Rowing - A Pain In The Butt

[[old] copywriter]

Hi,<br /><br />I'm pretty new to all this - rowed my first 60 minutes last week (13125m) but the last 15 minutes of the row my buttocks became painful, I think through pressure, not through muscle pain.<br /><br />Is this something that eases the more you row - like saddle soreness becoming a thing of the past if you cycle frequently? Or is it just something you have to live with? And if so, any remedies/palliatives?<br /><br />Thanks in advance.

[[old] Citroen]

<!--QuoteBegin-copywriter+May 15 2005, 12:23 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(copywriter @ May 15 2005, 12:23 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Is this something that eases the more you row - like saddle soreness becoming a thing of the past if you cycle frequently? Or is it just something you have to live with? And if so, any remedies/palliatives?<br /><br />Thanks in advance. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />It's just one of those things. I got a lot of pain for my two half marathons (Good Friday and 29th April) and full marathon (17th April). <br /><br /><a href='http://www.concept2.co.uk/shop/seat_pad_deluxe.php' target='_blank'>http://www.concept2.co.uk/shop/seat_pad_deluxe.php</a> may help. Other than that, on the UK Forums, bubble wrap or two small folded towels has been suggested as a solution. <a href='http://www.concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7505' target='_blank'>http://www.concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7505</a>

[[old] FrankJ]

Copywriter,<br /><br />I feel your pain but (no pun intended) rather than rehash what has been discussed many times in the forum I'd like to suggest a search on "seat pad." You will find ideas for extra padding or learning to live with the problem. I've been rowing for 2.5 years and 6 million meters including 4 marathons and still cannot row for more than about 20 minutes without a good seat pad.<br /><br />My favorite one is one that I've custom fit from a backpacking waffle sleeping pad. I tried towels and bubble wrap with some success but this pad has been doing the job for over a year.<br /><br />Frank

[[old] kt22mike]

check out this product<br /><br /><a href='http://www.harpermotoguzzi.com/seat_gel_pad.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.harpermotoguzzi.com/seat_gel_pad.htm</a><br /><br />It is high tech and expensive.<br /><br />I used lots of products to solve this problem and they all work to some degree. I can tell you the problem goes away at about 750,000 meters.