Drag Factor

[[old] sharp_rower]

Hello,<br /><br />I'd like to know what drag factor you find yourself most comfortable with?<br /><br />The machine I erged on today had a drag factor of 105 with the 4 damper setting.<br /><br />Moreover, with what drag factor is one most likely to break 6 minutes on the 2k?

[[old] sharp_rower]

<!--QuoteBegin-sharp_rower+Apr 15 2005, 09:23 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(sharp_rower @ Apr 15 2005, 09:23 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hello,<br /><br />I'd like to know what drag factor you find yourself most comfortable with?<br /><br />The machine I erged on today had a drag factor of 105 with the 4 damper setting.<br /><br />Moreover, with what drag factor is one most likely to break 6 minutes on the 2k? <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Anybody?

[[old] jamesg]

Comfort and the erg never struck me as being a likely association I must say..<br /><br />As to breaking any particular time, afaik the DF's got nothing to do with it. However if you work on technique and train hard for a few years, you may find a connection.

[[old] sharp_rower]

OK, so I think I have found my "sweet spot". A drag factor of 95 feels really good and seems to be where I perform best. My workout consists of an 8k followed by some upper body lifting followed by a 2k, and 95 feels just right. It's just enough resistance so that I've got something to push against, and yet not so heavy that I'm breaking my back during the workout.<br /><br />What drag factor do you perform best on?

[[old] John Rupp]

I've plotted my PB drag factors on a chart, and compared this to Eskild Ebbesen's drag factor of 117-120. This gives me a chart of all drag factors as related to the speed and resistance of the flywheel, i.e. pace, as follows:<br /><br />2:20 76<br />2:15 79<br />2:10 82<br />2:05 85<br />2:00 89<br />1:55 92<br />1:50 97<br />1:45 101<br />1:40 106<br />1:35 112<br />1:30 118<br />1:25 125<br /><br />I have used a drag factor of 75 for the marathon, and 109 for 500 meters.<br /><br />My usual drag factor is 80-95, depending on the speeds in the chart.

[[old] JaapR]

<!--QuoteBegin-sharp_rower+Apr 26 2005, 09:19 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(sharp_rower @ Apr 26 2005, 09:19 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->What drag factor do you perform best on? <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Hi,<br />Don't know which DF the sub 6min rowers use. Rowed my best 2k (6:18) at DF 138. When I just bought the C2 the DF was at position 5 and I left it there (didn't know anything about df back then). This was too high because I injured both of the bicepses and couldn't row for a year or so.<br /><br />Jaap

[[old] Sir Pirate]

I row all pieces- training and racing, from 10m - 21097m on 125Df <br /><br />Sir P

[[old] Xavier]

Between 129 and 131.<br /><br />So probably 130. <br /><br />Xav

[[old] H_2O]

107 - 114<br /><br />More on the shorter pieces, less on the longer ones.

[[old] RacerX]

110-115<br /><br />