Concept2 Forum

Yesterday I was rowing in a gym where 4 Concept 2 machines were lined up in a row. I took place on the one most to the right. The underground was a kind of parquet flooring. I started rowing a 2000 meters, just at average speed, nothing special. But I soon discovered that at every stroke the rowing...

At Basingstoke for the 300m and 100m competitions it was a clean machine on damper 8 around 180df. He pulled 13.8s for the 100m having done 41.6 for 300m. Wow! So maybe I can go even faster because 125 as drag factor isn`t that optimal for a 500m (altough for a bit it`s a personal thing of course)....

Thanks for your reply and interesting tips, guys :) I was wondering: what resistance (or drag factor) is Rob Smith using? It looks like it`s heavy since he doesn`t do full strokes(his knees aren`t that high when he moves forward?) and his freqency isn`t that high. For the 500m I use a drag factor o...

Thanks!
Wel sinds 1maart hoor En verder wel altijd aan krachttraining gedaan + redelijke conditie.

Volgende keer ga ik zeker iemand vragen erop te gaan staan...

Yesterday I did an attempt to beat my personal best at the 500 meter. Ik was on a schedule for 1.24 and I am sure this time would have been on my screen if the following thing didn`d happen: when I wanted to accelerate in the last 200m the rowing machine started to shift a little bit on the ground! ...

Hallo mede roeiers, Gisteren wilde ik een aanval doen op mijn pr 500m. Dat ging uitstekend: lange tijd op koers voor een tijd van 1.24. Echter op zeker moment toen ik begon te versnellen begon de roeimachine diverse keren een beetje te schuiven! Ik merkte dat dit ten koste ging van de slagkracht, t...