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my current mindset as a novice 4 months till midwests

I'm looking for recommendations on apps or spreadsheets that can track the progress of a rowing cohort (~55 athletes). Ideally, it should allow me to log erg and scull times, compare results over multiple trials, and generate rankings based on performance improvements.

If you have a system that works well—whether it's a template you’ve built or an app you swear by—I’d love to hear about it! Even better if it includes data visualization or automated ranking updates.

Thoughts on Pathways Development camp (preferrably from experience but if yk someone who did it). Started rowing in the fall and will try out for freshman crew at my hs. Is it worth it (for a beginning boy). i erg 6 days a week. Would it help me improve or just a money grab?

Hey everyone I'm currently on my school's JV team and am trying to make the push to varsity. My goal is to get anything sub 7:00 (current is 7:13). We've been doing winter training over the last few weeks and I have been really focussing on the longer pieces we've done, aiming for 2:06 ish SS. What else should I work on? Thanks

Hello I am wondering what would be the best exercise for endurance

Say seat tracks get damaged. How do I repair it? I am in California and the manufacturer is in east coast

How have Kanghua's held up? Its been 4 years since the last checkin from Kanghua users.

So there is this trend in chinese made things. The "chinese-ium alloy" stuff. "Shanzhai" for you academics. Very "harbor freight." Cheap, functional. Improvement over time. . .

I just got off the phone with a coach who is ordering a new set of Kanghuas for his team. I didn't understand why. Then he made a decent case for value and resale, acknowledging the faults from pre covid he said they are good - we even talked about comparing them to an empacher.

I believe him? Companies like harbor freight and amazon stuff have this iterative pattern that transcends brands(and IP).

Can we get some feedback?

Hey all. I know this has been asked a few times before (links below), but those discussions are all years old at this point, some 7+ years old. In Florida for nats this year, I was surprised to see LOTS and lots of Kanghua shells, especially small boats. I think Sarasota crew was using a fair number of them. I called and confirmed their prices are indeed dirt cheap compared to other manufacturers, so I'm leaning towards getting one given that I'm on a tight budget.

Can anybody who rows one / owns one / has any experience with them give any updated impressions? Has the quality improved? Generally the theme I see is nobody has issues using them but their durability is questionable.

Previous threads:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rowing/comments/otieqa/kanghua_boat_reviews/

-https://www.reddit.com/r/Rowing/comments/8c7umz/kanghua_singles/

-https://www.reddit.com/r/Rowing/comments/2ffgj4/are_kanghua_shells_any_good/

-https://www.reddit.com/r/Rowing/comments/225rey/has_anyone_heard_about_kanghua_boats/

Recently I’ve really wanted to lose weight for personal reasons and I feel like I have a lot of extra fat compared to muscle. I want to lose weight but Ik this is hard in season. I was doing good but then my energy levels were very low. Does anyone have advice on how to do this safely?

I tend to have some knot in my left rhomboid area, and sometimes just sore traps and upper back muscles, especially on my left side. Gets worse when sitting, gets better with weightlifting. Anyone had a similar issue and tried rowing?

So hi guys, I’ve come back from a trip out with the university I wanted to apply for to go and row. And I was taken out in a 4-, the boat was pretty good for a semi novice crew and I received lots of positive feedback from the coach and cox yesterday.

But coming up today I’ve tried to sit back in my chair and I’ve started feeling some pain in my right shoulder blade. Anybody else get this feeling after sweep rowing after a long time of not doing it? Any advice to fix this without medical support.

Thanks guys

do summer programs like Penn AC, and RSR erg while you are at the camp? If not will all of the volume on the water make your erg 2k faster

What is the ideal plan for a 2k taper. I understand going easy the day before doing no more than a 30 minute pre-paddle with some at pace work, but is there any point to tapering off the meters earlier in the week. I have a 2k on Saturday and get roughly 30k meters in each day.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Edit: Grammer

What kind of tablets have people bought to use with an RP3? I would only use it for the RP3 app so doesn't have to be too powerful but obviously not so cheap that it doesn't last. Thanks!

Has anyone got any templates or spreadsheets for running seat racing in coxed fours?

TIA.

Welcome to the weekly achievement thread!

What was your achievement this week? It could be anything! A new 2k PB? Get a good lift at the gym? Or even your first time capsizing a single!

Got a erg screen or a regular training shot? Curious what your 2K will be based on a workout? This is the place for it!

Side note: 99% of erg screens should go in this thread. A separate post with an erg screen should be something that happens once or twice a year, at most. Big PR's, that kind of thing.

Also, please check our wiki pages:

• Which erg to buy
• Is this a good erg time?
• How do I set up for steady state?
• Where do I set the lever on the side (what's drag factor)?
• What apps can I use when erging?

This thread is likely to fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts.

This is a judgement free zone, so be respectful, positive and keep criticism constructive.

Welcome to the weekly technique thread!

If you're looking for feedback on your technique on or off the water you're in the right place. Post text, images, or videos of whatever you want feedback on, and will try and help.

Please host your video somewhere on the internet (YouTube, Streamable, Dropbox, Amazon Photos, Google Drive, wherever) and link it here.

This is a judgement free zone, so be respectful, positive and keep criticism constructive.

Please note that separate posts asking for feedback are still allowed, but only if they are large enough to warrant their own post.

If you don't want to upload a video, you can use the RowerUp service to get an AI computer form check. Currently this service is free.

I'm a junior with a 6:48 2k at 150 lbs and 5'11, rowing at a pretty good club on the west coast. What are my chances looking like for recruiting right now? What times should I aim for in the coming months? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

I am a U17 boy (Freshman) and I meet the erg requirements for U17 at Penn AC but I still need to drop 5 seconds to meet the selection development cut. I think the splits for the sel dev cut are very possible for me. If I had to choose which one would you guys recommend.

I was aiming for a 1:39 which was ambitious but I felt I had the training to back it up. This has been a common thing with my 2ks.

My 6k is significantly better than my 2k at 22:00 flat and on the 6k I have no problem holding a steady split but this part of 2ks always kills my speed.

I am 17M 6’0 and 76Kg doing ~13hrs of training a week. 4hrs of which is steady state. And I am hitting the gym 3x a week.

The only one I know of is Columbia with their extremely late squaring

I constantly hear people complaining at on water practices in the spring about how their lower back is sore or hurts. These are the same people preaching in Off season lifts about how you shouldn't use or feel your lower back when deadlifting or squatting. This makes no sense, you wouldn't hear someone who benches telling you to not train your triceps. Muscle imbalances aren't normal and in a high-intensity race it makes perfect sense why your lower back is aching when you can squat 300-400 lbs., but are afraid to feel your lower back when lifting. I recently started informing teammates about doing either weighted good mornings with barbell or using those metal objects where your feet are held in by cushioned pads and you are at a 45 degree and use barbell or stacking plates. Be warned though if you use the second option make sure to curve your back and only go halfway up. This has done wonders for me over the last couple years and has prevented any lower back pain.

Hi, I've been doing some of my own research for clubs around the boston area (CRI, riverside etc). I might be interning in the area this summer and one requirement from our coaches is to row competitively this summer, especially for those of us who are coming from novice trying to make the jump to varsity. I'm a really dedicated athlete and have made some great progress via fitness and strength, however I'm trying to find a club that is willing to help me grow despite being newer to the sport - I've only swept before but open to anything and trying to get small boat experience before the summer starts. The biggest thing is I don't have a 7:20 2k which would take me out of qualification for riverside. Would be open if anyone has any advice or tips - I've been reaching out to coaches but I don't know the rowing scene in the area too well.

I run a lottery for my rowing club which has accrued enough proceeds that I can buy some goodies for the club.

I am thinking of a pair of RP3s - either the model S or model T (I’m not aware of another). The main objective being to give our single and double scull crews the best practice. I understand the model T is closer to a smaller boat in feel.

Please could anyone with any experience of these machines share their experience and any knowledge that might help me convince the committee that the model T is worth the extra 500-odd quid? Is it?

What do we think about the wobble seat? Any thoughts, experiences, knowledge very welcome!

If you upload a FIT file from an NK GPS SpeedCoach to

https://www.fitfileviewer.com

it shows the data we expect. Each data point contains a location, speed, timestamp and so on. In addition, it has a mysterious cycle length parameter, a positive distance in meters around 0m to 3m in my data. What does it indicate?

What is the average gap between 2king on sliders vs normal? 2008 male rower 6’6 210lbs Last 2k in December

I want to get stronger in the gym and i’ve also been rowing. I’m 16 and i want to know how often i should be lifting and what my lifting split should be that will help my rowing and muscle gains

Hey All, what is your current steady state Strokes/Watts and splits?

I am currently doing around Strokes - 20; Watts- 135; Splits - 2:17

Curious what others are.

My rower has resistance settings from 1-32. My comfortable place for endurance rowing is in the middle 17-21 or so. Any thoughts on how to set resistance for a 500m sprint test? Been rowing for about a month, so new to all of this. Echelon Row-S is what I'm using, fwiw