Would you ever use the higher settings?

Agree, that damper setting doesn’t mean anything without the drag factor every machine depending on age and usage will be different

I use a drag factor of 85 🥲

Yes, discussion of the damper setting is pointless, it’s that machine’s drag factor that counts 😂.

Glad it helped!

Correct. There's also plenty of cardio in crossfit and bad form going for reps not explosive power. It's also awkward how she frames it in terms of 'types of people' instead of the type of workout you are trying to do. There are genetic differences but everyone has both slow twitch and fast twitch muscles and they adapt based on how you work them.

Do you have a source for this? Strong-man movements are rarely fast, and powerlifting movements are never fast.

Agree, Damper nothing without the drag factor, every machine will be different depending on usage and age

Glad you enjoyed it!

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You’re welcome 😊

@@TRIBOY16 I know this now of course thanks to the video but yeah that is the broken logic most will use without this knowledge, and that's why the machine is always set to 10 from the previous user. I also heard about the "display drag factor" in settings. With this screen you can row in a normal sustainable comfortable way and change the damper till the drag factor reads 125. This is the optimal setting for the damper accounting for your personal optimum stroke along with machine wear etc.

DaGleese .

Same here ! Lol!

@Nooneinparticular987 Thank you. For such a considered response. That was a generous thing to do, and I appreciate it. In the four months since posting my comment, I've knocked another twenty seconds off my PB, discovering along the way that 5.5 is my sweet-spot. Tomorrow is a landmark birthday for me, and I'll be trying to set a PB that I know that time is running on my ability to accomplish. Twenty-five seconds stand between me and that mark. Wish me luck. .

Between 5 and 6

@@missnight73 thank you!

Kris H think of the rower actually in the water. If the setting is at 10, you’re dropping the paddle further down into the water, and moving more water. Your “boat” will travel more meters per stroke because you’re doing a long, heavy pull. If the setting is at 1, you’re not dipping the paddle far into the water. It’s a lighter stroke, and easier to do, but you’re traveling less meters in the water on a per stroke basis.

@@ktatum351435 I get that, i just keep being told "It's not a difficulty/hard thing..." So it's not as far in the water, it's easier, therefore going a short distance on a per stroke basis. The opposite of that, would be...harder.

Hi Kris, the way I think of it is like two different boats. On a low damper setting the boat feels like a sharp pointy boat that easily cuts through the water, on a high damper setting it makes the rower feel like your trying to row a square heavy barge through the water. A setting somewhere in between around 4-5 as she says on the video is likely to make the rower feel like rowing a real boat... The reason the damper setting doesn't impact your rowing "score" or distance on the PM meter is because it calculates your distance and /500m time based on the resistance it measures as you row, so the damper setting just affects how the rowing feels for you, not the /500m rates or distances the PM calculates. That`s why rowing competitions don`t care about the damper settings to keep things even, the rower computer calibrates for this.

Power output is Force x Speed of movement. 10 will require a high force to be generated to get decent pace but will be done at lowish rating, ie.strokes per minute. Otherwise you'll blow out. Low drag of 1 or 2 will require a high rating to maintain pace ad the potential for generating force is low.

If they had it on 6 and got an equivalent time to you on 10 over the same distance, they would've done more strokes and at a faster rate, and ended up doing exactly the same amount of work. It's like using a different gear on a bike. If you choose to go in top gear you'll have to push harder, with slower pedaling, whereas in bottom gear each revolution will be easier and quicker but you'll have to do a lot more of them to keep the same pace.

Thanks