Meter Question

[old] judge06 · Post by **[old] judge06** » October 10th, 2005, 2:07 pm

I was just wondering what would be a good goal for a beginning rower to meet as far as meters rowed per week? I will more than likely only be able to row 3 or maybe 5 days a week as I do not own my own machine and must go to a local gym. Thank you for your help in this matter, and I will look forward to your reply.<br /> - Corey

[old] Citroen · Post by **[old] Citroen** » October 10th, 2005, 2:23 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(judge06 @ Oct 10 2005, 07:07 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I was just wondering what would be a good goal for a beginning rower to meet as far as meters <i>[sic]</i> rowed per week? I will more than likely only be able to row 3 or maybe 5 days a week as I do not own my own machine and must go to a local gym. Thank you for your help in this matter, and I will look forward to your reply.<br /> - Corey <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I'm now rowing six sessions a week and did 251K in Sept (although 42K of that was in a single session). I've already done 63K for October.<br /><br />As a beginner, I rowed 477.8K for the whole season (April 2004 through to May 2005). That works out at 9.1K per week (averaged over three sessions). So far this season I've rowed 770.0K. I passed the first million on Sept 10th after 16.5months. I'll go through the second million before April 2006.<br /><br />All my metres are rowed at the local gym (I get a free 5K cycling warm-up and a 5K cool down getting to the gym).<br /><br />Tonight will be; cycle 5K, 2K w/u, 4*1K with 5:00rest, 2K cool down, shower and 5K home.

[old] Annabassand · Post by **[old] Annabassand** » October 10th, 2005, 2:35 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(judge06 @ Oct 10 2005, 07:07 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I was just wondering what would be a good goal for a beginning rower to meet as far as meters rowed per week? I will more than likely only be able to row 3 or maybe 5 days a week as I do not own my own machine and must go to a local gym. Thank you for your help in this matter, and I will look forward to your reply.<br /> - Corey <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Hi <br /><br />I started in mid August. I am now up to 20-30K a week (3-4 sessions per week). When I started out I only did 3-4 sessions of 2k for the first week or two. After that I started doing 3k and 5k. After about 6-7 weeks I have just started doing one or two 10k a week. <br /><br />I guess your progression depends on how you feel. I think you should listen to your body no matter what anyone in this forum says. You can get sore in various places from rowing so don't overdo it. If your body says rest; take the day off. <br /><br />/Anna

[old] RickMan · Post by **[old] RickMan** » October 14th, 2005, 10:30 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(judge06 @ Oct 10 2005, 02:07 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I was just wondering what would be a good goal for a beginning rower to meet as far as meters rowed per week? I will more than likely only be able to row 3 or maybe 5 days a week as I do not own my own machine and must go to a local gym. Thank you for your help in this matter, and I will look forward to your reply.<br /> - Corey <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Corey,<br /><br />I agree with Anna, no matter what anyone in this forum thinks (or even what YOU think), you have to consider how you feel. I for one had a really hard time getting a feel for how I could progress without overdoing it. The simplicity of the exercise can be a little misleading in my opinion. Here's my summary from when I started in Mid September...<br /><br />39 11759 01:01:40.1 <br />40 20281 01:44:33.6 <br />41 21344 01:54:29.7 <br />42 19605 01:41:13.0 <br /> <br />I've only been going for 4 weeks but I feel like I have months worth of satisfaction from the training, but I am starting to feel little aches and pains that are whispering to me..."slow down... What's your rush?....". But I also have this other dialogue "You can do more, there's nothing but benefits!!!".<br /><br />My point is, we can always override that little voice and push ourselves into overtraining because we are so enthusiastic, but if we don't listen to our bodies, we are totally at risk of overtraining or gaining a repetitive injury. I think you should develop your own formula that logs how you feel along with the amount of meters you row... hey! I bet that's what the comment section in our log book is for!! wow, you learn something new every day!<br /><br />Happy Rowing,<br />Rick<br /><br /><br />

[old] mpukita · Post by **[old] mpukita** » October 14th, 2005, 12:41 pm

Corey:<br /><br />I started in May, from what I would call a standing start. Injuries had kept me away from fitness activities for a few months.<br /><br />19 3753 17:06.6 <br />20 20000 01:37:49.0 <br />21 25089 01:54:50.3 <br />22 31996 02:25:32.1 <br />23 28272 02:06:48.6 <br />24 37573 02:52:10.7 <br />25 48368 03:38:54.9 <br />26 82075 06:17:60.0 <br />27 80421 06:19:43.6 <br />28 83279 06:17:50.9 <br />29 66843 05:00:14.8 <br />30 75837 05:37:54.7 <br />31 22170 01:39:45.9 <br />34 25135 01:52:15.9 <br />35 26043 01:54:32.8 <br />37 10000 44:50.1 <br />38 20000 01:27:40.3 <br />39 30109 02:13:38.4 <br />40 75799 05:40:24.0 <br />41 38136 02:48:02.7 <br /><br />These are weeks, total meters, and total times. I'm pretty slow, so these would need to be viewed from that perspective. Null weeks (missing) are due to vacation (holidays) or illness.<br /><br />-- Mark<br />

[old] hennmart · Post by **[old] hennmart** » October 14th, 2005, 12:54 pm

I bought my erg in June 2004 and really begun to row in January 2005. <br /><br />I want to try to make over 4 million metres (hahahaha little mistake ) this year.<br /><br />I row a lot (not that much ) and I like it.<br /><br />But the most important thing is, as Anna said priviously, to listen to your body and take enough rests! <br /><br />Hennie

[old] andyArvid · Post by **[old] andyArvid** » October 14th, 2005, 2:18 pm

I would not base my workouts on meters. I would base them on time spent. The initial objective would be to get to 30 minutes of rowing. So you can start off at 10 minutes a row the first week then 15 minutes the second week, then 20 minutes then 30 minutes. Row as slow as you need to make the time goal. Once you make 30 minutes per row, you can then work on rowing faster and longer on diferent days. Some days faster and some days longer.<br /><br />Of course the times suggested are just suggestions. You can adjust to your reality.

[old] GutBustin' · Post by **[old] GutBustin'** » October 14th, 2005, 3:23 pm

I'd agree that the important thing at the beginning is to just get your butt on the rower, and not worry about metres as much as about time. Apart from that, would highly recommend keeping a log as it proves to be fantastic motivation.<br />My first couple of weeks I averaged 10k, then 20k, and now I'm about 50k a week.<br />GB

[old] sharp_rower · Post by **[old] sharp_rower** » October 18th, 2005, 8:52 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(hennmart @ Oct 14 2005, 11:54 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><br />I want to try to make over 4 million kilometres this year.<br /><br />Hennie <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Haha, good luck with that. That's 4 BILLION meters!!

[old] GutBustin' · Post by **[old] GutBustin'** » October 18th, 2005, 9:54 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(sharp_rower @ Oct 18 2005, 08:52 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(hennmart @ Oct 14 2005, 11:54 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><br />I want to try to make over 4 million kilometres this year.<br /><br />Hennie <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Haha, good luck with that. That's 4 BILLION meters!! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />He is from the Netherlands...and Dutch kilometres are very short, and even shorter when it rains.

[old] Citroen · Post by **[old] Citroen** » October 19th, 2005, 6:52 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(sharp_rower @ Oct 19 2005, 01:52 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Haha, good luck with that. That's 4 BILLION met<b>ers</b> [sic]!! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />No it's not. It's just 4,000 million met<b>res</b>. <br /><br />A real billion is 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12) <u><b>NOT</b></u> the American 1,000,000,000 (10^9).

[old] rspenger · Post by **[old] rspenger** » October 19th, 2005, 11:35 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Citroen @ Oct 19 2005, 03:52 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(sharp_rower @ Oct 19 2005, 01:52 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Haha, good luck with that. That's 4 BILLION met<b>ers</b> [sic]!! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />No it's not. It's just 4,000 million met<b>res</b>. <br /><br />A real billion is 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12) <u><b>NOT</b></u> the American 1,000,000,000 (10^9). <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />How about 4 giga m., as a compromise. 4 GM? 4 Gm? I am not sure on the conventions used for this.<br /><br />BobS.

[old] PaulH · Post by **[old] PaulH** » October 19th, 2005, 12:23 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Citroen @ Oct 19 2005, 05:52 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(sharp_rower @ Oct 19 2005, 01:52 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Haha, good luck with that. That's 4 BILLION met<b>ers</b> [sic]!! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />No it's not. It's just 4,000 million met<b>res</b>. <br /><br />A real billion is 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12) <u><b>NOT</b></u> the American 1,000,000,000 (10^9). <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Not since <a href='http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/large.html' target='_blank'>1974</a>, depending on your definition of 'real'

[old] PaulS · Post by **[old] PaulS** » October 19th, 2005, 12:42 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(PaulH @ Oct 19 2005, 09:23 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Citroen @ Oct 19 2005, 05:52 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(sharp_rower @ Oct 19 2005, 01:52 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Haha, good luck with that. That's 4 BILLION met<b>ers</b> [sic]!! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />No it's not. It's just 4,000 million met<b>res</b>. <br /><br />A real billion is 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12) <u><b>NOT</b></u> the American 1,000,000,000 (10^9). <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Not since <a href='http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/large.html' target='_blank'>1974</a>, depending on your definition of 'real' <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Well, isn't that appropriate? It's the Fault of the French! <br /><br />"Although we describe the two systems today as American or European, <b>both systems are actually of French origin</b>. The French physician and mathematician Nicolas Chuquet (1445-1488) apparently coined the words <i>byllion and tryllion and used them to represent 10^12 and 10^18, respectively, thus establishing what we now think of as the "European" system. However, it was also French mathematicians of the 1600's who used billion and trillion for 10^9 and 10^12, respectively</i>. This usage became common in France and in America, while the original Chuquet nomenclature remained in use in Britain and Germany. The French decided in 1948 to revert to the Chuquet ("European") system, leaving the U.S. as the chief standard bearer for what then became clearly an American system."

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