How quickly can you row 1000 metres?

Freeman · 1 Sep 2007 at 20:48

Our gym is having a competition, how long does it take you to row 1000 metres.

I've never done anything like this before it attempted it, but my time was 3:30.

I don't know if anyone of you have timed yourselves on this particular length, but do it next time you go down to the gym, and post your times!

EDIT

On full resistance.

Freeman · 2 Sep 2007 at 15:19

I think i'll have another go in about a months or so time (need to give injured arm more recovery time) with a trainer pushing me. All I had the last time i tried were two gormless blokes staring at me while they were lifting weights, well I say lifting, I don't know what they were doing but their technique was awful.

Freeman · 2 Sep 2007 at 17:03

PikeyPriest said:
My best 500 time is 1.32 (rowing tryouts + it killed me) and my best 2000m is 7.38, i`ll try a 1000 next time at the gym, its not a distance i do normally.

Neither do, i usually stick to around 5k, but I couldn't help but attempt to challenge the competition at gym

Freeman · 3 Sep 2007 at 01:16

weringo said:
Thats rubbish! I could do 1:50 when I was 14 and I was tiny, it was probably on an easy setting or something though

Maybe your rower was crap

We have a dodgy rowing machine at gym, the figures come up double over any other rowing machine. So if I did 1000m on it, it would only take me about 1:45 or so.

Freeman · 4 Sep 2007 at 21:40

Meh, the quickest time for 1000m in the gym is now 3:16.

I'm not sure if my body can do that. Maybe a couple of months ago when I was doing weights, but not with my tendon injury!

Meh