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Thank you both for sharing your opinions and insights, giving a bit more context and balance to the statement.

Then I can carry on instead of giving up and throw my Erg out the window

Got my Erg in March last year, and closing in on the 1 million meter mark now. Before that I was mainly running. A bit on and off with the strength training, but for the last few months I’ve been doing 2 weekly sessions of body weight/free weights/resistance bands in addition to 3-4 rowing sessions....

Reason I'm asking is that I'm a bit more than "details" away from being a watt/rate ratio of well above 10. Currently doing 15000m steady state 75% MHR at pace 2:35 with 17-18 SR, and if my maths are right that should give a watt/rate ratio of 5.4. For 5x5min intervals with 2min rest periods, 85-90%...

The Watt/Rating ratio can tell you how you're doing, keep it well over 10. But don't use high rating to go fast, no need. I see this statement quite often in here, but I'm not sure I understand it correctly. If I'm doing a session with stroke rate 20, does this mean I should keep well above 200w, o...