Pace and watts
Rower watts to 500m split and calories per hour
A RowErg at 250 watts shows a 1:51.9 split and about 1160 calories per hour. This chart gives the 500m split and monitor calories per hour for every power from 50 to 500 watts, in 25-watt steps, and the same table applies to the SkiErg, which uses the same formula.
Rower watts to 500m split and calories per hour
| Watts | 500m split(exact) | Calories per hour(exact) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 3:11.3 | 472 |
| 75 | 2:47.1 | 558 |
| 100 | 2:31.8 | 644 |
| 125 | 2:20.9 | 730 |
| 150 | 2:12.6 | 816 |
| 175 | 2:06.0 | 902 |
| 200 | 2:00.5 | 988 |
| 225 | 1:55.9 | 1074 |
| 250 | 1:51.9 | 1160 |
| 275 | 1:48.4 | 1246 |
| 300 | 1:45.3 | 1332 |
| 325 | 1:42.5 | 1419 |
| 350 | 1:40.0 | 1505 |
| 375 | 1:37.7 | 1591 |
| 400 | 1:35.6 | 1677 |
| 425 | 1:33.7 | 1763 |
| 450 | 1:32.0 | 1849 |
| 475 | 1:30.3 | 1935 |
| 500 | 1:28.8 | 2021 |
- Treat calories as a guide to effort, not an exact burn. Compare sessions on watts or split.
- The monitor adds a fixed 300 calorie resting allowance, worked out for a 175 lb (79.5 kg) person.
Worked example
250 watts is a 1:51.9 split (500 × cube root of 2.80 ÷ 250), and the monitor shows 1160 calories per hour. The SkiErg at 250 watts gives the same split.
How it is worked out
This is the inverse of the split-to-watts charts. The 500m split comes from the watts: split = 500 × cube root of (2.80 ÷ watts). Monitor calories per hour are four times the watts, times 0.8604, plus a 300 calorie resting allowance, worked out for a 79.5 kg person. The SkiErg shows a 500m split from the same watts, so the same table applies to it.
Sources
SkiErg chart: 500m split to watts
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