Raising the rear of your C2.

Penetron · Post by **Penetron** » August 12th, 2007, 11:02 am

Hello, friends.
On a whim this weekend I put two pieces of wood under the rear of my C2 just for kicks. I didn't feel a change in the intensity of my workout. Has anyone else done this? Does it increase/decrease the intensity of your workouts?

thanks

amareshjoshi · Post by **amareshjoshi** » September 15th, 2007, 11:49 pm

interesting question; i think the standard
way of increasing intensity is to:

- pull harder on each stroke

- increase the spm (strokes per minute)

- or both

i think there are two things going on regarding how
much energy you're expending when you row:

- how hard you pull on the handle (hence how much
you accelerate the flywheel)

- moving your body: on a complete stroke you're:
starting from zero velocity at the catch
accelerating to max in the middle of the drive
to zero again (by decelerating) at the end of the drive
and repeating that (in reverse) back to the next catch

the latter point obviously depends on the rower's
weigh a lot. F=dp/dt

how did you feel doing the "same" workout with
the back raised and without? i mean working equally
hard (subjectively) did you get worse ( watts, rate
for 500m) with the back of the c2 raised?

amaresh

Penetron · Post by **Penetron** » September 16th, 2007, 7:32 am

I didn't see any significant change in any of the numbers. I did feel that I was working harder though.

jrhahn · Post by **jrhahn** » April 24th, 2009, 11:27 am

My coach sometiems has us practice rowing with a cube under the back of our erg, usually about a foot tall. This may increase the pressure slightly, but the main focus was to be able to feel how much you were rushing at the catch. You really had to focus on having a slow slide and not letting yourself collapse at the catch.