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how low can you go?

often me and a rowing buddy have lowest split contests
1:09 was my best, my buddy 1:08
I'm 6'4 and 200lbs. he is 6'6 230lbs.

I did the 1:09 at 55 rate, he a 48
speed vs. strength

Then we put the erg on slides, magic
1:04 at 65spm, he 1:06 at 60

think anyone can break a minute?

also someone once told me that :46 was the lowest theoretical split before the chain would break? any truth?

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staza1986 wrote:how low can you go?

often me and a rowing buddy have lowest split contests
1:09 was my best, my buddy 1:08
I'm 6'4 and 200lbs. he is 6'6 230lbs.

I did the 1:09 at 55 rate, he a 48
speed vs. strength

Then we put the erg on slides, magic
1:04 at 65spm, he 1:06 at 60

think anyone can break a minute?

also someone once told me that :46 was the lowest theoretical split before the chain would break? any truth?

46/500 is 3156 watt . 1.00 is 1620 watt. So don,t be afraid. 48 is not humanly possible.

hjs wrote:

staza1986 wrote:how low can you go?

often me and a rowing buddy have lowest split contests
1:09 was my best, my buddy 1:08
I'm 6'4 and 200lbs. he is 6'6 230lbs.

I did the 1:09 at 55 rate, he a 48
speed vs. strength

Then we put the erg on slides, magic
1:04 at 65spm, he 1:06 at 60

think anyone can break a minute?

also someone once told me that :46 was the lowest theoretical split before the chain would break? any truth?

46/500 is 3156 watt . 1.00 is 1620 watt. So don,t be afraid. 48 is not humanly possible.

That figure of a 0:46 Pace sounds like what was written up in an issue of Rowing News when one of their Columnists abused a Model B by pulling the handle with a rope tied to his Jeep, which got a running start taking up the slack (The Erg had been half buried 'secured' in a snowbank, from which it was subsequently ripped away.). But The chain actually did handle quite a number of pulls prior to actually breaking from the abuse. Breaking strength of the chain might be something that c2jonw could answer.

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staza1986 wrote:how low can you go?

often me and a rowing buddy have lowest split contests
1:09 was my best, my buddy 1:08
I'm 6'4 and 200lbs. he is 6'6 230lbs.

I did the 1:09 at 55 rate, he a 48
speed vs. strength

Then we put the erg on slides, magic
1:04 at 65spm, he 1:06 at 60

think anyone can break a minute?

also someone once told me that :46 was the lowest theoretical split before the chain would break? any truth?

I'm wondering what damper setting people are using for low pulls... I'm assuming 10 (the max). And just to clarify, I'm assuming low pull means resetting monitor to "zero" and then going nuts until you see your absolute lowest number before expiring from exhaustion.

C2Andrew wrote: I'm wondering what damper setting people are using for low pulls... I'm assuming 10 (the max). And just to clarify, I'm assuming low pull means resetting monitor to "zero" and then going nuts until you see your absolute lowest number before expiring from exhaustion.

That's a fair description of low pull.

Chris Brett used his PMI ActiveX control to record every stroke and pick the lowest from about ten strokes - sixth stroke is usually the low pull.
http://concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14482
The sample Excel spreadsheet in that package includes his VB program.

I've found that I do best (1:24/500m) on damper 8 (on a clean machine). I'm too old, too short and too weak to get the flywheel spinning quickly on damper 10.