Sep 13, 2020 | Indoor Rowing, Motivation Monday
Motivation Monday: The Best Way to Hold the (Erg) Handle. Hey Rower, Happy Motivation Monday – helping you get your week off to a good start with a tip, technique, or motivational workout that you can use immediately. Today’s tip, from our friends at...
Jan 28, 2019 | Drills, Indoor Rowing, Inspirational Videos
Motivation Monday: The Position of the Elbows at the Finish. Hey Rower, Happy Motivation Monday – helping you get your week off to a good start with a tip, technique or motivational workout you can use immediately. Today’s tip, from our friends at...
Dec 10, 2018 | Indoor Rowing, Inspirational Videos, Motivation Monday
Get a Handle on Indoor Rowing Ratio and Recovery In today’s short video, (just 3:47), Nell Shuttleworth, Master Instructor at UCanRow2, explains how to get a handle on the recovery phase of the rowing stroke and what constitutes a good ratio. For all of you...
Dec 3, 2018 | Indoor Rowing
Understanding the Monitor on a Rowing Machine The Best Way to Track Your Workouts This short video by Austin of Training Tall provides a good introduction to the monitor on the rowing machine. Knowing what each number means and how it relates to speed, effort and...
Dec 3, 2018 | Indoor Rowing, Inspirational Videos
Rowing Machine: How Fast Should You Row? This short video by Austin of Training Tall addresses the question of speed on the indoor rowing machine. Rowing effort and power is typically measured by 2 factors: stroke rate or strokes per minute – how fast you go...
Dec 3, 2018 | Drills, Indoor Rowing, Inspirational Videos
Rowing Machine: TOP 3 MISTAKES (and Drills to Fix Them!) This short video by Austin of Training Tall covers the top 3 mistakes people make on the indoor rowing machine – and how to use a few key drills to fix them! Without proper instruction, it’s very...
Dec 2, 2018 | Indoor Rowing
How We Deal with Pesty (ahem) Erg Butt Originally published on UCanRow2.com Hey there! We had a totally different topic planned out for this week’s email, and then the photo above popped up on our Facebook page and people started talking about how their butts...
Nov 24, 2018 | Indoor Rowing, Recovery
The Art of Recovery: Part II By Sam Loch May 25, 2011 Hot/Cold Recovery Similar to active recovery, hot/cold recovery is used to flush blood into the muscles and move lactic acid out of the bloodstream. At the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) we have a...
Nov 24, 2018 | Indoor Rowing, Recovery
The Art of Recovery: Part I This is an article from the Concept2 website by Olympic rower Sam Loch on May 24, 2011. Editor’s comment: I really like the specificity of the author’s recommendations and hope you find them useful in your training this winter....
Nov 20, 2018 | Indoor Rowing, Inspirational Videos
Intro to the Indoor Rower – Technique and Benefits (video) If you are brand new to indoor rowing, you may be completely confused about – and/or intimidated by – the indoor rowing machine. That’s completely understandable because, unlike the bike or treadmill,...
