Concept2 Forum

So ive noticed today after looking at some footage of me erging that my legs seem to split significantly coming to the catch, I assume this is a flexibility issue. Would it most likely be hip mobility? I didn't have this issue a couple of months ago but after a bit of time away doing very little the...

I am in a similar position after having 6 weeks off, I did a 2k today and am 40 seconds off my PB set 2 months ago :( My plan is to use a heart rate monitor and put as much mileage as I can in at UT2 level, I'm going to do this for the next 10 weeks and hope it should build up my base pretty well an...

What is your 2km time? I think 1km is something that is not done very often, I'm a novice this year and we done 1 at an indoor comp but havent done any as training exercises. Maybe some interval training may help it, as you need a decent anaerobic base as well as a reasonable tolerance to lactic acid.

I am in reasonable shape, I run regularly and can do so for long periods so dont think its that. Will try what you have suggested and hopefully that will work, I think it may be more a mental issue than physical so just getting it done no matter what pace without stopping may help.

I am pretty sure i'm not going out too fast, for my 30 minute i started with a split around 20 seconds lower than my 2k split. So it shouldn't be that.

Hi, I took up rowing in september and its been great but i'm starting to, try, doing longer erg sessions. We havent done much in training as the majority has been getting the technique correct on the water and the erging we have done has been mostly 2k tests. Recently i have attempted a 5k, which we...