Soldato
I usally do 2000m in around 8 mins not pushing myself after a 30min jog on the trendmill at 8kph.. never tried anything that short before.
How quickly can you row 1000 metres?
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Indoor for now; I can't see myself on the water at this time of year anyway!
Thanks for the link.
Afraid to say guys, there is only one way to learn the technique. Get yourselves to a rowing club and get taught. Or; if you see someone in the gym who is clearly a rower, try approaching them for advice.
It's not just a case of pull the rope Spawn, indeed that is completely the wrong thing to do
. The legs and lower back/stomach do all the work. The arms are just used to control the blade height, feather, and maintain blade speed around the finish (hence why erging is bad for rowing technique - it emphasises the arm pull).
Man of Honour
Man of Honour
I always do 2000 in between 8-8:30 so I'd imagine seeing as the first 1000 would be faster as I'm not too knackered, about 3:40-4:00 maybe?
Soldato
Thanks for the advice. As I said, the guy at the gym is a rower so I'll be asking him for some advice too.
Man of Honour
The best rowing machines I know of are the Concept 2s, brand new you would be looking at about a grand though and residual values were pretty strong last time I heard.
It might be easier to post a budget and have someone who knows a bit recommend the best in the price range.
It might be easier to post a budget and have someone who knows a bit recommend the best in the price range.
There is a guide to the perfect rowing technique on the Concept2 website
http://www.concept2.co.uk/training/technique.php
http://www.concept2.co.uk/training/technique.php
Has to be a Concept 2, if you are serious about it. Times from other machines are not comparable.
Platypus: decent time that, what kind of build are you?
Oh... 2k 6:53
15k in under an hour
67kg
Not wanting to spend too much - something to keep me fit.
You might want to try a local gym, as they usually sell off old rowing machines. Plenty on egay.Can anyone recommend me a half decent rowing machine for home?
What sort of price range will i be looking at?
Want to get fit & tone up a bit
Average hight, fairly slim, very strong. Good lightweight rowing build.
Soldato
I don't often go on the rower but I thought i'd have a bash tonight at doing 500m. Did it in 2 minutes dead. Not bad but not great. I think I could have gone faster had I done it fresh, but I'd been doing weights for 30mins prior though.
Soldato
Usually do sets of 200m row, 30secs rest on 10 difficulty and aim for 40secs/200m so that's about 1m40 /500m 3m30 /1000m but down I could do 1000m in one go!
There are some pretty outstanding times there. My usual routine is to do 5k which takes me 20 minutes on the erg. Nearly broke the 20 minute barrier but I'm on 20.06 at the moment.
500m I can do it in 1.36 but wouldn't like to try 2.5k at that pace.
It's great but Erging can be torture when you're really going for it..
Anyone who wants to take up rowing it's one of the best forms of cardio out there. After trying one out at the gym I bought a model D Concept 2 with a PM3 monitor in October 2008 and have never looked back. Off Ebay, it was the best £650 I've ever spent and it won't take long to give me the payback against gym fees. It's nice to play some counterstrike source for an hour or so and then decide to go for a row. Don't ask me what I wear for the rowing though.... 
If you cross train with other activities you're also going to get into great shape. I combine erging with freestyle lap swimming at my local uni pool and cycling when the weather is half decent. I'm thinking about taking up jogging in the spring too.
Especially if you're overweight erging is low impact (as said above, read up on technique or get someone who knows what they are doing to watch you) activity and the weight will fall off if you combine it with the right foods.
Check out Cracknell and Pinsent in this vid to see a superb race.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JbuESIPFfz4
Erg on!
Also, a good rowing technique vid is this one. I found it to be very useful
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eqVmMd7FdAA
500m I can do it in 1.36 but wouldn't like to try 2.5k at that pace.
It's great but Erging can be torture when you're really going for it..
Anyone who wants to take up rowing it's one of the best forms of cardio out there. After trying one out at the gym I bought a model D Concept 2 with a PM3 monitor in October 2008 and have never looked back. Off Ebay, it was the best £650 I've ever spent and it won't take long to give me the payback against gym fees. It's nice to play some counterstrike source for an hour or so and then decide to go for a row.
Don't ask me what I wear for the rowing though.... If you cross train with other activities you're also going to get into great shape. I combine erging with freestyle lap swimming at my local uni pool and cycling when the weather is half decent. I'm thinking about taking up jogging in the spring too.
Especially if you're overweight erging is low impact (as said above, read up on technique or get someone who knows what they are doing to watch you) activity and the weight will fall off if you combine it with the right foods.
Check out Cracknell and Pinsent in this vid to see a superb race.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JbuESIPFfz4
Erg on!
Also, a good rowing technique vid is this one. I found it to be very useful
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eqVmMd7FdAA
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Never done a 2k, last year I rowed on the work machines after we entered the local Wallingford Town regatta and won the novice class.
10 of us did 2000mile for charity (Around the UK once) I used to do 5-8k stints depending how I was feeling. 200miles over 3 months worked out at quite a lot a week (only had access to rowers at work)
Best one was in the early weeks when i did 5k in 19.04.
I also did 8k with a 7:08 first 2k, obviously slowed down a bit after that.
Nothing too serious though and I'm hardly the fittest of people.
10 of us did 2000mile for charity (Around the UK once) I used to do 5-8k stints depending how I was feeling. 200miles over 3 months worked out at quite a lot a week (only had access to rowers at work)
Best one was in the early weeks when i did 5k in 19.04.
I also did 8k with a 7:08 first 2k, obviously slowed down a bit after that.
Nothing too serious though and I'm hardly the fittest of people.
Associate
not sure about 1000m but i do do 5 mins rowing machine for my warm up before weights and yesterday i ended on 1270m. will try and rember to take note tomorrow. tbf fella you aint no slouch