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Cunning Linguist said:
bigb,

I've fallen out of shape a little because of my hammies but without much of a warmup today, I rowed 563 meters in two minutes. It didn't feel crazy hard so I recovered for about 6-7 minutes (light rowing, stretching) and then rowed another two minutes almost all out for 602 meters. I came through one minute around 292 meters (so the last minute was 310 meters) and had the intention of doing 3 minutes crazy hard but at the one minute mark, picked it up a bit and quit after two as I had almost nothing left in me. I think with a little more training, I could get up to 630 meters in two minutes.
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I know we discussed the type of rowers we use. Here are a couple pics of the ones at OrangeTheory:

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bigb said:
I know we discussed the type of rowers we use. Here are a couple pics of the ones at OrangeTheory:

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I've seen those before. I forget where but they look good. I'm curious what serious indoor rowers use nowadays. Those, Concept2 (mine) or something else. Also, those time for the 350, 400 and three minutes above are freakin' legit as hell. It motivates me. I ran a few miles today and plan on doing cardio again tomorrow (swim I think) so I am hoping to see some jumps in my times the next few weeks.
 
bigb said:
That's good. It's crazy how quickly rowing will drain you.
During the second half of my workout today we had some rowing mixed with weights. I didn't pay attention to the 300 meter time, but I did 350 in 59 seconds flat and 400 in 1:11 and change. Keep in mind this was at the end of the workout, after running hills for the first half.
The other day we did a three minute row right on the middle of the workout. I hit 900 meters just as time was called.
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Must spread rep around before giving more again. My goal for you in the next few months is 700 meters in two minutes. I think it's virtually impossible (for me or you anyway) but the gauntlet's been thrown. I want to see with a few more months of training if you could hit that.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
I've seen those before. I forget where but they look good. I'm curious what serious indoor rowers use nowadays. Those, Concept2 (mine) or something else. Also, those time for the 350, 400 and three minutes above are freakin' legit as hell. It motivates me. I ran a few miles today and plan on doing cardio again tomorrow (swim I think) so I am hoping to see some jumps in my times the next few weeks.
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Concept 2 is still the most used in most types of competition and the gold standard for rowing. The water rowers are becoming popular and are really nice. I know almost all crossfit people use the concept 2 machines and they are used for their crossfit games.
 
Francis on "House of Cards" uses that water rower. Probably where a few people have seen them before.
 
FWIW, the WR for 2,000 meters (the standard rowing comp distance) is (brace yourself bigb) 5:36.6. That's 1:24.1 per 500. Absolutely insane.
 
Actually, nevermind, that link is accurate for world records. bigb, how old are you? The 50-59 record seems reasonable. Then again, I'm only 41.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
Must spread rep around before giving more again. My goal for you in the next few months is 700 meters in two minutes. I think it's virtually impossible (for me or you anyway) but the gauntlet's been thrown. I want to see with a few more months of training if you could hit that.
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I'm going to try for that. I'd have to do it first thing in the workout though.
 
bigb said:
I'm 38 and fat.
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Hmmm...this makes me wonder if these water ones are easier then. Could you try to row on a Concept2 anywhere?

Also, the WR for 1,000 meters for age 50-59 seems relatively feasible. It's 2:53.3. Of all the records, that seems like the most doable.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
Hmmm...this makes me wonder if these water ones are easier then. Could you try to row on a Concept2 anywhere?

Also, the WR for 1,000 meters for age 50-59 seems relatively feasible. It's 2:53.3. Of all the records, that seems like the most doable.
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****, that is about 345 meters per minute though. God almighty.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
Hmmm...this makes me wonder if these water ones are easier then. Could you try to row on a Concept2 anywhere?

Also, the WR for 1,000 meters for age 50-59 seems relatively feasible. It's 2:53.3. Of all the records, that seems like the most doable.
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When I say I'm fat, it's true. However, I have stupidly strong legs. I literally pull the front end off the ground when I'm pushing hard for a short (100-200 meters) distance. I've measured well into the 600 watts generated. Most people in the class are lucky to hit 300.
 
bigb said:
When I say I'm fat, it's true. However, I have stupidly strong legs. I literally pull the front end off the ground when I'm pushing hard for a short (100-200 meters) distance. I've measured well into the 600 watts generated. Most people in the class are lucky to hit 300.
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Gauntlet thrown. I gotta see what wattage I can hit.

Regarding the 345 meters for a minute. Yeah, that's probably true. I know I hit 31 calories in a minute once. I'd have to check old logs (on a flash drive) to see how many meters that was. For some reason, I want to say 323 or 343. It rings a bell. Now I want to try that again. So much of that though is the moving up and back with the legs. I was in good shape then, like doing 20 minutes, burning exactly 18 calories per minute, so 360 calories in just 20 minutes. No idea on the meters though. I am rowing tomorrow. I'll probably do a warmup, stretch, warmup some more, stretch some more, and then I may only row 30 minutes, trying to average 15 calories per minute. I need to get longer cardio in for my cholesterol test in two months.
 
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