Weight equivalent of a drive

[hjs]

So since I'm only about 5'6" there is no point for me to do r20 workouts? I should keep it to around r22 or so for my low rate work?

Thanks

Given the above reasons proberly not. An other factor is your natural rate. What is the rate if you do a hard 2 k?
There two ways you can look at ratings. As a absolute number, the 20 here.
Or relative, if you rate 40 on a two, 20 is 50%, is it 30, it becomes 66 2/3

An other point is speed, a slower rower rates lower, the drive takes longer and less fitness also means, lower ratings, but this will show in the point above.

In short, rate 20 is proberly not needed for you

[kini62]

So since I'm only about 5'6" there is no point for me to do r20 workouts? I should keep it to around r22 or so for my low rate work?

Thanks

Given the above reasons proberly not. An other factor is your natural rate. What is the rate if you do a hard 2 k?
There two ways you can look at ratings. As a absolute number, the 20 here.
Or relative, if you rate 40 on a two, 20 is 50%, is it 30, it becomes 66 2/3

An other point is speed, a slower rower rates lower, the drive takes longer and less fitness also means, lower ratings, but this will show in the point above.

In short, rate 20 is proberly not needed for you

Thanks!

I alternate between rowing and riding my bike on a trainer for fitness. My current fitness level for rowing is around 7:20 2k in the low 30s for rate.

My typical 5K rate is 27-29 no matter what the time. Most days it's around 20:00 flat.

[Ralph Earle]

Hey Cyclingman...feel better now?

... There are plenty of people your size but ten years older doing 8500 for 30 min.

Since 2002 in the C2 rankings, there has been exactly ONE person ten years older doing 8500 for 30 min:

Ranking Age 63+ and 8500+
Season meters in 30 minutes
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 1
2013 1
2014 1
2015 0

If you meant to write 7500, the most number of ergers 63 and older who ranked 7500m or more was 38 (in 2014), out of a total of 263 in the rankings, about one in seven.

[Cyclingman1]

Since 2002 in the C2 rankings, there has been exactly ONE person ten years older doing 8500 for 30 min:

Ralph, I actually meant to say 8250 over 60, which is about 700 more than the OP. I don't know the count of over 8250, but I'm sure it is well over "1". Your good bud is at the head of the list. Even little ole no-upper-body-strength me has a few years under that belt. Maybe you can do the math for me, as you are the resident statistician. JDG