Concept2 Forum

I've heard that Jamie Schroeder is in the 18:30s as well. Someone like Rob Waddel may have cracked 18:30 in his day, but who knows. Moral of the story, I think there are plenty of guys who are under 18:50.

apologies, I think I misread your post-- if you were referring to high pulls meaning upright rows. but, nonetheless, check out the article i mentioned. if you are referring to upright rows, I do think that they are somewhat beneficial, but not as much as seated rows, dumbell rows, or bent over rows.

Vo2maximus, Would you consider high pulls to be a good exercise for the erg? I don't necessarily think low pulls alone are a great exercise, but there is an interesting article in the recent rowing news on Peak Power-- specifically, it cites that if your target pace is more than 55% of your best lo...

I think that some lifts would have more of a correlation than others.. particularly the power clean. The erg tends to reward longer strokes (taller rowers) and I feel that cleans do the same thing, to a degree, since you have more time to get the weight up to speed. I have never been particularly gr...