* Official 500m Rowing Challenge*

Scon · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:36

sorn21 said:
Good effort dude, that's quick! I've been rallying all the guys in my gym tonight and so far my time still stands, so I'm happy!

thanks

I train 2-3 times a week, have been doing so for last 4 years.

Guy in the place i go is 6 foot 10 and pulls 1:19 :eek:

sorn21 · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:41

burrell said:
thanks

I train 2-3 times a week, have been doing so for last 4 years.

Guy in the place i go is 6 foot 10 and pulls 1:19

Scary stuff!! That's phenomenally quick! I'm going to keep at it, I'm reasonably fit, but haven't rowed in a long time.. So hopefully I can improve the 1.31...

mithrandir · 20 Jul 2011 at 22:35

sorn21 said:
That's rubbish bud, can't you just go into a gym under the pretence that you'd like a look around the facilities, then when out of eye-sight blast out a quick 500m on the rower? haha

lol. might have to try that on their trial memberships

tom_e · 20 Jul 2011 at 22:41

I'll give it a shot when I go in for some cardio tomorrow if I remember

sorn21 · 21 Jul 2011 at 15:36

tom_e said:
I'll give it a shot when I go in for some cardio tomorrow if I remember

Just bumping for memory!
Come on lads, 2 times so far. Lets see what you've got!

tom_e · 21 Jul 2011 at 16:48

First time I've touched the rower in at least a year. 1:44.9

sorn21 · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:10

Good effort, think anything in the 1.40 range is respectable tbh.

Scon · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:13

sorn21 said:
Good effort, think anything in the 1.40 range is respectable tbh.

Definitely, took me a good 2 years to get under 1:40, then 5 years to get under 1:30

tom_e · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:37

I might start adding it to the start of all my cardio sessions, it seems to have made smashing out 25km on the bike much easier.

GarethSouthgate · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:49

burrell said:
Definitely, took me a good 2 years to get under 1:40, then 5 years to get under 1:30

Guess I'll be near 3 minutes then!

SDK^ · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:26

I'll give this a try next week.

I can do 1495 meters in 5 mins which is about 300 meters a minute, so 1:30 should be achievable.

GarethSouthgate · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:40

Thinking about it, I think I can to 1000 in just over 5 minutes, have done it a couple of times as a warmup.

So that's 2:30.

I won't even bother.

tom_e · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:02

sigma said:
Thinking about it, I think I can to 1000 in just over 5 minutes, have done it a couple of times as a warmup.

So that's 2:30.

I won't even bother.

My normal pace for distance is anywhere between 2:20 and 2:30 so stop being a girl and get on it

GarethSouthgate · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:05

tom_e said:
stop being a girl and get on it

I don't normally 'sprint' the 1000 km anyway so hopefully I can get below 2:20.

sorn21 · 21 Jul 2011 at 19:51

Moses said:
1.32 dead. Concept 2, resistance 4/5.

http://concept2.co.uk/rower/air_resistance

I literally died on the last 100m, ha.

Good effort bud! I found the last 150m really tough; body says no, brain says YES!

Elixir · 21 Jul 2011 at 20:21

Moses said:
I literally died on the last 100m, ha.

Wow. Impressive that you can still operate a computer considering you're literally dead.

dod · 21 Jul 2011 at 20:28

tried it tonight, 1min 41 secs, quite happy with that for an old lad.

1000m takes about 3min 50/55.

GarethSouthgate · 21 Jul 2011 at 20:34

Can we post levels of fitness? How long or how intense we have been training?

I've been training for about 4 weeks, all weights with one circuit session.

Current level of fitness = -10.

Freefaller · 21 Jul 2011 at 20:59

Interesting - I'll give this a go. Expect to be impressed lol!

I'm hoping to get sub 1:40. I can do 1500m in 5:15 so should be achievable.

Do you need photographic proof or video?

tom_e · 21 Jul 2011 at 21:16

My level of fitness = not bad for a fat lad

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