Pace and watts
RowErg calories to estimated SkiErg calories
A RowErg split of 2:20 shows about 739 calories per hour, and an estimated 591 SkiErg calories per hour. This chart converts every split from 1:40 to 2:30, in 5-second steps; the SkiErg column is the estimate, and its factor eases from 1 to 0.8.
RowErg calories to estimated SkiErg calories
| RowErg 500m split | RowErg calories per hour(exact) | SkiErg calories per hour(estimate) |
|---|---|---|
| 1:40.0 | 1505 | 1505 |
| 1:45.0 | 1341 | 1341 |
| 1:50.0 | 1205 | 1205 |
| 1:55.0 | 1092 | 1092 |
| 2:00.0 | 997 | 997 |
| 2:05.0 | 917 | 856 |
| 2:10.0 | 848 | 735 |
| 2:15.0 | 790 | 632 |
| 2:20.0 | 739 | 591 |
| 2:25.0 | 695 | 556 |
| 2:30.0 | 657 | 526 |
- The monitor adds a fixed 300 calorie resting allowance, worked out for a 175 lb (79.5 kg) person.
- SkiErg calories are estimated as RowErg calories times 1 at a 2:00/500 m row pace or faster, and times 0.8 at 2:15 or slower. That is a coaching rule of thumb, not a study. The rule steps at 2:00; MaxCals ramps the factor linearly between 2:00 and 2:15 so the conversion is continuous.
- 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
A 2:20 split is 739 RowErg calories per hour. At that pace the factor is 0.8, so the SkiErg estimate is 591 calories per hour (739 × 0.8).
How it is worked out
The RowErg calories per hour are exact, from the split: four times the watts, times 0.8604, plus 300. The SkiErg estimate multiplies them by a factor: 1 at a 2:00/500 m row pace or faster, 0.8 at 2:15 or slower. The factor is a straight line between the two paces, so the conversion is continuous.
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