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by jimk
August 28th, 2016, 10:11 am
Forum: Weight Loss & Weight Control
Topic: Strokes per Minute
Replies: 12
Views: 16158

Re: Strokes per Minute

I've just got back into indoor rowing after quite a break. I'm looking to loose weight and not to bothered about times. I'm 6ft , 48y and 18st 9llb. My own stroke rate is about 18/min with a drag factor of 125 and <2:20 /500 over 2k. This is an easy pace and keep this pace * 4 with 1 min rest. If I ...
by jimk
November 16th, 2014, 7:19 am
Forum: Weight Loss & Weight Control
Topic: First month and hit a plataue
Replies: 6
Views: 7988

Re: First month and hit a plataue

hi, I've started to loose weight again. I have kept the same drag factor of 137 and about 20 SPM and around 2:05 - 2:10 / 500M. I'm still rowing around or over 7200M for 30 mins and just done a 10k in 41:30. I'm putting more 10k's in @ 2:10 ish / 500m. I think the stop in weight loss was down to old...
by jimk
November 11th, 2014, 4:33 am
Forum: Weight Loss & Weight Control
Topic: First month and hit a plataue
Replies: 6
Views: 7988

Re: First month and hit a plataue

Hi Thanks for your replies. I was worried I was rowing incorrectly for sustained weight loss. 20 SPM is OK then doing 2:05 ish / 500m. I knew I had to row overt 20 mins and chose 30 because I could compare myself with others on the log book rankings and see some improvement. I have made some changes...
by jimk
November 10th, 2014, 7:06 am
Forum: Weight Loss & Weight Control
Topic: First month and hit a plataue
Replies: 6
Views: 7988

First month and hit a plataue

Hi, I'm 46 and 115 kg and 6 foot. I've been rowing for a month now and have lost some weight but hit a point where I'm not loosing any more. In this my first month I've done 22 rowing sessions all 30 minute except two 10 k rows. My distance for 30 mins has gone from 6600 to over 7200 in that time. M...