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Very nice! You have the size to do well on the erg. You're over compressing at the catch, your wrists are flexed at the finish & your knees are bending too early on the recovery. Delay flexing your knees until after your hands pass over your knees. Work on the pick drill to get your sequencing down...

Thanks in advance for the feedback, I did a few strokes at 20spm (2:05 pace), 10 or so at 25 (1:45 pace) and the last 10 at 30spm (1:35 pace). I had asked about how often to attempt a PB in a previous post (consensus was no more than 1x/mo), but I wondered how you prepare for each PB. Do you take a ...

Once a month if you go all out. Any more than that and it affects your training. Age 50 is not great your recovery is slower as well. Obviously some PB's are harder than others, the shorter stuff you can get a reasonable recovery from but that said even the 1 min PB this year stuffed me for days. B...

How often do you guys attempt max PB rows? Whenever in a race, unless we want to go slow. If you have a coach, or a full schedule like the Interactive 2k plans, whenever he she or it says so. Otherwise, it depends what you need to know; which is usually to check progress and determine training band...

I definitely have some room to improve my form and consistency, if I posted a video, would a 20spm, steady piece be best, or a higher intensity piece? Thanks again, hope to see some improvements soon. I'd suggest that doing circa 10 strokes at r20, 10 at r25 and 10 at r30, or just circa 15 at r20 &...

Being new to the rower, you should find improvements fairly easily in all three distances as you get accustomed to rowing, improving form as well as your overall level of fitness. With the 500M - there's your form when rowing, and the rest is just your ability to "hang" on during the entire 80 to 1...

I'm so grateful for all the thoughtful feedback, it's such a generous and welcoming group! Sounds like a should try to find a little more time to train if I want more results from the erg, and to PB test once a month or so. All the main races for 2022 in my sport of Outrigger Canoe paddling have bee...

I'm 49, brand new to the Erg, and am using it to cross train 2x/week. I'm interested in improving on three distances, the 500, 1000 and 2k. How often do you guys attempt max PB rows? I was thinking of doing one per month: I did a 1:29 500 this month, will try a 1k in March, 2k in April, repeat. Appr...

Thanks very much for the great feedback. I am definitely using more upper body pull and need to strengthen and then recruit more leg drive. I'll work on the low and slow 5k's and focus on technique. Thanks again!

Appreciate the guidance in advance, I know there are many newcomers like myself soliciting advice. I'm 49, and an outrigger canoe paddler from Hawaii. I'm in decent shape, 6'6 215lbs and received a Concept Rower for xmas. It's my first time on an erg and it is an eye opening experience. I'm interest...