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Here is some good news for a lot of us - Hugh Jackman aka Wolverine posted a picture of a 5km row.. 19:45! TBH I would have expected something a bit quicker from a guy so well conditioned and built..

I imagine he would nail a 500m sprint though..

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTTyIWkDVfW ... ughjackman

Interesting. TBF I would imagine he's not a habitual erger and as we all know improvement comes rapidly at the beginning. That said, just goes to show having alot of muscle and being ripped is waaaaay different to being aerobically fit.

Being his age, only a lot more handsome , I do find this very modest.

Does show that his training is aimed at strenght/looks, and less at fitness.

I follow Hugh on facebook. I actually had no idea he even done any erg work!!!

Who cares how fast when you look that good, is all i can say

Just seen this on his facebook page. Interesting reading through all the uneducated rowers comments on the post

The split time for the final stroke is a bit of Hollywood misdirection. The guy's a 2'/200Watter. It's nice that he can almost keep up with Anthony on the rower. Probably better on the pec deck.

Was this even really a test he done? It was probably just a regular workout like what i do.

My 5k PB was not even achieved by testing, it was just a regular workout @ 22r lol.

He could be sub 19 for 5k in reality if he wanted to, for all we really know.

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Do you usually take a few strokes at 28 per minute near the end of your nice flat, steady, 22spm deisel bus effort, Anthony? Obviously Jackman is a respectable journeyman on the rower but for all we know from the screen foto, he could have clawed his way to that result while bleeding out the eye sockets.

Just can't envisage Jackman needing to struggle through anything tbh

Anth_F wrote:Just can't envisage Jackman needing to struggle through anything tbh

Hugh is just an average Aussie "bloke" really - most adult males here are sub20' for 5km (and genetically blessed like Hugh)

Lindsay sez:

Hugh is just an average Aussie "bloke" really - most adult males here are sub20' for 5km (and genetically blessed like Hugh)

Brings to mind Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon, where all the men were good looking, all the women strong, and all the children above average. Where did I put my gum boots?

Jackman was pretty good as Les in Les Miserables; heard he cut his nails for the role.

lindsayh wrote:

Anth_F wrote:Just can't envisage Jackman needing to struggle through anything tbh

Hugh is just an average Aussie "bloke" really -

You left out the bit "with loads of dosh"

Considering i follow him on facebook i'm not really into watching any of his movies

Thought he was good in Swordfish tho.

Anth_F wrote:Was this even really a test he done? It was probably just a regular workout like what i do.

My 5k PB was not even achieved by testing, it was just a regular workout @ 22r lol.

He could be sub 19 for 5k in reality if he wanted to, for all we really know.

Have to go with you on that one, my 5K season PB was a "Warm Up" for the 30 minute that stated an hour later.

1:54.8 at 19spm and heartrate only 159 average.

Probably the reason I flicked Concept 2 an e-mail the other day to add the magnifying glass to the right hand side of the rankings so it links to all your data for the row, its adds perspective to the "PB". Sometimes you just rank your best row of the season and not a PB effort from the start. Pretty much everything ranked this season are training rows that I cheated on and rated up a couple of strokes higher !

Carl Watts wrote:

Anth_F wrote:Was this even really a test he done? It was probably just a regular workout like what i do.

My 5k PB was not even achieved by testing, it was just a regular workout @ 22r lol.

He could be sub 19 for 5k in reality if he wanted to, for all we really know.

Have to go with you on that one, my 5K season PB was a "Warm Up" for the 30 minute that stated an hour later.

1:54.8 at 19spm and heartrate only 159 average.

Probably the reason I flicked Concept 2 an e-mail the other day to add the magnifying glass to the right hand side of the rankings so it links to all your data for the row, its adds perspective to the "PB". Sometimes you just rank your best row of the season and not a PB effort from the start. Pretty much everything ranked this season are training rows that I cheated on and rated up a couple of strokes higher !

Pb stands for PERSONAL BEST not being scared of really testing yourself and limiting yourself so you don,t have to find out the truth

hjs wrote:

Carl Watts wrote:

Anth_F wrote:Was this even really a test he done? It was probably just a regular workout like what i do.

My 5k PB was not even achieved by testing, it was just a regular workout @ 22r lol.

He could be sub 19 for 5k in reality if he wanted to, for all we really know.

Have to go with you on that one, my 5K season PB was a "Warm Up" for the 30 minute that stated an hour later.

1:54.8 at 19spm and heartrate only 159 average.

Probably the reason I flicked Concept 2 an e-mail the other day to add the magnifying glass to the right hand side of the rankings so it links to all your data for the row, its adds perspective to the "PB". Sometimes you just rank your best row of the season and not a PB effort from the start. Pretty much everything ranked this season are training rows that I cheated on and rated up a couple of strokes higher !

Pb stands for PERSONAL BEST not being scared of really testing yourself and limiting yourself so you don,t have to find out the truth

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