Can we think about it this way also? There are 3 points of contact with the boat: seat, foot rest, and hands on oars. By keeping the knees down we lock the foot rest and seat together; this makes us more stable in the boat and the boat more stable.

concept2: think about me huh?

What about Rowamerica Rye

I’ve been curious as to what your bio rower athletes do when they attend an indoor race, how do they transition to the concept2 erg?

Great video! I will try it tomorrow here in Brazil. Thanks!

Bravo. Fantastic video, Sir.

It can think help to about pushing the backside towards the bow after the hands have moved away. That can trigger the pelvis rock.

Thanks so much for the extra video with the knees down explanation! Makes so much sense, I've been trying to use that que for back health and tap down room but the logic behind it has eluded me. Thanks Aram!

Anecdotally speaking, most of the coaches I've spoken to (and I would agree) there is a roughly a 70 to 75 percent correlation of linear erg performance to water performance. There are always individuals that are marginal erg performers but are very difficult to beat in a seat race on the water. Many variables immediately come to mind as to why linear erg performance does not perfectly correlate to water performance such as blade mechanics, balance and as you often eloquently point out the lack of the arc motion of the oar. But I never took much consideration towards stroke length. After watching this video I would conjecture that a taller rower would have an advantage over a shorter rower on the liner erg not just because they have useful long levers used to accelerate the flywheel but they can spend more time under acceleration. I would guess this time under acceleration advantage is less on the water because the increased arc path of the oar is less advantageous near the catch and the finish. It seems to me that academic rowing centered research is rare. So often I have to go to research from other sports to gain insight into best performance practices. It's nice for a change to get objective quantified information from rowing centric research. I look forward to Mr Cardoso's future findings.

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqPLe6Z7iJxrsLM&feature=shared Hi Aram, we're a 4- team trying to find out what we're doing wrong here. We have only been out maybe 5 times in this boat, normally we row in 4x. I'm the stroke. I follow your video analysis of rowers, could you kindly (grovel, grovel) do one for this?? It's at 8 am in Alicante Port, Spain on a chilly December morning just yesterday. Merry Christmas 🎄

@aram he actually looks like he's using Randall Foils or are these to Concept 2 Fat Vortex edge - wouldn't that support a similar affect?

New Row Erg

Concept 2 sells a dynamic erg. You can also but a Concept 2 on slides. Is the BioRower still better than those options.

Now we know, linear ergs don't float, but the Biorower most defiantly could. As for stroke technique, linear ergs can be deceiving, you can pull longer strokes by leaning further back at the finish with your hands up at your neck, but try and do that with your feet out of the straps on a linear erg and you will end up on the floor. You cannot really do that in the boat or the Biorower without messing up the the stats.

Incredibly fascinating pictures of the skeleton in movement… wow…. But one thing I missed a bit (of course from my medical pov) is that the linear ergs do reward physiological dangerous techniques by giving you better scores if you go really hard right at the catch (not healthy if you’re not positioned very well) and pulling up to the neck… but it’s a bit unfair to compare a concept2 to a biorower… it’s like comparing a BMW 3 series to a 7 M… (Btw: how come that everybody on that chesterfield is optically gaining 10 kilos..🤔🤔😜)

Very exciting, congratulations Aram!

Would being more relaxed, as in having relaxed and loose shoulders, help with bringing the load and stretch into the upper back? I am quoting from my coach here.

It's difficult entering rowing at the university level, because one moves through novice, intermediate, club (and into senior) quite quickly, and there is so much information to be absorbed in that period, and much of it is conflicting. For instance, I have heard one should be patient at the catch and feel for a good connection before driving, but then I have coaches saying "don't hang around at the catch; use the elasticity you've built up during the recovery and immediately drive".

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. I keep trying different things at the catch, and even though it feels best or "right" when I have my shoulders relaxed and they move forward at the catch (as you suggest), I had nothing to confirm this intuition before this video.

What is the name of this machine? Model name and price?? Can this be used for gym goers?

can you do a video explaining a coaches and a rowers perspective of learning moving 'around the pin' or 'pin to pin'

EXCELLENT video Aram, going to be showing this to my crews. Would you mind explaining the knees thing you mentioned in a second video? Besides knees down together I wouldn't know what you are referring to

Aram, this is a wonderfully illustrative video showing the how and why of excellent sweep technique. Thank you for sharing!

Harry Mahon + Bobby Thatcher = Butt-Kicking

could you please explain the strange seating in german eight, that four and five seat are two bow side rowers? This confused me a lot, thank you❤

How old are they

Bobby Thatcher is who coaches these boys

Hello! Watching from Argentina

Working on my catch (the bit you annoyingly can't see) on the Taff in Cardiff. Thanks for all your vids, great stuff.

,,,slightly more pause after catch/before power on in nelo I think

Isn’t it the case that the force is transferred from the shoulder to the handle in order to lever the boat past the blade locked in the water rather than from the handle to the shoulder?

Aram, another very important video, thanks. For a future video topic, what should the coach look for specifically in each individual rower to make sure the rower is making the connection to the water and achieving suspension. Oftentimes, the rowers are wearing sweatshirts, or loose clothing and you can't see the musculature at work. So whatever details you could provide would be appreciated. Again, thanks for this invaluable service.

What about the big splash. Energy not moving the boat, or put another way moving the water and not the boat.

Great vid

Hi Aram! Thank you so much for your helpful videos! Can I request an analysis video about the French lightweight double. Pierre Houin and Jeremie Azou?

I'll share with my 4x and 4+ group. We're training for 2025 masters nationals.

Wonderful! You explained the important things so well Aram! Again it answered so many questions I had. I'll put it into my practice. I know it'll take thousands of stroked to get there, but I'm patient and determined. Thank you!

Another great vid Aram! Thanks, working on my 8 sweep ability on 2 year program at Uni. This video is another Gem 💎. @27:05 I will definitely be pushing the BioRower to coaches at Oxford ❤ from 🇬🇧

thank you! What do you think about planks for a stable core?

Thanks for the video. Does the advice apply for high school athletes? Like triple loading.

Cambridge, England.

@ 07:16 money shot :D

The beauty of a Biorower, nice to have,but out of our clubs price range, so it's back to old school basics with a stopwatch and straws 😄😎

But when you talking most rowers...they don't have this kind of machine. And when you say square arms..most of us can't do it on a basic rowing machine. Got that one handle bar and that's it. Extend arms and that's it. No nice movement like with this machine. It would be nice to have this kind of rowing machine but all I see is so many moving parts..which is great and it's what you need...but what happens when you gotta repair machine ?Does it have lifetime warranty ?Even that these day means nothing. And I finally saw difference between 20 and 30 strokes. All the others I've seen they don't really show monitor...just talk talk talk. Even though they row...it's not the same as this one. But true they didn't row on this kind of machine. Concept 2...which is what my next aim is because the water rower they bought years ago just isn't cutting it. And one day maybe this kind of machine.

Sir. Appreciate you are explaining all the reason and theory which pelvic movement is incorrect; pls demonstrate more correct movements pls

Very helpful indeed , especially with the demo video while listening to your instruction....same time

Initially, I was sceptical of the length of the videos you put together, which sounds crazy to me considering I am a Master''s student who sits through 3 hour seminars. However, the nature of social media has groomed us to seek streamlined information from digital sources. I am glad I spent the time viewing one of your videos a few weeks ago, because it was information dense and contextually comprehensive. I now tune in to at least one of your videos daily. Thank you for the time and resources you put into these sessions.

Wow Aram, looking like you’re getting into shape in this vid. Good job. 👍🏻 BRC 🚣🇨🇦🤙🏻

Great explainer video. BRC🚣🇨🇦🤙🏻