Concept2 Forum

As an orthotrauma surgeon who rows, i agree with the advice: plan on training around the injury with exercise that does not use the biceps, until your surgeon gives you the OK. Your doc should design your therapy program based on your specific injury and the type and quality of the repair. I would g...

i hope you are rowing more comfortably now.

Good points left coaster. Most people, even wonderful athletic types have some physical limitations as they age that may prevent one preferred strategy vs another. Your post reminded me of a morning in Victoria Park in Hong Kong. I walked by a huge area filled with elderly couples vigorously doing b...

i agree with left coaster. Tai chi, low impact movements and other flow type activity are hallmarks of fall prevention and successful aging, with pretty proven data. Despite being conventional surgeons we recommend tai chi and gentle yoga forms to all our senior patients (and younger patients). Howe...

Bob, i rarely post but enjoy very much the info you and others disperse. Thank you for your time and efforts. As an ortho trauma surgeon who deals a lot with geriatric fracture patients i have a spent a lot of time researching how best to help our patients stay active, healthy and not break bones. H...

have any experienced rowers used the phil maffetone method? dr maffetone is a world renown endurance coach whose approach is based on heart rate monitoring training. He advocates year round aerobic base training keeping heart rate at 180 minus age. He formulated this based on respiratory quotient an...

as an ortho surgeon who ergs: you should be fine for erging once the repair has healed and you have gone through therapy...i am a trauma orthosurgeon and not a sports/ shoulder specialist so i can't give you exact time frame. i would estimate you could row by 3 months post surgery with the caveat th...

i agree with cyclingman: all THAs take time, no matter what you are told. i also had an anterior THAwhich has early advantage of no positional restrictions, but long term, both post and ant approaches permit full rowing motion wihtout restriction. as far as the types of components, the standards var...

very interesting feedback about rowing after total hips. since my own experience is only a series of one, it is very helpful to hear from others. the info on this thread is particularly helpful for advising our patients. in general, rowing is probably one of the very best motions for a total hip pat...

i am an orthopaedic surgeon, 54 yo, with a hip replacement for 5 years. i rowed quite hard the past year on the pete plan: 6x per week, all out, weights etc. in general, if a large diameter head was used (32mm or greater) most of our patients can do anything they want after the first 6-8 weeks. here...

train hard for 6 months and our elevation will feel normal...when you go to sea level you will be faster for the first few days...nothing like rowing in the rocky mountains. i think boulder has the highest concentration of elite distance runners in the USA for the same reasons. mostly train in denve...

as a college rower, if you have a coach, that is usually a good place to start. wsmith

sounds like you are overtrained given normal treadmill young age etc. take 3-4 weeks off if you can. enjoy yourself. relax. gain a few pounds. be disciplined the first 2 weeks and no matter what: do not permit yourself any formal training. go for a walk, go to a dance club, whatever, but no formal t...

i am an ortho trauma surgeon .. have been teaching residents many years . now i row almost exclusively (but am in my 50s)..concept 2 rower is a great option for what you are doing now but despite strong athletic background i found it took me about 6 months of focused training to get reasonable at te...

patellar tendinitis can occur from rowing as an overuse injury. if you were in pretty good shape when you started, you can row fairly hard and yet your body may not be well conditioned to the specifics of the rowing motion as several of the other posts have mentioned. i had similiar experience switc...