I've just recently starting rowing on Concept2 having never rowed before. After suffering a major injury I was unable to do any form of fitness for the past 16 year, however, I am now able to get into some form of fitness and am looking at rowing to help. Having lost a bit weight and performed cardio exercises over the past 4 month I decided to give it a blast over 2000m. My time below. Is this any good and if so, what can I do to improve my times.
I rowed 2000m in 6:53 secs. I am 5ft 11 aged 44 and weigh 102kg. The damper lever was set a 10 (i think)
Although I was extremely tired, I do think I could go faster?
How Good?
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Ruby,
Your time of 6:53 is very impressive. If I understand your post, you just started rowing. Did you start 4 months ago or did you literally just start rowing? For perspective. A 6:53 would put you in the 87th Percentile for Males 40-49 ranking times for 2007. The average time for 40-49 being 7:41.0. You can look up rankings here:http://www.concept2.com/sranking03/rankings.asp
This is even more impressive given that you were inactive for 16 years prior. You can improve that 6:53 by quite a bit in the next year if you row regularly.
One bit of caution. Setting the damper at a "10" is not advised. Depending on what altitude you live at, setting it at 3 or 4 will probably serve you better. You probably want the drag factor to be somewhere between 115 and 140. Even the "Big Dogs" that pull under 6:00 for a 2K usually row within this range. Using a high drag factor can lead to back isues.
Keep up the rowing and you will see fast steady improvement for the first few months any way.
Rich
Your time of 6:53 is very impressive. If I understand your post, you just started rowing. Did you start 4 months ago or did you literally just start rowing? For perspective. A 6:53 would put you in the 87th Percentile for Males 40-49 ranking times for 2007. The average time for 40-49 being 7:41.0. You can look up rankings here:http://www.concept2.com/sranking03/rankings.asp
This is even more impressive given that you were inactive for 16 years prior. You can improve that 6:53 by quite a bit in the next year if you row regularly.
One bit of caution. Setting the damper at a "10" is not advised. Depending on what altitude you live at, setting it at 3 or 4 will probably serve you better. You probably want the drag factor to be somewhere between 115 and 140. Even the "Big Dogs" that pull under 6:00 for a 2K usually row within this range. Using a high drag factor can lead to back isues.
Keep up the rowing and you will see fast steady improvement for the first few months any way.
Rich
40 YO 6'1" 180 lbs. Rowing at 7,000 Ft.
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6:53 is very impressive..
To put this in perspective, I will use myself as a comparison point. I am 44 years old, 6'2" 200lb. Started rowing 1 year ago. I row 5-6 times a week, train (what I consider to be) pretty seriously using a modified pete plan. 3,000,000m over the last calender year. Regularly row online using RowPro with other folks, do interval training frequently (both using online racing and by myself).
all that, and I just managed to finally crack the 7 min 2k barrier at WIRC a couple weeks ago. 6:59.6..
So, you are fast. you should take a look at one of the several training plans that are available (pete, wolverine, C2 interactive) and I bet you would be gunning for 6:40 before the year is out..
To put this in perspective, I will use myself as a comparison point. I am 44 years old, 6'2" 200lb. Started rowing 1 year ago. I row 5-6 times a week, train (what I consider to be) pretty seriously using a modified pete plan. 3,000,000m over the last calender year. Regularly row online using RowPro with other folks, do interval training frequently (both using online racing and by myself).
all that, and I just managed to finally crack the 7 min 2k barrier at WIRC a couple weeks ago. 6:59.6..
So, you are fast. you should take a look at one of the several training plans that are available (pete, wolverine, C2 interactive) and I bet you would be gunning for 6:40 before the year is out..
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Gateshead is at sea-level on the south side of the River Tyne.RowtheRockies wrote: One bit of caution. Setting the damper at a "10" is not advised. Depending on what altitude you live at, setting it at 3 or 4 will probably serve you better.
Check out the drag thread at: http://concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13823