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What is your race plan when you erg 500m? <br><br>What is your start strategy? Fast/short for a couple of strokes, then lengthen? Something else? What about the middle of it, say 150-350m? What about your finish?<br><br>I'm certain there are a bunch of different strategies you can attempt for a real...

I should have mentioned when I started this thread, that I "row" on an erg only. I'm a competitive dragonboater using the erg as one means of keeping in shape in the off-season. <br><br>I truly appreciate all of your answers since the start of the thread. It's helping me learn a bit more about ergs,...

Protein is one of the three calorie containing nutrients. The best sources come from meats, fish and dairy products. It is also found in legumes, nuts and other plant sources. <br><br><br>Recommended grams of protein/pound of body weight/day are:<br><br>RDA for sedentary adult 0.4 gm.<br>Adult recre...

Hi again,<br><br>Being totally new, I have a couple of things I need cleared up. Forgive my ignorance, but I'm learning brand new stuff here...<br><br>1. How do you set drag? <br><br>2. Slider or not....what is a slider?

Hi,<br>I'm totally new to rowing and will be following some of the training workouts on the concept 2 site. However, here's my question:<br><br>Why is the stroke per minute rate so slow (at 22-28) in all the programs listed? <br><br>In the last few weeks, prior to finding this site, I've been using ...