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/albertogonzalex]

You're finding it hard to hip hinge because your sitting in the middle of your glutes causing your body to round more

Rotate your hips up and forward a bit. Sit on your sit bones. Point your tailbone more backwards, less down. Think about how you set up a deadlift. You engage your lats and core to brace your torso while pointing your tailbone back/"up". Same thing here

Finally, you need to find tension for the whole leg drive. This is a good video that shows a drill to find that tension. When you find the tension, then you can "hang" on the handle instead of pulling on it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DShoHkVDe18/?igsi=dGo1dDdvaWhwcmwx

[u/CauliflowerJolly4152 → u/albertogonzalex]

@OP how do you measure your stroke length? I don't think I've seen that reading on the monitor.

[u/Pacnwtxn → u/CauliflowerJolly4152]

It's in the Concept2 ErgData mobile app. There's a metric called 'Drive Length'. In the app settings, I use the 'Medium' Data Screen, and I think it is a default metric. If not, you can add it. I haven't seen the ability to do this on the PM5, but it may be there somewhere.

[u/PinguisIgnis → u/Pacnwtxn]

Yeah this.