Concept II Rowing

L.S.F

Hi all,

For those of you that use the concept two rower could you answer the following regards your workout

Total time for 2000m:
500m/ave:
Male/Female:
Under/Over 6ft:
Usual workout on the rower (time/dist/500m-ave/intervals etc):
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc)
How much you use rower a week/month:


Cheers guys and gals!

BobbyOLeary

Total time for 2000m: 7:42.3
500m/ave: ~1:55
Male/Female: Male
Under/Over 6ft: Under (5'11")
Usual workout on the rower (time/dist/500m-ave/intervals etc): 500m sprints
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc) Exhausted
How much you use rower a week/month: Less than once a month

Whats this for?

Roper

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Total time for 2000m: Dunno don't do it.
500m/ave:I've done a 500m max in 1.29
Male/Female:Male
Under/Over 6ft:over
Usual workout on the rower (time/dist/500m-ave/intervals etc):100m intervals x10. 30sec intervals x10, 500m max efforts. 1000m X4
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc): Depends on the sessions. 100m and 30s tend to be a 5 on my RPE whereas the 1000m tends to be 3 or so.
How much you use rower a week/month: twice per week.

Interesting. What's it for?

BobbyOLeary

500m in 1.29? Quick row Baz, fastest I've ever pulled is 1.33. I've never done any of those intervals you and Will seem so fond of, I must give em a go if they'll get me a 1.29 500m :pac:

Roper

Aren't you shorter than me though? Can't remember from the MMA League but probably I have 3/4 inches on you? That's an extra pull per 150m of you think about it.

Do the 10X30sec and record your distances it's a good test to see your power output. Makes for interesting reading month to month.

I train with a guy who Will also trains who has if I remember correctly done a 1.18 500m. He was on the Concept 2 records board for a while and usually while I'm panting and killing myself pulling 1000s he's having a chat to me and doing better times. He's not even a rower he's just an ergo guy. To give you an idea he does 14/15 pulls for a 150m test whereas my best is 15 and usually 16 pulls.

Parsley

Well I'm a rower! :pac:

Total time for 2000m: Been years since I did one, just under 7 mins.
500m/ave: Best is 1.27, doing 6-8 in a row around 1.35-1.40
Male/Female: Male
Under/Over 6ft: Just over
Usual workout on the rower (time/dist/500m-ave/intervals etc): 3x20minute pieces, 6/8x500m, 3x10mins, 4/5x1000m... I could go on!
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc) Depends on the workout!
How much you use rower a week/month:4-5 times a week.

One thing though, if you're gonna use an ergo in the gym ffs learn some technique! I can't stand seeing people trying to row without a clue how to do it properly.

BobbyOLeary

Roper wrote: »

Aren't you shorter than me though? Can't remember from the MMA League but probably I have 3/4 inches on you? That's an extra pull per 150m of you think about it.

Yeah that's true actually. You're definitely a few inches taller. Even still, that's not going to knock off 4 seconds. Being less of a tub and being fitter will. I think I'll work on that before I start putting on the high heels :pac:

Parsley

BobbyOLeary wrote: »

Yeah that's true actually. You're definitely a few inches taller. Even still, that's not going to knock off 4 seconds. Being less of a tub and being fitter will. I think I'll work on that before I start putting on the high heels :pac:

Height and weight matter a LOT on the ergo for leverage.

ryoishin

Back in my rowing days anyone under 18 was expected to do at least 5000m in 20 mins, and Im 5'7".

Racy

Total time for 2000m: 6min40secs
500m/ave: 1.39
Male/Female:Male
Under/Over 6ft: 6 foot or rather just a teeny tiny bit under
Usual workout on the rower (time/dist/500m-ave/intervals etc): see my fitness log, row row row yer boat
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc) on the 2km, exhausted
How much you use rower a week/month: 2/3 sessions a week depends on if there's a race or if the weather is nice

brianon

Total time for 2000m : eh... 7:330 I think
500m/ave : ave : ? best 1:33
Male/Female : male
Under/Over 6ft : 6 1
Usual workout on the rower : 500m or just for warmup
RPE : exhausted
How much you use rower a week/month : 3 times a week (mainly for warmup though)

BobbyOLeary

Parsley wrote: »

Height and weight matter a LOT on the ergo for leverage.

True but I'd imagine the fact that Barry's fitter than I am making up for more of the difference!

Edwardius

Total time for 2000m: 7.25 (ages ago)
500m/ave: Fastest 500 was like 1.37 after doing 5x5 back squats. Don't usually do this as standalone.

Male/Female:Male
Under/Over 6ft:~5'10''
Usual workout on the rower (time/dist/500m-ave/intervals etc): Generally use it as part of a circuit, I'd do the odd 2k or tabata intervals (:()
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc) I usually fall off the thing!
How much you use rower a week/month: Varies too much at the moment. could be anything from 0-3 times a month

MCOS

Is this a survey or something? I used to row and I second the point about learning a bit of technique if using in the gyms...

Total time for 2000m: last one was in 2006 in about 6'32"
500m/ave: 1'38, best flat 500m would be about 1'24"
Male/Female: Male
Under/Over 6ft: just under
Usual workout on the rower: 30 mins at 1'50-1'53 @22-24 spm, or 60 mins at 1'52-1'55 @ 20-22 spm
RPE ergo always kicks your ass when you neglect it, even looking at the thing makes me sweat!
How much you use rower a week/month: longest I've gone without using one is a year. Got on to do an hour easy and ended up with blisters, stiff back, stiff legs and Doms for a week!

DMC80

Total time for 2000m: 7'04
500m/ave: 1'27
Male/Female: Male
Under/Over 6ft: Slightly under (only found this out recently and was very upset)
Usual workout on the rower I usually go for the 500m as I really need to be in the right frame of mind to attempt a decent 2k time
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc): on a sub 1'30 500m I feel like hell, burning lungs etc
How much you use rower a week/month: Not often enough, to be honest I've only attempted the 2k a few times and the last was probably near on a year ago, I'd really like to break the 7min barrier. The last 500m attempt would have been about 4 months ago, I've no rowing background, just a keen crossfitter

narwog81

Total time for 2000m: best time 7.20
500m/ave: best time 1.38
Male/Female:M
Under/Over 6ft:5'11
Usual workout on the rower : normally do 500m as warmup. occasionally do 20 mins with 45secs easy/15secs fast
RPE : for warmup easy, 2000m attempts = pain
How much you use rower a week/month times a week

Killme00

Total time for 2000m: Dunno don't do it.
500m/ave:I've done a 500m max in 1.32 (barry is faster but ill get him
Male/Female:Male
Under/Over 6ft Under :mad:
Usual workout on the rower (time/dist/500m-ave/intervals etc):100m intervals x10. 500m max efforts. 1000m X4
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc): on the 100's around interval 6 is a dead killer but 10 seems to be the easiest, 1000's ae fine (obviously i need to go faster
How much you use rower a week/month: twice per week.

ted1

Total time for 2000m: i do 2500m in 9.40 mins
500m/ave: arond 1.55
Male/Female: male
Under/Over 6ft: 5'11 6' depends on time of day!!
Usual workout on the rower (time/dist/500m-ave/intervals etc): just row
RPE (Easy/tiring/exhausted etc)
How much you use rower a week/month: twice a week

L.S.F

Cheers everyone,

Just seeing what times people were doing as gonna make a monthly challenge in my gym just, was kinda looking for the average persons time where most above are good trainers.

Much thanks for the input folks!