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seti4 · Post by **seti4** » January 21st, 2008, 11:47 am

hi , I have question about SPM : what are the best SPM for different distance? My SPM for 1000m is 30-35 , 10000m 19-21 is it ok?
what are the best strategy on competitions ? many SPM or less SPM and pull harder?

thanks , greatings from poland

Elamonta · Post by **Elamonta** » January 21st, 2008, 12:00 pm

It truly depends on where you are most comfortable...that being said I like to do my 10ks at a 24-25spm, and my 60' rows between 23-24spm. Granted I am just getting used to rowing higher than a 20spm for anything longer than a 6k so I might not be the source you are looking for.

Obviously, some people will prefer other ratings...but at some point rowing a 10k at 32spm might seem a bit excessive. I row my 2k at about 30spm also...

Gerhard · Post by **Gerhard** » January 21st, 2008, 12:10 pm

seti4 wrote:hi , I have question about SPM : what are the best SPM for different distance? My SPM for 1000m is 30-35 , 10000m 19-21 is it ok?
what are the best strategy on competitions ? many SPM or less SPM and pull harder?

thanks , greatings from poland

A strokerate of 19-21 is low, but OK for training. However, you may want to increase the strokerate if you want to go for PB's on longer rows.

indianlarry · Post by **indianlarry** » February 15th, 2008, 4:36 pm

Also stroke rate question

What spm for a 500m?, i usually go for 28

PaulS · Post by **PaulS** » February 15th, 2008, 4:53 pm

indianlarry wrote:Also stroke rate question

What spm for a 500m?, i usually go for 28

If being done "in anger", everything from 500m on up is going to require a bit of survival, so it's whatever gets you there in the least amount of time. Generally the shorter distances can be done at higher rates, there were probably a lot of 50+ SR's in last Months CTC 250m, and a lot in the 40's for 500m - 1000m, then it continues to get lower as the distance/time goes up.

Ben Rea · Post by **Ben Rea** » February 20th, 2008, 2:42 pm

Paul, do you suppose those 50 SR people were doing it at half slide?

So when is half slide appropriate and how much does it actually help? does anyone recommend it for the finish of a 2k?

PaulS · Post by **PaulS** » February 20th, 2008, 5:18 pm

Ben Rea wrote:Paul, do you suppose those 50 SR people were doing it at half slide?

So when is half slide appropriate and how much does it actually help? does anyone recommend it for the finish of a 2k?

Well, I think a better description might be "Half stroke", utilizing the strongest portion of the Drive sequence, giving up a bit of the start and the finish.

Coming into the final sprint of a 2k, anything that will reduce or hold a faster pace for 3 or more consecutive strokes is worth doing, but instantaneous displayed paces that jump around due to "gaming the PM" don't really do a lot to help. Remember that each revolution of the flywheel is still only worth a fixed number of meters, so no matter what is showing on the display, you're still obligated to get enough revs to cover the remaining distance.

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