Legs Only Rowing

Rowing using only your legs. This drill encourages you to use your legs at the start of the drive. As you start the push with your legs ensure your body angle and arms remain in the same position as they were at the Catch.

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• rowing
• rowing technique
• waterrower
• rowing drills

[akakiobi]

when i row on the rowing machine , my forarms and body gets tired (forarms mostly) but i dont get tired in my legs i don't know why , i feel like i'm still doing the excercise right. Are you suppose to get really tired on the quadriceps when you row on a machine?

[watercoach]

@akakiobi - thank you for your question. Feeling more tired in the arms and upper body is quite common when learning to row. Be careful of not too soon pulling with your arms - focus on 'hanging off the handle' as you push the legs - that is keep your arms straight during the initial push with the legs. Your arms do require some strength to transfer the power from the legs through to the oar/handle. Most people tend to have stronger legs than upper body and arms. Focus on pushing the legs!

[liamthedevastator]

@akakiobi It's likely that your forearms are getting tired as a result of gripping the oar too tightly and not relaxing your arms/shoulders in a perfectly straight position. For the first posibility try holding the oar only with the tips of your fingers so you get a flat plane from the top of your hand over the first bone in your fingers. For the second thing relax your arms and shoulders. You should feel a stretch in your shoulder cradle on the drive.

Crazy Erg btw.

[liamthedevastator]

@akakiobi It's likely that your forearms are getting tired as a result of gripping the oar too tightly and not relaxing your arms/shoulders in a perfectly straight position. For the first posibility try holding the oar only with the tips of your fingers so you get a flat plane from the top of your hand over the first bone in your fingers. For the second thing relax your arms and shoulders. You should feel a stretch in your shoulder cradle on the drive.

[jordyd19]

@akakiobi erg's are great for indicating weak muscles. There sore because they need to be developed. Compex helped me with what I needed help with in regards to my forarms.

[MrSemperfidelis225]

If it's been a while since last session, my arms and elbows feel the pain first also. It's only b/c that's the weakest part of the muscles used. That's what I love about rowing, it also strengthens my arms, and even my hands;)

After a couple of weeks the arms and elbows catch up and they hold up with the rest of my body.