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Calculating effort.

mabelbabel1
mabelbabel1 Posts: 391 Member
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Hi folks,

I've just started using my old Carl Lewis rowing machine for the first time in years!

Can you give me an idea of what effort (light or moderate) I should be recording my time as? I do 24 strokes per minute at a level 6 out of 8 resistance currently.

Many thanks

Mabel

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  • mrspeterson
    mrspeterson Posts: 54 Member
    I'm not familiar with the Carl Lewis rowing machine. How hard do you feel you are working out? Can you wear a heart rate monitor while using it? I use a Concept2 set to relatively low drag/resistance because of back issues, and my workouts still feel pretty tough (I get sweaty and out of breath). My HRM usually says I've burned a bit fewer than what MFP gives me for "rowing, moderate". So I guess I would go with the moderate if you are working fairly hard, and light if you are working less hard.

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