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i was a pretty decent all-round athlete and made an attempt to row in college. i was a classic "tweener" at 6'1" and 185-lbs, and since i was a newb to the sport the coach wanted me to drop weight to get into a lightweight boat...but i refused to drop to 155 lbs! i lasted about 4 months with the heavyweight team until coach made the final cuts to 4 eights. i did love the sport though. was in the best shape of my life.
Own a CrossFit Gym, so I do my fair share of rowing... and coaching rowing technique.
This data is from EXR, which I think is more accurate than the PM5 on my Concept2. The PM5 showed that I rowed 6200m instead of the 5800m in EXR.
This is my favourite activity and use as part as a rehab routine. On a good day can now get to about 5.5 km in 30 mins. Taken about 4 months to be able to sustain 30 mins.
Part of the routine is to keep a sustainable heart rate in the 108 -120 bpm region which is the 80-90 % heart rate zone that has been set for me ( late 50s and open heart surgery last year ) . Been great for getting upper body working again and opening up the chest a bit.
Will use the videos to work on technique.
I think I have topped out around 5k meters. That was during a working with time on the weight floor and treadmill as well.
It a very good all aroud workout.
Today's workout. Pretty mellow.
But I am also keenly aware of how grueling it can be. So for this reason, I would just advise, erg daily, weekly as much as you want. Just make sure that once you get into better shape, you switch it up so that you STAY in that zone. And allow for the next season of life to look different, just don't stop being erg level active, that's the key.
Often humans will get a wave of motivation and decide to run 5 miles a day or ERG 5,000 meters a day, only to burn themselves out because they don't eat and rest and recover. Or because what they chose is super tough and not sustainable.
If you are able to integrate the erg, and stair climber, and treadmill and machines and walks and protein shakes and sleep etc into your life for the rest of your life, that is the goal.
Don't be all or nothing, and don't let the difficulty of the ERG make you decide working out is not for you, when the day comes that it loses its allure.
I ended up with more meters than to other 5 class winners combined and Smartrow elected me into their little HOF.
I guess I was built for endurance….or I’m too stupid to stop. I did a couple of long-distance cycling events where you have to ride 750 miles in less than 90 hours/3.75 days.
The little engraved pieces are from their power meters which collect data that is fed to their servers to track every data point. It’s a very cool product especially if you like data.
