I'm new to rowing machines but fairly fit, but it took me 2 minutes to row 200 meters and it seems most people online can row 500 meters in that time, so my question is am I just really bad or is there something wrong with my machine, also how far should 1 stroke take you roughly in meters as mine tend to be around 4 meters
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hello! yes 2 mins is quite a long time for 200m as I'm a 17 year old female and I can do 100m in 21 seconds and 250 in 49seconds, I have been rowing on the water for 3/4 years but even so 2 mins is quite low. Have you checked the resistance on your machine is not set to 10? Which is a common mistake mostly, apologies, men make at the gym to look as if they are working hard but in reality it should be set to around 5 1/2 to mimic the average tension on water. If these doesn't do anything you may also have either a faulty screen or as you said a faulty machine.