Concept2 Forum

In my case, going to bed slightly hungry is the way to go. Takes a while, but it works. Fixed a typo. Hehe, but the former version is not wrong at all. You should only eat when hungry, not "when it's time". And you should only eat until you're full, not until your plate is empty (aside from eating ...

No matter what I do I cant seem to get faster or produce more watts. Some of your notes are scary: 107kg on 5'10 (178cm) height gives BMI 33. What's your doc's say? Cholesterol? I've had surgeons working on me three time now thanks to that stuff. My Doc is happy for me to row and exercise. 5.4 and ...

I am rowing to lose weight , building my knee muscles up to try and help not having knee replacements or be fit enough to have knee replacement. You probably already know this, but I"ll repeat it just the same: I've found that the simplest way to lose weight is to not take in as many calories - eat...

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June 16th, 2025, 12:16 pm

They are stroke mechanics isolation drills. Switch the PM to show power and your force curve as you're doing them if you want to get a sense of where you can generate power from.

Just tried it. No matter how I rowed its like a flat pancake. A "D" but on its flat edge if that makes sense.

I suspect that there are technique errors in your slower rowing. I dont think you are wrong. I know at low HR using technology I am having to be very careful how much I pull. If I am rowing Zone 1 (3:30/500 @ 23 strokes) I am at like 25 watts. I don't even reach my belly!! I am touching the edge of...

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June 16th, 2025, 11:41 am

Have you tried the reverse pick drill or pick drill to break down your stroke and see where your power is coming from?

Whats this? No idea what you are talking about.

1:35 for 20 seconds isn’t too bad, shows you have some power. My LP was 1:33 in March. I assumed you managed 1:35 at r32 better than me. I held 1:40-ish at r33 for around a minute last time I tested in March. 1:35/500 for 20 seconds and I blow up. I can hold 1:47/500 for a full minute and not blow....

Back ground. 63 year old 5'10" with a gangly 6' 4" arm span. Yes, I get a lot of leverage. 107kgs. Using a Polar OH1+ HR monitor to the PM5 and a Garmin Vivo fitness tracker. I have knee issues giving limited full movement of catch part of row. Been rowing now since Feb 2025. Have 1 day off a week a...

This might be a stupid question, but have you oiled the chain, especially when it's fully extended? Or am I misunderstanding your reference to the 'front'? Yes and NO you are not misunderstanding the reference. Its either something in the fan, something on the bungee (the lower plastic cover is loo...

Machine :- Concept 2 Model C from march 2003. Owned since February 2025, no monitor till I fitted a PM5 to it so no idea of number of meters its done. Yesterdays row session was a zone 5 sprint intervals. I gave the machine what for 8 times. Todays general row and the machine is now noisy! Theres a ...

I have a 2003 model "C" Concept 2. When it arrived I ordered and changed the seat rollers as after each row I had lots of black rubbish where the rollers ran and the seat wobbled like mad. The old rollers seemed fine but 3 of the 4 bearings inside were well past their prime as bearings. All was fine...

Another view.....bin it if you want. I started back rowing 6th February 2025 after a 10 year lay off of any sort of exercise. I need to lose weight, do some exercise and help by type 2 diabetes.... Set myself a goal of rowing every day for 30 days, whether than was 10 minutes or more. I spent time w...

Walk away and find a better machine.

You're buying a whole host of issues and unless its free (I doubt it is) its not worth the money.

I am only rowing for 30 minutes so why make it complicated. That's the best advice you can take heed of. Just enjoy it and don't worry. I mulled over what every body said. Some was tough to take onboard but when I just thought about why I was rowing and what I wanted the whole data/training/focus j...

Thanks for all the input into my question. I looked at my force curve and its a very low flat curve. Its not great so the internet says. See Travis Gardner on youtube 'power curve 101 for the concept 2 rower.' My curve is the first red one he draws. On a normal row I am at about 3 watts per stroke a...