DavidMW1 Member

5 months in, and I've gone from zero to hurrah! Just broke my personal best for 30mins, and hit an average split of 1.59. 7547 metres. Very chuffed with that.

Nice little technique video here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IXAIsc2p52c From Water Rower. Just discovered that they also have a piece of software called WeRow, which is free to download, and can be used with their monitors to race against others on the web, or against a computer generated…

No need for apologies CG. I don't consider your time slow at all. When I started out, at the beginning of May, I could barely complete three minutes without getting pains in the hip joint muscles, and had to keep my feet on the floor some days! Most days, I keep a fairly steady pace, and hit around the 4900 mark for 20…

How many calories in a Rant?

Tried again today. After 10 min warm up, did 20 min piece, and hit 5037Mts. Warm up made all the difference, especially as I drank one glass too many of wine yesterday evening! 264 cals off in 20 mins. That's a lot of grease!

3 x 20 mins today. Last one, hit 4986mtrs. That's frustrating, as I wasn't particularly aiming for it at the start, but came close to a 5K in 20 mins. Last couple of minutes upped the pace and hit splits of 1.52. Didn't think I could do that!

5000M 20.41.

Took delivery of a new S4 monitor for my Water Rower today. What a difference! Easily comparable to the Concept II. As I expected, (hoped), my 500M splits are around the 2.04 mark, and in 20 mins I was able to cover a little over 4800 metres, which is pretty close to my last set of figures for the Concept II. Exceptionally…

I've been a little busy workwise recently, so haven't managed to get onto the Concept II yet. I have however, just ordered an upgrade from my SIII monitor on the Water Rower, to an S4. This wil have calorie counter and 500M splits as per the Concept monitor, and I'm hoping it will be a big improvement. I do things by time,…

I'm using a Water rower, and try to complete a "piece" most days, varying from 20 mins to 45 mins. At the moment, I start off rating at about 22spm, for the first 10 mins or so, and slowly pick this up to 24, 26, and finish off with a two or three minute push at 28. Depending on how good I feel, sometimes I can raise this…

Hi CrankyGoat, the first thing you will notice about a water rower, is that it's a lot quieter than a Concept II. Sounds a bit like a swooshing washing machine, and is much easier on the neighbours if you happen to live in an apartment. Very smooth action, and can also be stowed away standing on end, courtesy of two small…

So pleased to find a group for rowing on here. I used to row for Thames RC, Putney, in London, but following a back injury I was forced to retire. Now I'm getting into it again as part of my weight loss programme, and have a water rower at home. Back up to 40 minute pieces now, with the aim of getting this up to an hour,…

1500 cals sounds like quite a lot. Have you tried cutting it down to around about 1300?