Pace and watts
Air bike calories per minute: the rower equivalent
An air bike at 15 calories per minute is an estimated 1286 RowErg calories per hour, about 286 rower watts and a 1:46.9 split. Every converted column is an estimate, and the factor is a coaching rule of thumb.
Air bike calories per minute to rower watts (estimate)
| Air bike calories per minute | RowErg calories per hour(estimate) | RowErg watts(estimate) | RowErg 500m split(estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 686 | 112 | 2:26.2 |
| 10 | 857 | 162 | 2:09.3 |
| 12 | 1029 | 212 | 1:58.2 |
| 14 | 1200 | 262 | 1:50.2 |
| 16 | 1371 | 311 | 1:44.0 |
| 18 | 1543 | 361 | 1:39.0 |
| 20 | 1714 | 411 | 1:34.8 |
| 22 | 1886 | 461 | 1:31.2 |
| 24 | 2057 | 511 | 1:28.2 |
| 26 | 2229 | 560 | 1:25.5 |
| 28 | 2400 | 610 | 1:23.1 |
| 30 | 2571 | 660 | 1:20.9 |
- Air bikes (Assault, Echo) publish no watts or calorie formula, and consoles differ. The rower figures here are an estimate from calories, not a measurement.
- Air bike calories are about 0.7 × RowErg calories. Those are coaching rules of thumb, not studies. Individual variation is large.
- Similar effort is an estimate: a given power feels different on different machines, so those figures are a starting point and individual variation is large.
Worked example
15 air bike calories per minute is 1286 RowErg calories per hour (15 × 60 ÷ 0.7), which is about 286 rower watts. Treat that as a starting point, not a measurement.
How it is worked out
Air bike calories are about 0.7 times RowErg calories, so RowErg calories per hour are the air bike calories per minute, times 60, divided by 0.7. Rower watts and the split are then worked back from those rower calories with the monitor formula, so the estimate is all in the first step.
Sources
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