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Drag factor 141.<br />Age 35.<br />I'm doing negative splits all the way through the workout.<br />My weight doesn't prevent me from recovering fully although it does effect my breathing fully at my most compact point in the stroke. This hasn't proven to be much of a problem though.<br /><br />I'm m...

After reading through a lot of the forums it seems everyone pulls a lot faster SPM than I am.<br /><br />I workout 6 days a week:<br />roughly 18 SPM<br />45-60 minutes<br />10k training time is roughly 45 minutes<br />heartrate building up to 150-170 in the first 20 minutes (warmup is essentially b...

Most things that say you burn more fat at a lower heartrate make a few assumptions. Typically the situation is put forward like this:<br />Rowing 10k in 60 minutes burns more calories than rowing 10 in 45 minutes.<br /><br />Depending on the person, this may really be true. But you are comparing fat...

This works particularly well if you've got a significant other in the house.<br /><br />When you reach your halfway point in your work out, stop, turn the rower around, and row the other way. Feel free to elaborate as to why this is important. Bonus points for saying, "it's very important" with a st...