I have been going to Orange Theory Fitness now since July 2019. (240ish classes so far) Took most of 2020 off (March 2020-March 2021) as the studio was closed due to the covids... The thing I like most about OTF is the water rowing machine and the complete work out it gives me. OTF has benchmark days and one is the 2000 meter row. In many athletic circles, the 2000m row is considered a very good indicator of overall fitness if you can achieve a solid time. The world indoor record is a 5:35.9 on a Concept 2 rower. https://www.concept2.com/indoor-rowers/racing/records/world/2000 I am not sure how a water rower compares to a concept 2 but I did my PB today @ a 6:14.5 with a surgical mask on for the covids. (County mandate here in Washington State) Previous best was a 6:16.9 (maskless) Progression: Nov 2019 - 6:39.20, Feb 2020 - 6:19.90, May 2021 6:48.00 (1 year off) July 2021 6:20.00, Sep 2021 - 6:14.5 (today and PB) I am pretty stoked by it and look forward to the next row when I can do it mask free and try to beat it again. FYI - I am in the 50-59 yo age group Anyone else row?
Seriously should have just tagged him in the title and called him a girly man with this challenge that's just been laid down, in his head anyway
@Resident Plarp you'd better get on the rower and murder some fools... http://forums.13x.com/index.php?threads/i-almost-killed-someone.354940/
Doesn't seem impressive to me. Pretty sure I could do 2000m in 6 hours too with a little bit of practice.
I don't row but I did 1 min 50 sec per 500m average pace over 4000m as part of a crossfit workout so I image if 2000m was all I had to do I could knock that down quite a bit.
I will just leave this here, if he didnt break the row machine, Brome wont either https://www.stack.com/a/the-worlds-...e-100m-rowing-record-without-training-for-it/
The Concept 2 has resistance from 1-10, Water Rower doesn’t. Not shitting on your performance but if you want a good, punishing workout, hop on a Concept 2. Crank the resistance to 10 and do 250M splits with 30 seconds of rest in between splits. The water rower doesn’t provide that unless you’re going 100% at all times. Good on you to feel better and get out there. I’m a taller dude at 6’4, so I crush rowing workouts at my local CrossFit gym. There’s never a bad day on the rower, especially when you incorporate wall balls/box jumps, maybe some Dumbell snatch’s in between. Do you really want to die? Jump on a Rogue Echo bike and do 15 calorie sprints with a minute rest in between. I’ve gone from 335lbs to a solid 240lbs by rowing and air bikes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I LOVE the water rowing machine at our gym. It is hypnotic watching it spin around. I just zone out and daydream. Low impact for my too many miles on paved roads knees.
any average close or over 200 metres a minute, on a concept2 at level 10, is a pretty good work out, and fitness level. Ski
good job on the rower. My form kinda sucks imo but I like it. We have the concept 2's but I've been on the orange theory ones. They are nice and keep it up! Whatever keeps you coming into the gym is all that matters.
