Concept2 Forum

Hello Nomark and all

Thanks for your explanations including the history of the Pete Plan

Dave Neve

Hello I just don't get why this plan gets so much attention and comments It says it's for beginners and intermediates, then starts everyone off on day 1 with 5000m. No help whatsoever on spm, or watts or split times i took one look at it and said that's rubbish, there are far better plans out there ...

Hello mromero680 and all My guess is that it's probably easier to improve your rowing times than your ski-erg times The reason I think this is that you use your legs on the rower, and your legs are by far the biggest muscles in your body. So if a "novice" or unfit persons start training on both mach...

Hello

Very hard to comment on someone's form when we can't see you and you don't have a video.

But don't give up. Rome was not built in a day.

I thought this was an extremely thorough review. The guy thinks much like us.

The missing eccentric movement is a big obstacle but it does make the machine good for those with injuries etc.

Hello I've read the question and skimmed the answers that seem to relate mostly to rowing but do not answer part of your question, namely If I do need to mix in other exercises, does anyone have good suggestions that are complimentary to rowing as to avoid additional strain on the same muscle groups...

I have seen a lot of opinions on the StrengthErg. I will give a few ways that this will help some not all. I am a disabled Veteran. I broke both ankles and had bones removed Now you can not compare disability to another disability. I need something like the StrengthErg for my legs so I can get some...

Hello Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't think one particular aspect of concentric and eccentric movements were mentioned previously. Let's take the bench press as an example. When I lower the bar down to my chest, the eccentric phase, it's not just the fact that I'm still pushing against the bar ...

Hello Tsnor You don't say what resistance you used to use on your old rowing machine, but like others, I don't feel it's the Concept 2 to blame here as you used a pretty low drag factor and not a very high s/m either, (at least not for many rowers here but perhaps for you it was a lot) If you have p...

Thanks It seems to me that the most obvious difference is that the new StrengthErg takes up less space. The individual in the video has not used the StrengthErg yet, so he cannot really comment on some of the more subtle differences. I used the DYNO in the past, and did not find that I got a good w...

Any tips to drop 25kgs? Yes, don't fall for those stupid US televised programs where the blood, sweat and tears makes for good television but terrible training. When excessively overweight, go for exercises where your weight is not so likely to cause injury, so avoid any aerobic exercise where your...

Hello everyone My gym is closed today as it's Xmas, and so I found myself using the pull up bars in the local park, together with my own elastic bands and suspension straps. Out of curiosity, I then searched for "elastic band"s and "suspension straps" on this forum, but got very few hits, and most o...

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A few initial posts about the StrengthErg were scattered around the forum until this new StrengthErg was given its own section. The old Dyno machine was mentioned as was the following video comparing the Dyno and StrengthErg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3o1tlnNQSE

Just for info

Burpees are hard so going into a series of them without a warm up could be enough to knacker you if you're not fit to start with. After all, you normally need to warm up before any harder form of exercise. Also, I don't do burpees due to toe problems but I wonder how many breaths people take to do o...

Hello As you have noted that it's only the BikeErg and with low resistance over a short time, while your hybrid bike is fine, maybe look at all the differences between the two bikes and your sitting position For instance, are your pedal straps, the pedals themselves or a narrow saddle causing you to...