731 Calories Burned in an Hour of Rowing

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One of the ways to do indoor rowing in the company of other people is to sign up for an indoor race, like these people.

The number of calories burned while rowing today wasn’t anything unusual.  You can burn a lot more than that in an hour, if you want to work hard while rowing.  As for me, I took it easy most of the time today.

In the hopes of rowing with someone else via the connection over the internet, I scheduled today’s main session online.  I only scheduled it about 38 minutes in advance, so apparently that wasn’t enough time for anyone to notice it.  I went ahead and rowed online anyway, so my online friends could see that I was there today for 10K.

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Another way to do indoor rowing in the company of other people is to do your rowing at a fitness club, such as where these people are doing their rowing. They are not racing each other but their instructor says things to motivate them. One of the things exclaimed at by at least one of the people interviewed in the CNN video (link to video is in the paragraph below this image) … is the fact that rowing burns a LOT of calories in a relatively small amount of time.

The above screenshot is from a CNN video on youtube about a fitness center that specializes in indoor rowing.  It is called Rowbot Fitness. It is located in Georgia.

Since no one else joined the 10K with me, I rowed to the beat of a slow drummer and maintained a pace somewhere between 2:20 and 2:17 until near the end, where I picked up the pace enough to justify a warm down session afterwards.

Before doing the 10K online, I did a 5 minute warmup, then the 10K online and finished with a 1,500 meter warm down.

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5 minute warmup finish screen
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10K finish screen
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1500 meter warm down finish screen

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Happy calorie burning through rowing to you.