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2021 Concept 2 Fall Team Challenge - Ailish Sheehan All Stars

2021 Concept 2 Fall Team Challenge – Ailish Sheehan All Stars

The 2021 Concept 2 Fall Team Challenge was a challenge where each team completed as many meters as they could collectively between 12:00 a.m. September 15 and 11:59 p.m. October 15. Within a team, each team member individually tried to reach either 100,000 meters or 200,000 meters. The stats for the 2021 Challenge are quite impressive: …

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My First 2 x 7,500 m on a Concept 2 Indoor Rower

Today I did my first 2 x 7,500m (15Km in total) on the Concept 2 indoor rower. I feel really pleased about it but this is a “drop in the ocean” when compared to what other indoor rowers do. Daniel, my rowing buddy in Michigan (US) does between 15K and 25Km every single day! Talk …

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Concept 2 Performance Monitor Basics

  RVA Performance Training: Home of CrossFit RVA By Cassi Niemann, UCanRow1 Master Instructor PM = Performance Monitor Two very important parameters: split and stroke rate Split – how much work is being done. Stroke rate – the number of strokes per minute. Low stroke rate = 16 – 20 High stroke rate = 28+  

500m Split – What does it Mean?

For the on-water rowing community, the common measure of pace is generally “time per 500 meters,” which can be more clearly stated as “how long it takes you to row 500 meters.” This traditional measure has been brought indoors to the erg as well, and is now used by a majority of indoor rowers. But …

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Shane Farmer Rowing Videos

Shane Farmer Rowing Videos

How to Row – the 4 Basic Positions The 4 Basic positions are the: Catch Drive Release Recovery Moving from the 11 o’clock position to the 1 o’clock position. How to Row – The Single Greatest Drill Ever Use the leg to push into the machine and it (the leg) is the biggest force driver …

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The Best Piece of Gym Equipment You Are Not Using

by SARA HENDERSHOT* Overview The rowing machine. You’ve seen it in the corner of countless gyms, lonely and unused. So what is this thing? How do you use it? And why should you give this machine a try? Bottom line: You won’t get a better full-body workout on any other piece of equipment in the …

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