General discussion on Training. How to get better on your erg, how to use your erg to get better at another sport, or anything else about improving your abilities.
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edl415
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by edl415 » May 18th, 2015, 7:32 pm
Bob S. wrote:
Are you using a gym machine? On an old machine, with a clogged cage, it might be necessary to use a high damper setting to get a drag factor in the normal 110-140 range. If you are using gym machines, be sure to check out the drag factor each time you start up. (Also, if you want to rank a piece online, be sure to check the time and date settings.)
Bob S.
+1.
One of the ergs at the local 24 hour fitness has 14 million meters and is not well maintained. The damper has to be set just about 9 to get a drag factor of 125. I only need to set the damper just above 2 on my model C at home to get the same drag factor.
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RowerMatt516
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by RowerMatt516 » May 19th, 2015, 7:45 pm
Hello all,
The machine is only a few months old-I bought it brand new and I'm the only one who uses it on a regular basis. And yes, I meant I raised the damper setting up to 9. Yesterday I managed 10 minutes straight between 1:50-2:00 /500m at between 22-25 SPM followed by another 10 minutes at around 2:30/500m. I don't think my form is that sloppy compared to what I've seen online, but I've been playing with the damper setting and it is definitely harder to get the split below 2:00/500m at the lower damper settings (1-3).
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Citroen
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by Citroen » May 20th, 2015, 4:53 am
The damper lever setting isn't consistent between machines (it's less of a problem with your new machine). The way we compare drag is to get the monitor to measure "drag factor" as that gives a number (between about 90 and 220 on a clean machine) that is comparative.
There's a recommended starting point for new folks based on weight and gender.
http://indoorsportservices.co.uk/traini ... mper_lever
For the full monty read some of the results from
http://www.concept2.com/company/search?query=damper+101
The other thing we find with new rowers is that they have a whole lot of problems with sequencing the rowing stroke and rushing the slide.
This video is a good lesson in technique:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqVmMd7FdAA
And finally, if you're very brave get a side-on video of your rowing and publish that on YouTube. Then post a link here.
