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I recently moved to a new country and now live at an altitude of 2000 feet above sea level. Should I expect any impact at all or is this not high enough?

Olympic teams train at 2300 meters altitude to trigger altitude acclimitisation (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N2vJu-GqxA), so you should expect some changes...

Your rower's drag factor will be different relative to the damper lever position. You will need to check it and increase where the lever sits.

I tend to perform better on the erg near water (rowing club) as opposed to at home. It does make a difference.

There is certainly a difference but I personally find temperature and dew point to have more of an impact, especially as distance goes up.

Make sure you adjust the damper to get the drag factor where you like it as someone noted - there are so many factors that change drag factor that I make sure to check it each time I get on the machine before starting a session.

2000 feet hits your steady state wattage rowing about 2-3%. Watts to split converter will give you expected split difference. Example, at 2:00 split add about 1 second going from sea level to 2000 feet.

Pure anerobic (100 meters or less) no impact.

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