Just Starting

[[old] pdrb]

hey, i am 29 years old and i have been rowing for a month now...i really love the c2...totally addicted...i am currently rowing for 1 hour at 31-32 spm's...for a total of 610 calories...i am wondering if that is a good start or if i am going too slow? also. what should i be referring to on the monitor and comparing to..thanks for any comments<br /> i am at a damper setting of 9

[[old] Citroen]

<!--quoteo(post=57130:date=Feb 25 2006, 08:52 PM:name=paul)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(paul @ Feb 25 2006, 08:52 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>hey, i am 29 years old and i have been rowing for a month now...i really love the c2...totally addicted...i am currently rowing for 1 hour at 31-32 spm's...for a total of 610 calories...i am wondering if that is a good start or if i am going too slow? also. what should i be referring to on the monitor and comparing to..thanks for any comments<br /> i am at a damper setting of 9<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><ol type='1'><li> Drop the damper. Somewhere between 3 and 5 (drag factor 115 to 135).</li><li> Don't trust the calories (there's some very bizarre maths in there)<br /><a href="http://www-atm.physics.ox.ac.uk/rowing/ ... #section11" target="_blank">http://www-atm.physics.ox.ac.uk/rowing/ ... n11</a><br />If you weigh exactly 75Kg have a metabolic ratio of 4:1 and use 300cals/hr just for resting/breathing/doing nothing then the maths works out exactly right.</li><li> Reduce your stroke rate (aim for 20 strokes per minute). For an hour I'd row at 23-25 SPM.</li><li> Quote pace (time for 500m) on here, that's what everyone uses</li></ol><br />If you row an hour piece then we'd be interested in how far you've gone more than anything. I've no idea what 610 calories means.

[[old] jamesg]

610 kCal/h means around 75W. Training starts at 2W/kg for an hour or so. To do this, we have to pull long strokes and reasonably hard so as to get a few blisters and a litre or two of sweat. 18-23 strokes/minute will be enough if they are long and hardish, according to height.<br /><br />High DFs impede good rowing and encourage the short rushed 75W nonsense, so are strictly for wimps: it looks as though we're working, but this is belied by the monitor.<br /><br />Real boats have DFs around 125-130, no one wants to row in treacle. My 1x feels like 140 and I'm going to chop large lumps off the blades.