Finally took the leap

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EarthRower
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Finally took the leap

Post by EarthRower » September 13th, 2024, 10:15 pm

I converted my wife into a rower and now she has 1,000,000m on it and enjoys it. She no longer says no to adding a SkiErg. I finally have it in my collection. Just spent whole Friday evening mounting it on the wall, which happens to have 12 inch instead of 16 inch studs, and I had to get a piece of wood for it. I am super happy about the results and cannot wait to put some meters on it. :lol:
First Erg September 2022, 41M, 5'6'' (169 cm), 148lbs (67 kg)
First 2k (1/22/2023) 7:41.5
Second 2k (2/5/2023) 7:33.5
Third 2k (4/21/2023) 7:27.1
Forth 2k (7/10/2023) 7:18.5
30min (8/2023) 7538
5k (9/2023) 19:22

Sakly
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Re: Finally took the leap

Post by Sakly » September 14th, 2024, 12:45 am

That sounds great 😄👌🏻
Enjoy this piece of equipment!
Male - '80 - 82kg - 177cm - Start rowErg Jan 2022
1': 358m
4': 1217m
30'r20: 8068m
30': 8,283m
60': 16,222m
100m: 0:16.1
500m: 1:27.1
1k: 3:07.8
2k: 6:37.1
5k: 17:39.6
6k: 21:03.5
10k: 36:01.5
HM: 1:18:40.1
FM: 2:52:32.6
My log

EarthRower
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Re: Finally took the leap

Post by EarthRower » September 16th, 2024, 8:25 am

Sakly wrote:
September 14th, 2024, 12:45 am
That sounds great 😄👌🏻
Enjoy this piece of equipment!
Thanks, Salky.

I had a few short sessions on the SkiERG. It was much harder for me. At the same heart rate, I output about 30% less power than on the RowERG. What’s more, my max power on the SkiErg was only 50% of that on the RowErg.

I am glad I got the skiERG instead of the bikeRRG. There is a lot of gain waiting for me from the former.
First Erg September 2022, 41M, 5'6'' (169 cm), 148lbs (67 kg)
First 2k (1/22/2023) 7:41.5
Second 2k (2/5/2023) 7:33.5
Third 2k (4/21/2023) 7:27.1
Forth 2k (7/10/2023) 7:18.5
30min (8/2023) 7538
5k (9/2023) 19:22

Sakly
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Re: Finally took the leap

Post by Sakly » September 16th, 2024, 9:11 am

EarthRower wrote:
September 16th, 2024, 8:25 am
Sakly wrote:
September 14th, 2024, 12:45 am
That sounds great 😄👌🏻
Enjoy this piece of equipment!
Thanks, Salky.

I had a few short sessions on the SkiERG. It was much harder for me. At the same heart rate, I output about 30% less power than on the RowERG. What’s more, my max power on the SkiErg was only 50% of that on the RowErg.

I am glad I got the skiERG instead of the bikeRRG. There is a lot of gain waiting for me from the former.
I experience the same, despite not having such huge differences in output. On the skierg my splits are ca. 4-5s/500m slower compared to rowErg. If I go for 100m to get max output, I have 1:26.5 compared to 1:20.5 on the rowErg. Never did low pulls on both, so this is the nearest I have in terms of max power.
Male - '80 - 82kg - 177cm - Start rowErg Jan 2022
1': 358m
4': 1217m
30'r20: 8068m
30': 8,283m
60': 16,222m
100m: 0:16.1
500m: 1:27.1
1k: 3:07.8
2k: 6:37.1
5k: 17:39.6
6k: 21:03.5
10k: 36:01.5
HM: 1:18:40.1
FM: 2:52:32.6
My log

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