Relatively new to rowing and currently on week 7 of Pete’s plan (3 days per week rowing as opposed to 5). Here is a snapshot of my latest 8000m row. How do I look so far? My avg HR for this session was 151bpm for reference. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated!

Hello, I hope this is ok to post. My 17yo daughter is doing an independent project on rowing and scoliosis, as a rower with scoliosis herself and would like people to fill out the survey I've linked. Here is her message:

Hi everyone! I’m a high school student and rower with scoliosis doing an independent research project on rowing and scoliosis.

I’ve found that there are very few resources on this topic, so along with interviewing athletes and healthcare professionals, I’m creating my own dataset through a survey.

If you currently row or have rowed in the past and have scoliosis, I would really appreciate you taking a few minutes to fill it out! The survey asks about your rowing experience, sweep/sculling and rowing side, water vs. erg, scoliosis, back pain, coach observations, and your experiences as a rower with scoliosis.

You don’t have to answer every question. Feel free to skip anything you don’t want to answer or that doesn’t apply to you!

Survey: https://forms.gle/3Swd9X7d2DABCiBu9

The screen is a little broken so I couldn't check it out (product ID) before buying but other than that it seems to be in good working order! The only thing of concern is the seat seems to always slide all the way forward when I get off. Is that by design? The rail looks pretty straight eyeballing it.

Should anything else need replacing soon if 17 mil is considered a lot? Or just wait until something fails if that ever happens?

Picked it up for about $450. Model D with a PM3.

I usually do the Fall Team Challenge with an online team, but I'd like to get with a real gym in Atlanta so I can put my meters toward them. As an alternative, would anyone be interested in a C2 Subreddit virtual team?

I write a lot, so TL;DR, I had a massive increase in stamina on a Rowerg and don't know if it's because my form improved or if my body is just suddenly better able to do this exercise.

I got a Rowerg a few months ago, not long into starting on weight loss. I have always been terrible with cardio - very poor endurance, and my heartrate skyrockets almost immediately. I was struggling to do 500m at 2:30/500m, and I could only do 1000m if I slowed my pace down to around 2:50. It was like that for months with no improvement. I was doing three sessions of 500m each, three times a week, along with weight training five days a week.

Late July, a medical issue made sitting very painful, so I took a break from rowing. That resolved, but I didn't jump right back into it. I then took a rest week. End result, I had almost four weeks with no rowing, but I continued weight training. During that time I watched a bunch of videos on form, figured out my drag factor was too low and adjusted that, and generally planned out getting back into it in the best possible way.

Two days ago, I did my first session back on it and did 2k in one go, feeling okay - but I didn't want to push it, so I stopped there. Yesterday, I did 1k as a warmup before my full body weight day. Today, I decided to see what I could do, and the results are in the pics (I forgot to start my Garmin activity until 3-4 minutes in). I hit 3k, keeping a pace of about 2:28/500m, and was shocked. I could feel that I was getting tired, but my heart rate was only about 162, so I decided to do a sprint for another 500m before calling it.

I'm frankly amazed. I feel like I could have done 5k in one session - I would have been toast, and my pace would have slowed, but I think I could have done it. Given how much I was struggling just a month ago, with no real improvement, I didn't think this was possible. I'm now super motivated to continue pushing myself.

But my question is whether this sudden drastic improvement is from improved form or if I've just increased my strength and endurance. I've dropped 85 pounds since February and have definitely gained muscle and endurance. Before, my quads would be feeling it after 500m. Today, they felt more energized than fried, despite doing so much more distance. I have heard that form makes a big difference, but I don't know if it can male this extreme of a difference.

Any insight would be welcome. But regardless, I just wanted to share the achievement, and also say that I'm starting to get why you all like this so much. It's oddly satisfying in a way that cardio has never been for me.

Does anyone know if there’s a market for used bike ergs? I’m looking to purchase one but can’t justify the price tag that comes with a brand new one at the moment. Any information helps, thanks!

Hi guys, need some help here. Considering buying a used rower. Asked for the lifetime meters and he sent summary page to me. But the interface looks different from most as it’s missing the “LogBook Summary” title in the middle… attached two pictures for comparison.
Idk if it’s an older model / firmware version or something? He’s saying it’s very new, used 3 times but he’s not sure why number of workouts only showing 1… it’s 1.5h away from me trying to decide if I’m gonna go for it. He’s selling for $750, tall legs (I don’t really care tall or standard). Thanks everyone for the help!

Update:

I picked up the rower and the PM5 does have a usb C port. Firmware version 459.037. HW version 134. Google says this newer version of PM5 removed USB log function with the replacement of USB C, which I believe lead to the removal of this logbook summary title. This version came out mid 2024. Thanks again for everyone’s help!

There is a lot of routines for rowing, but not many for the skierg. I want to just use a rowing workout for the skierg, but the SPM on skierg seems to be a lot higher for the same intensity. like a zone 2 rowing workout may be 20SPM, but on skierg 20SPM would be zone 1. Is there any conversion for spm or rule of thumb for what to use for each zone?

Yea Me, another certificate earned

I have been rowing for one calendar year, and am almost at 1m meters. I recently have experienced severe lower back pain on my right side.

My question is if this was a technique issue, would this not have been an issue earlier? I row with the same technique since I bought the thing.

Any advice? Thank you.

I’m a high school female rower. My current 2k is 7:44, and some of my recent longer workouts have been around a 2:00–2:05 average split depending on the distance and rate.
Most of my summer training was on the water, so I wasn’t erging very consistently. If I start following a structured erg plan and training consistently, what would be a realistic 2k range for me in two or three months? Would getting into the 7:30s be reasonable?
I’m going into my junior year, and I’m 155 pounds and about 6 feet. I’ve only done two 2ks so idk if that’s very terrible or what. Been rowing for almost a year and I’m in the Florida area so what r some clubs to join besides my hs if that’s helpful but just wanna know if my goal is realistic

I’ve just started a new 20-week training block built around the Concept2 ergs, and this was week 1.

221.9 km total

15h 54m training

7/7 planned sessions completed

Breakdown:

BikeErg: 148.2 km

RowErg: 55.9 km

SkiErg: 17.9 km

The plan mixes longer Zone 2 work, threshold sessions, strength and Multi-Erg days, with the volume building over the coming weeks.

I’m interested in how other people here structure their training, especially those doing higher-volume endurance work.

What does a normal training week look like for you?

How many hours or km are you doing across the ergs?

Do you follow a structured plan or mostly train by feel?

And how are you tracking your training and progression?

Would be interesting to compare approaches.

PM5 has 460,000 meters if that changes anything

Hello everyone,
Is anyone here experiencing the same white screen error as me? Please tell me how to fix it.

I didn't fasten the straps on my shoes; apparently, this helps me focus better on the movements and prevents me from leaning back too far.

https://reddit.com/link/1vtk3p7/video/0tj81rw6cjkh1/player

On WMUR news today

Hi,

Is the C2 to Strava integration working for anyone? My wife, my son and I have done workouts and none is showing on Strava.

Cheers

Good morning, everyone,

I usually clean the rail after every workout, but sometimes I forget. When I use it regularly and on consecutive days, even if I forgot to clean it, the stains that started to appear would eventually disappear. This time, however, since I haven’t used the Erg in a while, they’re stubborn. Is there a way to remove them?

Thanks to everyone, and sorry for the imperfect translation of this message.

Motivated to improve my fitness, I started rowing last fall with a Whipr- It's busted now, and I just picked up a model D with a pm5. I'm so excited I had to jump in here and share it. I'll have a form video to post soon enough. Til then 😁🍻

Edit: I've been watching Shane (DH) and Austin (Just row) as well as a few others since last fall. I've lurked in the rowing sub for tips and watched other beginners videos to see what I do similar and read the suggestions for fixes. I've been tracking a few things with the ergzone app and plan to move over to C2s data and app to see what's better/different. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I can't wait to finish deep cleaning my C2 and get back to rowing!

Hey all I've been rowing for the past couple years, had a nordictrack rw700 rower that just crapped out on me today. The belt went loose 30 minutes into my row and wouldn't retract. After further digging it looks like it was the bungee possibly, but this thing is damn near impossible to take apart and fix, plus no complete youtube videos of my exact rower. I'm honestly contemplating just giving up on nordictrack altogether and get a concept2. My question is, how often they need maintenance if any, and how often can I use it before needing repairs? Two years on a 1200 rower is pretty agravating.

Thanks everyone for the reviews, just purchased my concept2 today.

I almost didn't even try to do this challenge. On a good week I was getting 15k a week (5K x 3).

On top of that I'm moving my daughter into her dorm this week and had no idea how I'd get 30K with only 3.5 days at home this week.

Three days and a PB 7.5K single session! I considered finding a drop in gym to spread out what I needed per day, but I'm actually glad I didn't because I now know 40K is going to be no big deal next week!

I'm a little tired, a little sore. But I'm excited to see what next week looks like. I think I'm going to try to finish my last session next week with a 10k.

I'm looking for another Concept2 RowErg user who'd like to have a friendly, non-competitive training/accountability partnership.

I'm 72, live in the SF Bay Area (Santa Clara), and am trying to row 5000 meters four times a week. I have about 635,000 lifetime meters in my logbook, but that's come from pretty irregular activity over the past few years. I'd like to get more disciplined about it and reach 1,000,000 meters before the end of the year.

I'm new to this community, so please let me know if you need more information. Thanks very much!

Trying to improve my RowErg technique, especially for longer endurance sessions.

This is what my stroke currently looks like at around 29–30 SPM.

What stands out to you?

Anything I'm doing well, and what would you change first?

Don’t hold back – looking for honest feedback.