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yeah elite is what i meant, i realize there is no money in ametuer sports like this

are you mocking me? i may know little about rowing but i do know alot about athletic training and 6:01 is a) a world class time b) for the 4x500m workout be about 1:25's or probably less. at the very best 1:40's x 4 with 2 minutes rest would be 7 minutes, or i guess hypothetically could be 6:40 with...

chris, thanks for the post, i agree with most of what you have to say but i must argue that 500m times do have a large correlation with 2000m times. judgeing by peoples personal bests it seems that you can almost predict their 2000m times before looking at them according to their 500m times. also i ...

did a workout today

4x500m @ 1:40, 1:38, 1:37, 1:36 with 2 minutes rest between each.

any predictions for a 2k? this was my 3rd time ever on the rower, total distance rowed in lifetime = 3k

what settings do you need to set it at for the rankings?

thanks paul, i weigh in at about 175, but i have a significant amount of bodyfat right now so could probably lean out to be under 165 for a lwt. i went again today for my second time ever and rowed a 1:28.4 i am rowing on #10 the most resistant setting, not sure if this is the correct setting or if ...

So I am an athlete retiring from track and field and looking for something else to do that is fun and to keep in shape. I know absolutly nothing about rowing, training or tecnique. I went on one of the concept 2 rowing machines yesterday at my gym for the first time ever and tried rowing 500m as fas...