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Quite fancy a rowing machine to sit in the garage - what's the machine to go for balancing budget, quietness and data outputs?
They are very large - look small in a gym, then you buy one and realise they're 7' long...
Sold mine to my local gym as it took up way too much space.
They are very large - look small in a gym, then you buy one and realise they're 7' long...
Water rower was good for this. When not in use you just lift it up and it stands on end not taking up not that much room.
I was sub seven minutes in my prime which was long after coming off the water. I used to row 50km per week all on level 3. Spinner on the bike and off! Much more fun than a turbo!
My locally gym is 5 mins walk away so I just use the one there. Always can get on as they seem less popular than other equipment.
Some of the times on here are amazing, I'd have to train pretty hard to break the 7 barrier.
I did it in 1993, when it was 2500m. Anyone have the results from that year? Google has failed.
Wife's concept C folds up, is ok now the corner of the room where most of the bikes live.
Mrs is more likely to zwift nowadays though, she retired from competitive rowing when the kids came along. As a sport it took up shed loads of time, living closer to the boathouse would have been a big help....
slimjim78 - MemberWow, a few sub 6:30 STW pullers, impressive.
Just logged in to my ancient C2 profile to check my PBs..
500m - 1:30.9
2k - 6:58.5
5k - 18:17.8
10k - 37:52.3
From back in 2003!
500m - 1:28.9
2k - 6:57.8 (Right at the point of throwing up)
5k - 19:08.9
10k - 41:49.2
Not an endurance rower 😕
I was 94kg then and training 5 times a week. The very thought of that level of effort these days in my 50's would kill me + I'm 20kg more in weight & its not muscle as it was then
Out of interest: given there aren't many hills on your average river, how does weight affect rowing? Or are the weight classes more based on the assumption of 5% bodyfat, and if you then weigh 95kg it's clear you're a beast?
@mogrim - much the same way it works on pancake flat cycling courses - more bulk = more power = more speed. Guess there has to be a limit somewhere that cardio struggles to supply blood/oxygen to the increased muscle mass - i'd suggest somewhere around the weight of olympic rowers.
Cheers, basically what I thought then 🙂
Thames Valley is bloody full of them! Regularly find myself competing against ex olympic rowers in local time trials.
At the Mallorca 312, me and my mate started chatting to a pair of women who were there doing the 167km distance. They were a couple of years older than us (I'm 46) and both pretty decent - one especially so considering she had a larger frame (i.e. tall and proportioned rather than overweight).
Turned out she rowed for GB in the 84 Olympics.
This thread has inspired my to take a look at my PBs from a few years (also 2003) ago:
2K 6:32
5K 17:26
10K 37:02
HM 1:19.01
M 2:47:22
I just used it as something to stay fit on at the gym, although I did get a bit addicted for a while... I was always a few kg too heavy to be a lightweight. Just like on a bike I was much better at long distances.
I still occasionally go on a Concept2 when I am staying in hotels. 2K nowadays is probably about 7:20ish.
Ergs don't float...
PB, as a lightweight and set in winter (2005/6), was 6:38. These days I tend to avoid them and just scull/cycle instead.
9:10 for 2,500 back in '95 @ 66KG, think that's about 7:20ish for 2k. 7:35 last week at 73Kg, 48yo now though but could do a bit better 🙂
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[quote=fifeandy ]@mogrim - much the same way it works on pancake flat cycling courses - more bulk = more power = more speed. Guess there has to be a limit somewhere that cardio struggles to supply blood/oxygen to the increased muscle mass - i'd suggest somewhere around the weight of olympic rowers.
Though it's not quite that simple if you're on the water rather than an ergo, and not quite as much advantage as with cycling, because more weight makes the boat sit lower in the water and creates more drag. Hence there is also a disadvantage to extra weight for on water times:
http://www.concept2.com/indoor-rowers/training/calculators/weight-adjustment-calculator
I think I was actually a few kg lighter than I suggested above when I set my time - based on 67kg I get a weight adjusted time of 5:50 (and working backwards that's an ergo time of 6:30 for a max weight lightweight) - how does anybody else compare?
I'd trained a fair bit (biking, used the rower as something different) and iirc was about 152lbs. my time adjusted to 6:08