(This is a major update to a post originally published here and on Row2K.com in 2005.) What a frugal group rowing coaches can be. We scrimp, we budget, we fundraise – and we “do without” to make ends meet. In what some consider to be the “most-expensive-equipment-sport” we do our best to save a dollar. […]
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Buying Rowing Equipment: What Coaches Say
How do you decide what to buy when you are in the buying rowing equipment mode? Well, all rowing equipment is not created the same and unfortunately for consumers, rowing equipment is not an area that any of the consumer magazines have turned their attention towards. That means when when deciding what to buy you […]
Oar Maintenance: Now Is The Perfect Time
There two reasons to take oar maintenance action now and get your oars ready to row First, you need oars to row. Second, for most of us the oars have been sitting—high and dry. And that means it’s the perfect time to give them the love they deserve. There are two hoaxes about oar maintenance […]
Rowing Insurance: 5 Critical Questions To Ask
Bad stuff happens in the rowing world. Sometimes that bad stuff can be bad enough to require insurance. And if you don’t have the proper insurance . . . well, that’s a mistake you might regret for a long, long time. As we twiddle our thumbs waiting for rowing to resume this is a perfect […]
Balancing Your Rigging and Rate of Perceived Exertion in Rowing
If you were asked: What’s the connection between rigging and exertion in your rowing, would you be able to answer the question? Chances are you might state some theoretical relevance but not what makes them truly impactful. What do you have to do to make the rigging work for you? What the heck is this […]
Row Better Equipment: A Four-Step Plan
Rowers and coaches thirst for mental and physical improvements. It’s what we do—often chasing those improvements in a scientific and methodical manner. Yet…so many of us miss taking a few big steps that can make an enormous difference. And by missing that those steps someone ends up rowing with marginal equipment. Is Marginal Equipment So […]
5 Tricks To Squeeze More From Your Concept2 Indoor Rower
Most rowers would rather be rowing on the water than sitting on an indoor rower. Unfortunately that’s not happening for many of us right now. If you find yourself on an indoor rower, especially that stalwart of equipment the Concept2 Indoor Rower (aka Erg), there are several tricks you can use to squeeze more life (and […]
Rowing Equipment Love: Now Is The Critical Time To Give It
Rowing equipment love often gets forgotten for “other” things I left in a hurry. So fast the boathouse door didn’t get shut. We sped off. Driving like a NASCAR pro. There was an emergency. The next hours—days—were consumed with responding to the emergency. It was a week before I got back to the boathouse. When […]
Make Rowing Practices More Effective (and Safer)
The world around us keeps getting more complex. That complexity means things can easily go wrong. And rowing practices are no different. Yet disasters are often avoid, and there’s one very-simple-tool that has helped people such as: passenger pilots, improve their safety record surgeons, increase success rate while reducing patient healing time construction engineers, communicate […]
Rowing Shell Maintenance—A Plan For Success
How long should your rowing shell last? Three years? Five years? Longer? How long should your rowing shell last? Barring any unforeseen tragedies like fire, theft, or a major collision it is not unreasonable to expect a brand new rowing shell to last 10, 15, even 20 years—or more. That’s a lot of hard strokes […]
