Concept2 Forum

Hello.

My first time posting. I am 5'11" with a wingspan of nearly 6'4". I have a long torso and short legs as well. So just as a curiousity... assuming everything else being equal, would I perform better on the erg with this configuration or with shorter arms and torso and longer legs?

I think you would be faster if you shortened your torso and lengthened your legs. But first as an experiment, it would be good to get some benchmarks of your performance now, before you change your body around, so that we could compare.

rlholtz wrote:Hello.

My first time posting. I am 5'11" with a wingspan of nearly 6'4". I have a long torso and short legs as well. So just as a curiousity... assuming everything else being equal, would I perform better on the erg with this configuration or with shorter arms and torso and longer legs?

Nah, you'll be fine the way you are, a long torso and arms are good for the rowing stroke, and unless your legs are unusually short they will not be a liability. You have what we would call a good "Ape factor".

The shorter legs may well help with being very quick at the catch and then holding that pressure nice and long through to the recovery is the plus of the long levers of the torso and arms.

However with longer legs, one has a longer range of motion in his or her stroke with the legs which is 70 percent of the stroke's power.

Wow, you look in great shape CSArbour (Nice Avatar!)

Owen

thanks... you know working out with my C2 really does wonders... you should have seen me before!

I'm contemplating sending in the photo to various modeling firms... it seems alot of people are impressed