Indoor Rowing 100m WR Rob Smith

Rob's 1st attempt at the 100m. Peak split of 1:03/500m. Final time 13.9 sec.

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• rowing
• sprint
• record

[dudewhosbored]

does he actually row on the water? or does he just stick to ergs?

[jumpinjono]

@dudewhosbored he may have been out in a boat once or twice, but basically yeah he sticks to ergs. The one thing people forget is that this is only his sprinting technique. His normal rowing style for 2k's is much more like a rower.

[bakes144]

Your rower might not be set up correctly. You have a pm3 monitor with a model D rower? I had the same problem!

[jumpinjono]

@bakes144 oh it was set up properly. This rowing machine was direct from concept 2 that they use for races around the uk. I know that some monitors can give false readings if set up wrong. I once saw a kid pulling 1:24's which when the monitor got corrected was really only 1:50 pace. This 100m row was done at an offical indoor rowing race. Rob also rowed in the 10-man 100,000m world record. Rob has pulled 1:03 splits on a few different ergs.

[HullaballooDude]

If I'm honest, Rob Smith's strong point has to be quick sprints. He can hit amazingly fast splits that most people would kill to be able to perform. But it is a slight disappointment that someone of his size and power can only do 6:10 for 2k. Someone of his size and a heavily experienced indoor rower should be looking for at least 5:50 slowest. I'm about 5'8, 11st 7lbs and I can do 6:30. I am meant to be doing around 6:10.

[jumpinjono]

@HullaballooDude the reason Rob's 2k isn't faster than 6:10 is mainly because he never trained all out for it. His interests were more toward the sprint stuff so he spent more time on that sort of training. 6:30 is a very good 2k time for your height and weight!

[jumpinjono]

@chazkez07 He is using his legs but only the last part of the leg drive. If you try and use a full leg drive like you do in a normal rowing stroke it just doesn't work for sprinting. Take it from us, we've tried just about every technique for sprinting. Rob found this one to work best for him. He is around 66spm when sprinting. He uses a full leg drive when he rows a 2k.

[chazkez07]

i wonder what his time woulda been if he actually used his legs. :/

[23FLYMIHA]

14 s

weight 91

190 age 23

[hammondeggs94]

brag blog? well im 17years old, 6 foot 145lbs and pull a 7:10, eat it

[massivegunz]

Usain bolt is still faster lol

[Millsyboy87]

I'm 13 and I do 100m in 18.4 seconds is this a good time for my age, I'm about 5'9

[Voidpanda]

@Chaminadecrew55 thats not too bad I'm 16 and I'm pulling a 20:25 on my 6k and i have no idea as to what my 2k is but if i were to guess i would assume it would be about a 7:00 because I'm not to fast in shorter distance but whatever

[Chaminadecrew55]

I cant even come close to tht power and im 15 pulling a 6:54 2k and a 21:54 6k

REP CHAMINADE HS CREW

[galgimaleo]

that erg must be in so much pain

[philcoool]

RANKING RESULTS 2012

Indoor Rower | 4 minutes | Men's | Lightweight | Ages 50-59 | Current 2012 Season

You are number 1 of 11

Place [?] Name Age City State Country Distance Source Type

1 Phillip Cameron 50 Birmingham West Midlands GBR 1121 IND

2 Richard Hessey 54 Edinburgh GBR 1094 IND I

3 Paul Ryan 51 Melbourne Victoria AUS 1089 IND I

4 Daniel Sauers 54 Winona MN USA 1087 C2Log I

I am Phillip Cameron.

[30sleepy10]

I was lucky enough to have this guy as a personal trainer/gym instructor at my school!