New Concept 2 at the gym: advice on getting started

[teleguy57]

Title says it; new rower showed up on the gym floor. Interestingly, near the weight racks rather than on the cardio balcony so I assume the Cross Fit types had a role in that.

Lots of experienced rowers here; how should a newbie start and integrate that into training for the bike?

[Too Tall]

Indoor rowing is terrific crosstraining anytime of the year. Key to this is to have excellent form from the get go. Generally speaking the gym rats muscle it with their arms and do not use good form...just saying.

Here is a good video to get you started: Oarsome Foursome Fitness (Video 24) - IMDb

If you can, find someone who rows on the water to coach you a couple times and you'll get it.

Title says it; new rower showed up on the gym floor. Interestingly, near the weight racks rather than on the cardio balcony so I assume the Cross Fit types had a role in that.

Lots of experienced rowers here; how should a newbie start and integrate that into training for the bike?

[ron l edmiston]

--- erg'n is the best..
find a concept 2 location & go for it..
-- remember., rowing/erg'n is 70% legs --- then back from the hips..
you just hang on the oars or handle like a "ape" -- be so great if our thumbs on even plain like our other 4 fingers..
not a arm/shoulder power exercise/motion.. very hard.., with some.., male power-mind set-from paddling a canoe or rowing a boat..

-- ever this way.., put you in a sweep or scull (multi or single) --- might just think "trice" relative to 2 wheels.., when rowing opportunity presents itself..

ronnie with a smile

[bigbill]

I worked out on a Concept rower on 4 month deployment. About 40 minutes a day along with some pushups and situps. I had the best core strength of my life after that deployment. I've thought about getting one for my man-cave.

[RSCROSS]

Wondering how many people use a Concept II daily?

Typically, I row 2k high tempo on the weekdays & 3k on weekends first 2k easy tempo than burn it up on the last 1k

I am closing in on 600000k for this year...it would have been more, but I took almost 3 weeks over with COVID

Buy the rower Bill you will not be disappointed.

Enjoy,

KJ

[robin3mj]

I do the 100k challenge every December and use it about once a week the rest of the year.
Might do the tax day challenge again. 1k on April 1, 2k on the second, all the way up to 15k on the 15th.

[Mabouya]

There's lots of good information on that very topic on the C2 forum.

Here's a link to the "Training" sub-forum:

https://www.c2forum.com/viewforum.php?f=3

[ides1056]

I used one for years to address back issues. I rowed in college. Would do 1/2 to 1 1/2 a day depending on what else I did. But indoor exercise became so unattractive I sold it. Model B was the best for me.