How quickly can you row 1000 metres?

Martynt74 · 16 Oct 2018 at 10:45

Decided to give this a go after my morning run (i run then go to the gym for a little bit/sauna/shower to avoid disturbing the wife early on)

Got 4:10 for the 1000m, was just taking it fairly easy and figured it's a good way to work everything after a run. Plan is to build up to 5000m i think. Will check out the technique videos

Ryan-3 · 16 Oct 2018 at 13:18

Last thing I usually do before I leave is the rower and have usually set a target of keeping it under four minutes for each kilometre. Normally keep it hovering about there, just under depending on what I've done before and what distance I'm aiming for.

booyaka · 17 Oct 2018 at 10:42

3.50 for 1km but that was comfortable as part of a longer workout. 3.40 should be doable and even under that I would suspect - Will have a good go at it soon.

I tend to aim for sub or on 1.50 per 500m when rowing.

Martynt74 · 17 Oct 2018 at 13:44

Marvt74 said:
Decided to give this a go after my morning run (i run then go to the gym for a little bit/sauna/shower to avoid disturbing the wife early on)

Got 4:10 for the 1000m, was just taking it fairly easy and figured it's a good way to work everything after a run. Plan is to build up to 5000m i think. Will check out the technique videos

Went back today and hit 4:02

As with @booyaka above, i used to do around 1:45-1:50 for the 500m mark so i think if i wanted to "go for it" i can get down to nearer the 3.45 mark. Just wanting to build up some core strength by rowing for a longer duration at the moment.

Street · 17 Oct 2018 at 20:28

Good to see people using the ergs!

I've never actually done a 1km test but I can do a sub 7min 2km.. Just. I'm firmly in the lightweight class at 70kg so I'm fairly happy with my time but I'd like to knock a bit more off as I'm aiming for the EIRC in January.

booyaka · 17 Oct 2018 at 23:17

Good shout - I think I'll have a go at this tomorrow and see what happens. Saying that I was squating tonight so legs probably ruined for tomorrow. Will set a benchmark and see what I can do as part of my Crossfit training for the rest of the year.

Razor-BladE · 18 Oct 2018 at 15:00

When I was fitter I managed 3:20, but that was completely all out as we had it for a challenge in the gym. If I tried now, maybe 3:35-3:40. Might try again soon.

booyaka · 19 Oct 2018 at 18:04

Gave it a go today. 13 seconds faster than 3 months ago. Happy with that. Not much left, maybe went out a touch hard. Sub 3.30 next time. A fair amount of weight training/squating this week as well.

No specific training for this just a challenge

3.31.3

booyaka · 21 Oct 2018 at 23:18

Turned up at the gym tonight and programmed was 2 x 1000m rows into 4 x 250m rows. Max efforts (rest was the same time as you row)

Really wanted that sub 3.30.....Got it....just

Then 4 x 250m blast - managed a massive 2.4 second PB on the last one - 46 seconds dead.

tom_nieto · 22 Oct 2018 at 06:01

I wonder how quickly I could row 1000m over a decade later...!

Martynt74 · 22 Oct 2018 at 11:24

tom_nieto said:
I wonder how quickly I could row 1000m over a decade later...!

Always freaky isn't it when you read a really old thread and spot your name as a previous poster!

BRIGGBOY81 · 22 Oct 2018 at 13:51

Forgot to make a mental note about 1000 but did 1330 in 5 mins on warm up today

BennoUK · 23 Oct 2018 at 21:30

A decade ago I could do a 2:56 1km. Now I’m guessing it will be in the 3:10 range - doesn’t sound like much but that’s a huge drop off in power. :eek:

Oh well I guess that’s the trade off with getting older and having a proper job!

I’ll give it a bash next time I’m on it!

Street · 24 Oct 2018 at 11:25

BennoUK said:
A decade ago I could do a 2:56 1km. Now I’m guessing it will be in the 3:10 range - doesn’t sound like much but that’s a huge drop off in power. Oh well I guess that’s the trade off with getting older and having a proper job!

I’ll give it a bash next time I’m on it!

That's impressive! 3:10 would be about my absolute best. Are you a heavyweight?

BennoUK · 24 Oct 2018 at 17:28

Street said:
That's impressive! 3:10 would be about my absolute best. Are you a heavyweight?

Yeah 193cm - 91kg

Which puts me over the 73kg limit by some margin!

Street · 24 Oct 2018 at 20:27

BennoUK said:
Yeah 193cm - 91kg

Which puts me over the 73kg limit by some margin!

Haha, yeh.. Just a bit! I'm relatively short (178cm) so aiming to get as close to the weight limit as possible by February to get every advantage I can.

DrToffnar · 25 Oct 2018 at 09:33

Thought I'd give this a go last night. Managed it in 4:56... Tis fairly slow I know, but I still clinically qualify as overweight so hopefully I can improve on that xD

BennoUK · 26 Oct 2018 at 07:22

I had a crack yesterday, didn’t really feel like it so (you know when you are not really in the mood for the gym but go anyway). Gave it a steady 95% to see where my boundaries lay and got a 3:08.7.

I’ll try it again at the weekend, I reckon I could probably do a 3:05 now - so not as much wastage over 10 years as I originally thought (thank goodness!).

booyaka · 30 Oct 2018 at 16:34

BennoUK said:
I had a crack yesterday, didn’t really feel like it so (you know when you are not really in the mood for the gym but go anyway). Gave it a steady 95% to see where my boundaries lay and got a 3:08.7.

I’ll try it again at the weekend, I reckon I could probably do a 3:05 now - so not as much wastage over 10 years as I originally thought (thank goodness!).

Sad times - couldn't be arsed and does 3.08......

booyaka · 30 Oct 2018 at 16:34

2km today - 7.25.