Weight Adjustment Frequently Asked Questions
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Q. Doesn’t the damper setting have to be taken into account? A. No, the Performance Monitor already takes the damper setting into account. It recalibrates itself on every stroke to account for damper setting and ambient conditions. Q. Is this formula applicable to women as well as men? A. Yes. Q. What is the size of the standard rower being used for this adjustment? Q. What is this adjustment telling me? A. Your weight-adjusted score will be a pretty good estimate of your potential speed in an eight. If all eight rowers have the same adjusted score, then that eight should be capable of rowing that speed for a 2k race on the water—given perfect conditions and near perfect rowing effectiveness (nobody rows perfectly). Q. Why should a coach use this adjustment calculator? A. If you are going to use erg scores as one of the criteria for boating selection, it is very important that you compare weight adjusted scores. Otherwise, you will not necessarily be selecting the most effective rowers. This is due to the fact that the erg does not penalize heavier rowers for the effect that their extra weight may have on the boat speed. Q. How can an individual make use of this calculator? A. Individuals can also take advantage of this calculator. Enter your body weight and rowing score and the formula will tell you how fast you would be able to go in an eight-oared shell if all eight rowers had the same adjusted score as you. Then you can compare yourself to the Men’s or Women’s National Team Eights! Or perhaps the winners at U.S. Masters’ Nationals. If nothing else, you can compare the speed of “your” eight with that of your training partner. Q. What is the formula, so that I can do the calculation when I am away from my computer? A. Here are the actual formulas: Wf = [body weight in lbs / 270] raised to the power .222 Corrected time = Wf x actual time (seconds) Corrected distance = actual distance / Wf |