s the article?
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It genuinely never occured to me that it could be set to anything other than 10.
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You’re an endurance minded monster, my man!
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I’m not sure that would be the right thing to do.
That would almost equal to doing a 400 m sprint and saying I’m running it on an incline. Or a 2 km bike race using the heaviest exchange/resistance. (is that the word)
I would say it should be done in the fast possible way.
It’s supposed to be similar to a 400m or 800m run according to the article. I’ve tried it twice and my times were only a few second apart. The higher resistance time was lower but it was level 10 vs. level 7. I guess I could see how I do at level 5 this week.
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Shoulder gains! @kd13 it’s amazing what targeting the middle delts often can do for width. I’ve always had narrow shoulders, been a nightmare to get them to grow.
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