Concept 2 challenge: 15 minutes
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Apr 2011
11:14am, 28 Apr 2011
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Son of a Pronator Man
HG, are you saying that resistance is like the gears on a bike, lower gear = more revolutions but less speed, higher gear = fewer revolutions and more speed ?
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Apr 2011
11:15am, 28 Apr 2011
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sallykate
:-)G yes that's the way it works - that's why it's possible to have online league tables at Concept2.com without any regard for which resistance setting you're using. You work just as hard to row 5K in a certain time on level 1 as on level 10.
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Apr 2011
11:15am, 28 Apr 2011
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plodding hippo
ah okay, so can I do this on level 3 then? Im a high cadence runner too |
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Apr 2011
11:17am, 28 Apr 2011
1,258 posts
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sallykate
concept2.co.uk for more
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Apr 2011
11:40am, 28 Apr 2011
145 posts
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RichHL
I usually set it to level 3 as well. I'll give this a go on Friday. I need to warm up before my stretches anyway.
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Apr 2011
1:11pm, 28 Apr 2011
14,786 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Exactly. It's like gears on a bike not like changing angle on a treadmill or putting brakes on on the bike or going up a hill on a bike. So I was told. I need to tell Blind Ken that you're doing a row challenge. He's awesome on sprint rowing. Not sure what he's like for longer distance, but bet he's good. :-)G
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Apr 2011
3:42pm, 28 Apr 2011
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RFJ
so presumably level 5 is like a neutal gait....!!!! (but in rowing style...)
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Apr 2011
5:44pm, 28 Apr 2011
281 posts
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FurryFeet
PH - personally I find it hard to row well at anything other than my preferred damper setting - which just so happens to be 5. At the risk of being cavalier about this, if rowing at 5 is uncomfortable, then use the best setting for you. My view is that there are going to be other variables that are going to have a bigger effect peoples distance than the damper setting, so we shouldn't get hung up on that and just have some fun. If you beat my distance - I may change my view 
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Apr 2011
6:26pm, 28 Apr 2011
1,416 posts
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Karen S
Think i'll give this a go at the weekend. My current pb for 5000m is 22.02 so hopefully should be between 3400-3500 mark
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Apr 2011
9:27am, 29 Apr 2011
14,792 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Aha, and Karen comes in from the Real Rowing (and rowers!) Thread and shows us how it's done! :-)G
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