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I probably should have worded that better, I worked my quads significantly more than my hamstrings. Lots of erging and biking basically. And not the kind of biking with feet strapped in so you can use your hamstrings a chunk. This is just what my trainer has told me she believes is going on. I have ...

Make sure you balance your workouts too, not just for the left and right sides of the body, but also for your front and back. As was mentioned before work your quads but also your hamstrings and so on. I'm having back problems because I overdeveloped my quads without my hamstrings. When you work out...

I forgot to mention: where I erg we have a huge mirror that we face, so you can see the people sitting next to you by looking forward with only a slight angle instead of having to turn your head 90 degrees. In general mirrors are very useful when erging...

The problem that I have sometimes when simply erging behind someone (without slides) is that it can be hard to see what exactly they are doing with the flywheel and monitor in front of you. I personally like to watch the stroke's elbow when erging and it can be hard to see through the cage and all. ...

This isn't a crew specific release is it? It's just general for muscle memory patterns, correct? My reason for wondering this is that most coaches go ahead and do the exact opposite of point 5. I have never encountered a coach that has not taught novices and the such to drive the legs first, then th...

I have been coached to point my toes at the finish, not necessarily push with them as to lift your heel off the stretchers though. I have noticed that when you point your toes at the finish it does seem to flex your quad a lot more, the question is does this flexing actually accomplish anything or n...

Citroen: I think this is exactly what I was looking for. I noted that you can switch the tabs to energy per stroke and input your own time to see the different levels which is pretty neat. My only question is what is UT2, UT1, and TR? I see that they are 50, 60, and 105% respectively of your 2k pace...

Just as a note: An erg may not be as far away as you think. If you're looking at schools and presumably looking at crew teams there's probably a chance that you could work your way onto an erg of the schools that you are visiting. This would also give the coach a chance to see you a bit, if you thin...

Once upon a time I was shown some erging tables. These tables listed times and corresponding splits for various distances. The way you used these tables was you looked up a certain time for a distance and then you read across horizontally to see the corresponding times and distances you should be pu...