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Hello 2ball and all One thing that I'd like to add, and to see how others react, is that unless you're training for a competition or to record your time, I'm inclined not to start sprints from a standstill but to start rowing a few seconds beforehand This is simply to avoid injury such as a pulled m...

Hello adccl8z and all You mentioned upgrading and that kind of guided the answers but have you considered mixing it up a bit, either on the RowErg if you are doing the same routine every time, or in a gym, if you have access to one. It's normal that training becomes a bit of a grind after many years...

Hello everyone On the last two comments, and the previous comment about backswing going out of vogue, I'm not sure if we are talking at cross purposes (rowing on water v rowing on the RowErg) But concerning backswing on the RowErg, as Jamesg said, the hips are a powerful muscle group Brian Shaw's fo...

Hello jamesg and all I've been taught to use backswing on the RowErg Firstly, the posterior muscle chain is extremely powerful. In our gym, we have a back extension machine with weights which I happened to use today; with around 75 kg of weights on the pulley system. That's more than I generally use...

Hello everyone :) The RowAlong channel has published a video on how to calculate your VO2 max at home and then use the Concept VO2 max calculator, which I did not even know existed :o The video is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmrViVySixY and the calculator is at: https://www.concept2.com/trai...

Hello 2ball and all You have some very good answers here. Assuming the machine is okay, there is also the possibility that you are pulling the chain upwards too much. Try imagining a cogwheel with a chain. If you pull the chain up and away from it, the chain and the cogs are disconnected until you l...

Hello everyone I have a question about drag factor. When you check it by bringing it up on the console, what damper setting should you be at? Does it not matter if you are at 1, 5 or 10 when you try to find the drag factor of the RowErg you are on? Thanks in advance for any explanations as to how th...

Hello I too didn't know about blood volume increases. As for muscle replacing fat, that would be wonderful but unless you are taking testosterone, it is very hard to put on even 100 grams of pure muscle, so when you need to lose say 20kg of fat, there is no way you're going to put on that much muscl...

I've now completed my third ski erg workout (8x500, 3 rest, 2.03/500 av) having been off consistent/exclusive (row) erging a long time, but having been keeping my fitness level with running/xt/cycling. Feels good challenging the body with new things but I can't believe how slow my skiing is when I ...

Hello My power curve is a bit like two joined waves at times but try as I may, I cannot get it to consistently improve. I try correcting what I think may be wrong, and this improves or worsens it, but even when my power curve is finally better, I'm not sure why and then it goes back to being two wav...

Hello I have a different problem with my feet or more precisely my toes (hallus rigidis) and I have special inner carbon soles for walking, which make a great difference I can see that there are inner soles for sesamoiditis too but I've no idea if they work and even if they do, does that include on ...

Hello This might put the cat among the pigeons and I love the Concept2 rowErg, but I think an Assault bike is better for weight loss, especially for very overweight people at the start. Being overweight comes with a lot of disadvantages when doing cardio, some of which are not discussed often even o...

Hello I asked a question last night on the BikeErg group but for me, it's related to your question. The big muscles groups of the chest are not covered by either the RowErg or the SkiErg. I'm talking about the pecs (chest) and the pushing movement that exercises these muscles. So my workouts that co...

Hello Marelica and all One tip that I got from a website I adore called "RowAlong" is not to think that you're pushing yourself back but that you are pushing the rowing machine forwards and away from you. It's hard to understand what difference this might make but basically, John Stevenson, the expe...

Hello everyone :) This post is about the Concept2 Rankings website at https://log.concept2.com/rankings/ I've noted this problem before but this time they have not reacted or replied to me. Take the Mens 2025 2000m RowErg Rankings for instance. The first two times (fastest) are 0:00.1 and 0:00.5 !!!...