Hi!

I’ve been rowing for over a year now. After a recent power piece, I noticed I was really having trouble getting my blade cleanly out of the water and having enough room to tap down. I was almost fighting my blade from hitting my chest coming into the finish. 

I asked my coach about this and he said I was “shooting the slide.” He talked about water pockets and I got a little lost. Can someone explain this to me in simple terms? 

When I was taught rowing, they said push with the legs at the drive, then body swing back, then arms finish (three separate moves).

How do I know when I’m doing it? Does hip hinge have to do something with it? 

I really wanted to go 6:58.
I got halfway done and was holding it fine with energy left and I just gave up. I’m feeling really unconfident right now and my coach was only upset with me when 3 other guys DNF’d. Thoughts?

Men’s Single Sculls
Porter Collins - Greater Houston Rowing Club

Men’s Double Sculls
Graham Matlock - Y Quad Cities Rowing
Andrew Vizecky - Lake Phalen Rowing

Women’s Double Sculls
Kathryn McClellan - Vancouver Lake Rowing Club
Addi Levensten - Black Sheep Racing

Men’s Four
Noah Arismendez - Marin Rowing Association
Howard Elliot Davis - Noble & Greenough School
Vrishank Nalla - Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer
John Piersma - Cincinnati Jr. Rowing Club, Inc.

Men’s Quadruple Sculls
Rowan Arendt - Conshohocken Rowing Center Inc.
Dean Burton - Phillips Academy Andover
Goose Faynsod - Marina Aquatic Center
Brogan Fernald - Great Bay Rowing

Women’s Four
Angela Johnson - St. Andrew Rowing Club
Olivia Lill - Saratoga Rowing Association, Inc.
Tessa Murphy - Greenwich Crew
Sophie Rostad - The Milwaukee Rowing Club

Women’s Quadruple Sculls
Clare Junius - RowAmerica Greenwich
Naomi Ronen - Rockland Rowing Association, Inc.
Shay Triepel - Coastal Virginia Community Rowing
Sydney Vilhelm - South Orlando Rowing Association

Mens Eight
Jacob Bobrow - Marin Rowing Association
Patrick Meredith Caldwell - McCallie School
Beckett Kallman - Gainesville Area Rowing, Inc.
Parker Mansfield - Saratoga Rowing Association, Inc.
Cole Martin - Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer
Ethan Pirigyi - Canisius High School
Malcolm Stanton - Community Rowing, Inc.
Peter Ward - NorCal
Charles Winder - RowAmerica Rye

Women’s Eight
Maija Andert - Orlando Area Rowing
Camilla Calderwood - Connecticut Boat Club
Francine Carr - San Diego Rowing Club
Caitlin Cecere - Montclair High School
Lynn Gulli - Greenwich Crew
Evelyn Mace - Community Rowing, Inc.
Isabella Roberts - Capital Crew
Ava Smith - Mount Saint Joseph Academy
Ellah Taylor - Atomic Rowing

Alternates
Harper Skey - Redwood Scullers
Connor Cross - Oakland Strokes
Brayden Collins - Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer
Suzanne Reardon - Waterford Crew
Charlotte Green - DC National Rowing Club
Olivia Peters - Noble & Greenough School

Coaches
Geordie Macleod - Men’s Four
Caitlin McClain - Women’s Four
James Konopka - Men’s Quadruple Sculls
Carol Dinion - Women’s Quadruple Sculls
Jamie Phelps - Men’s and Women’s Double Sculls
Nick Haley - Men’s Eight
Allison Foster - Women’s Eight
Porter Collins Sr. - Men’s Single Sculls

I have been trying to get better at rowing and worked with a few online S&C coaches but then had issues since my current gym is a commercial gym and doing all exercises in circuits was hard so I modified it a bit
Can you let me know if I should do it or not? What can I improve and how to make it as rowing specific as possible.

Do you think I’m missing some strength rows or not?

Day 1 – Power + Max Strength

1. Hang Cleans
2. Deadlift
3. Bench Press
4. Leg Press
5. Dumbbell Chops

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Day 2 – Strength + Power

1. Front/Back Squat (Can I replace these with a hack squat?)
2. Push Press
3. Pendlay Row
4. Split-Stance RDLs
5. Kettlebell Swings
6. Dying bugs knee press

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Day 3 – Posterior Chain + Upper Body

1. Romanian Deadlift
2. Split squat
3. Weighted Push-Ups
4. Pull-Ups/Chin-Ups
5. Face Pulls
6. Hip Thrusts

Trying to improve leg drive right now and found that the cue of keeping inside of elbows turned up helped me engage lats a bit more, though I still have issues generating as much wattage as I think I should be able to. What are the cues that coaches have given you that have been really helpful in making good rowing technique click? Can be for any part of the stroke

It’s 120 at 7 on the scale. Is stated drag factor on the screen trustworthy?

Picked up a Model D a few weeks ago after months of watching Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. The price variation is genuinely wild. Saw identical machines, same model year, same condition, ranging from $500 to $950 within the same week in my area. No real logic to it. Ended up paying $700, which felt fair but also maybe too much. Hard to tell. The PM5 was clean and the chain felt fine after a quick wipe down. Previous owner kept it in a garage, which always makes me a little nervous about the flywheel, but it seems okay so far.

Curious what other people have been paying lately and whether there are any red flags worth checking that aren't obvious. I looked at the monorail, the seat rollers, pulled the cage off to check the fan blades. Felt pretty thorough, but this is only my second erg so I'm not exactly a veteran of used C2 inspection.

Also wondering if the price gap between Model D and Model E on the used market is actually worth it, or if people are just paying for the seat height and not much else.

After months of saving money and researching rowing machines, we finally purchased a Concept 2 and I immediately love it. My partner and I are both 41. I used to row competitively back in high school and I think it's just the best cardio (and strength!) workout! We have three kids (17, 14, and 9) and the middle one has already logged a couple sessions. Very happy all around with our purchase!

I tried to search but couldn't find any recent posts about what apps people are using with their Apple Watch when using their erg. Could anyone let me know?

Also, my partner wants a seat cover to make the seat less firm. I am working on positioning with him but I wonder if anyone has suggestions for something that would make the seat a little more comfortable (I find it just fine, though). Thanks everyone!

For the class of 2028, what is the 2k range to be in to be on track for recruitment to d1 men’s heavyweight schools? As upcoming juniors realistically what times do you need to be at now to be on track to hit the standards to get recruited?

Hey everyone,
I’ve been treating the Concept2 less like a traditional racing shell and more as a functional tool for building raw power and heavy muscle-endurance.
I've only been rowing for almost a month now (hitting workouts on the rower every week), and when I first started out, I didn't even realize how the damper settings worked. One of my first milestones was hitting 5,017 meters in 25:36 (averaging 97 watts at 26 SPM).
Once, I pushed it all the way to maximum. On July 8th, I completed 10,000 meters on Damper 10 in 50:49. It was a brutal test of grit, leg drive, and lower back control, forcing me to reshape my movement mid-pull and lock in my breathing rhythm under heavy drag.
Now that I know more about the settings, I'm switching things up and dialing it back down to Damper 6. My long-term goal is to build up to a full marathon (42k), so dropping the drag lets me shift the load onto my aerobic system, protect my spine, and build sustainable endurance-strength without blowing out my recovery.
Tested out Damper 6 on a 5-minute piece today:
Distance: 1,229 meters (5:06)

Average Split: 2:04.7 / 500m

Stroke Rate: 31 SPM

Projected 30-Min: ~6,969 meters

Curious to hear from anyone else who uses higher damper settings for hybrid power-endurance—how do you adjust your stroke rate and pacing when scaling up the volume for long distance?
Copy, paste, attach your two monitor pictures, and you're good to go!
I also train for my long endurance runs and when I’m not going hard I train intervals like maybe 5 min hard and 2 mins recovery paces and back at it agian how do you fit train endurance power and what damp are we talking here I’ve bin called a outlier already who is unorthodox for using damp6 and 10

Hey guys, if anyone uses whoop to track their ss rows how do you wear it. It was fine at first but im getting low reading. Thanks

Can the Board hire a CEO that can meet the needs of both constituents?

Will it be an outsider or someone from within the sport. Or will Amanda Kraus return?

Has anyone here tried or owns a Wintech FLX 1x? Any feedback on what they’re like compared to other more “traditional” hulls?

I find it interesting to see that the general design trend of recent years by comlanjes making their own moulds seems to be a shift towards shorter, wider sculls that aim to add stability and reduce surface area at the expense of wave drag (ie shorter slightly wider hulls) and the FLX seems like a more extreme shift towards that ideal - that or the Nelo 1x or the Filippi F69

I’m 5’11” male and row in heavyweight.
My erg is 6:40 but that’s what I achieved with a lot of hardwork.
Now to make it to any college programs will my height be an issue even if I can improve further?
Like UBC in Canada or any US schools?

World rowing confirms that Olaf Tufte has passed away. Sadden to hear. He was active on social just 3 days ago.

I’m getting back into rowing after 52 years (UCSD freshman 4 stroke). I also learned and rowed a single 15 years ago for about a year (at most once/week). Way back in 1974, my coach focused on a lot less (almost no) layback, saying he wanted us to adopt a “new” technique he learned. I was the shortest (5’10”) so he actually had me do some layback (and I was stroke) so we could all have a balanced stroke length. I’m in a novice rowing group now, where the coach alternates me in a single, quad, eight … And the coach encourages more lay-back. While I’m rowing with them, I need to row like the team. But I am curious as to what others think about how much layback is the right amount.

I can’t figure out how to sequence weight training, water sessions, erg sessions and rest days throughout the week while managing fatigue and seeing results. I’m also not sure how hard my weights sessions should be.

Would appreciate any pointers or resources, thanks!

Hi everyone I tried to get recruited in my senior year but I couldn't get recruited by any d3 HW or D1 LW because of my gpa, although my 2k was 6:30.3, Im 5'10 and 154lbs and my sat 1470 but my gpa was 3.39, I just enrolled at my local cc and I wanted to know if it is possible to transfer as a recruited rower as long as I keep improving my 2k and I get +3.7 gpa, I have never heard someone transferring from cc to a male d1 rowing or d3 , I have some friends that did the same thing for football but I do not know how it works for rowing. I was looking for some help.
Thank you guys have a good evening.

At training camp preparing for u19 world

I've been steadily getting into rowing the the last year and initially bought a cheap rower on amazon. I have a neighbor selling one for 1k that has 10 hours logged. How good of a deal (or not) is this?