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Did you keep your bad leg off to the side, or did you keep it in the foot stretcher and just not push off with it? I actually got started using an erg last February after I had achilles surgery for haglund's deformity. I was on crutches for 6 weeks with no weight bearing and then in a boot for anoth...

I just broke my fibula (skiing) and I am in a walking cast for six weeks :( . My doctor suggested the erg and I gave it a try today. I put both feet in their proper places in the foot stretcher but only strapped in the good leg. The walking cast has a rocker bottom so I can row using my good leg whi...

Rowing in open water often requires what would otherwise be considered a terrible stroke -- minimal layback or foward body angle, half or even quarter slide, very slow application of power, so this question struck me as somewhat amusing. Of course if you mostly see relatively calm water, not swells...

Hello All. I'm mostly an open water sculler but recently purchased an erg to see me through the winters. It's not the cold that keeps me from the water this time of year, it's the darkness! Anyway, I recently discovered this forum and may I say that it's been a great help to me. You all seem like a ...