Row: Meters vs Calories

“Going faster makes it exponentially harder, and the effort level isn’t worth it for five seconds over 500 meters. So I definitely use the row portion of the workout just to catch my breath.”

"Of course, the fitter you are, the faster your “comfortable” rowing pace and the lower your overall workout times. Fit, intelligent athletes will know the pace they can maintain in advance of work off the rower, and they won’t be rattled when a rival pulls 500 meters in 1:28 and leaves the ergometer first......"

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