Rowing the Concept2 ergometer

Sorry drinking pals this is nothing to do with the Beverage Review. I stay fit competitively by rowing, running, cycling, swimming, hiking...so that I can drink more good stuffs! Rowers (Hello Xeno Muller!!!), please examine and comment my rowing technique on the ergometer. Any constructive comments are always welcome!

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• indoor
• rowing
• ergometer
• concept2
• technique

[MrRobertEdmondson]

Twenty-five years of pulling on a rigid stick of a handle! Causes angulation of the wrists at the finish, stressing those joints. There's a better way. See the "Canadian Slidewinder" on YouTube.

[michaelyblam]

Are you selling it?

[Darkbluemoonbars]

pretty good. but maybe go a little farther up at the catch

[michaelyblam]

Thanks very much for the comment. I know - flexibility is a BIG problem with me. I am working on a longer catch. I also have relatively weak torso and upper body strength that I know I need to work on!

[michaelyblam]

Thanks for commenting. I don't quite understand?! How do you loose power by straigthening your legs. I mean at the catch you YANK your legs with power and it's only NATURAL to straigthen them is it not? Conversely speaking, not to straigthen them would be UNnatural!

[michaelyblam]

LOOK CLOSER! It's a drag of about 126 or about resistance level 3. It's recommended international standard for lightweight rower to train on. BIG Olympic rowers of 220 pounds row with a drag factor of about 140. Setting resistance level @ 10 is unrealistic unless you specifically use it for resistance training. A even lower drag factor is often chosen when racing...it's like riding a TT on a bike with a high cadence. More efficient than riding the same TT with a lower gear + lower cadence.

[bepmommy]

Makeminealarge1 Send in a video of you rowing and then you can comment. Until then open another bag of chips and enjoy your couch surfin! lmao

[Mzahaka1313]

@makeminealarge1 actually when i do it, i find no big difference, i do it on 6.5 (if that makes sense)

[matt1746]

@makeminealarge1 It's not resistance, it's damper. Pulling the same split with any damper setting is the same amount of work.

Basically, you couldn't be more wrong.

[teewoods]

@makeminealarge1

you are so ignorant its a joke! typical noon who has no idea about rowing! i see them in the gym putting it on 10 thinking they are rowing lol!! learn about drag knucklehead!

[dobbo996]

makeminelarger - the setting is correct to mimic the 'feel' of on-the-water rowing. It makes me laugh, and cringe, when I see people whack the lever up to 10 because they think it's the 'hard' setting. Contrary to popular belief, increasing the setting does not increase resistance but rather alters the 'feel' of the stroke. Setting 3-4 is correct for most purposes. The correct ratio (drive:recovery) is 1:3 rather than 1:1 as used by non-rowers. Lot of poor technique out there.

[GavinJones94]

try and reach more at the catch :D great technique though!

[MrRobertEdmondson]

It's all prototype stuff right now. Turns the old family sedan (the Concept 2 ergometer) into a sports car.