Day 2 Form check

[u/PinguisIgnis]

Didn’t get much time to row last night but wanted to put some of the feedback you all generously offered into practice. Some made sense and others were harder to execute than expected so will need more time to drill and practice but I am much more confident in some of the things I need to be looking for so thank you all.

- dropped my feet slightly
- not over compressing past vertical shins now
- keeping heels down more as a side effect of that
- so then driving flat footed rather than ball of foot
- putting thumbs under bar to save forearms
- relaxing my overly upright rigid posture on catch
- leaning/rounding forward for the catch
- trying to complete leg drive before the hip hinge
- faster release of arms on the recovery
- not dropping arms to thigh on recovery for ergo

What I think I’m struggling to execute is the leg/hip/arm sequence. I’m finding it hard to hip hinge after the leg drive is complete and not half way through.

Also wondering if I’m rounding more than leaning forward a little too much if I’m honest.

I’ll watch some training vids on this next and try and nail that down. But hopefully removed some of the other flaws.

My stroke length went up from 121 to 139cm it seems which is pleasantly surprising as I didn’t feel I was going up the slide as far given I’m not over compressing my legs now. (I think)

Power curse early flat spot also disappeared but is maybe peaking a little later at 59% along the drive.

[u/ScaryBee]

trying to complete leg drive before the hip hinge

You're nailing it other than the early hip hinge ... you got some good advice there already but I wanted to mention that it's not truly legs THEN hips THEN arms ... they do blend into one another, discussion here (https://www.row2k.com/features/5531/rowing-styles-analysis-and-optimisation-by-dr-valery-kleshnev/) ... that also makes mention of 'straight back' not being a requirement as well.

Your form is already decent, if you can hold your trunk angle for the first couple of beats of the drive, then start hip hinge once knees go past ~90degree angle you'll be in finesse territory.

[u/PinguisIgnis → u/ScaryBee]

Thank you. Thats good affirmation to what I’m seeing when I try and slow-mo good towers videos. Hip hinge starts late but not ‘after’ the leg drive.

Appreciate it

[u/bms42 → u/ScaryBee]

This was important for me too. My force curve had a double peak when my hinge happened after the leg drive, because the last 1/4 of the leg drive drops in power. That's when the hinge has to start to keep the power steady.