Indoor Rowing
Indoor Rowing Form: Catch, Drive, Finish and Recovery
Indoor rowing form is catch, drive, finish, then recovery. The drive starts with the legs, the recovery reverses that order, and the reference split is about 2:1.
IDEAS FOR THE LONG HAUL
The journal
Notes on endurance, indoor rowing, and bringing a team together.
Endurance Challenges
Endurance Challenges: Team Relay Handoffs and Solo Pacing
Compare solo and team relay endurance challenges, budget time for handoffs, and understand why completed work can still miss the accepted result.
Indoor Rowing
Rowing Machine vs Exercise Bike: Calories and Joint Load
Compare rowing and seated cycling by movement, effort and setup. Learn why calorie displays cannot rank joint load or decide a mixed-machine challenge.
Endurance Challenges
Verify a Concept2 Rowing Result: Logbook, Rankings and Relay Evidence
Distinguish Concept2 Logbook entries, verified Online Rankings results and official individual or team record proof, with a blank relay witness logsheet.
Endurance Challenges
Indoor Rowing Challenge vs Race: Choose Your Event Format
Compare cumulative rowing challenges, live online races, venue races and continuous relays by timing, equipment, joining steps and what counts.
Indoor Rowing
ErgData Multi-User Support: A Shared-Device Handover Checklist
Share one ErgData phone or tablet between separate workouts: confirm the incoming profile, check the finished result, then hand over to the next person.
Indoor Rowing
ErgData for a PM3 or PM4: Current Limits and Logging Options
Current ErgData connects only to a PM5 by Bluetooth. For a PM3 or PM4, compare a LogCard upload in Concept2 Utility with a manual entry on the Logbook Log page.
Indoor Rowing
Upload Past PM5 Workouts: Match the Row Before You Send It
PM5 memory does not store a username. Match the stored date and the distance or time, confirm the Ranking ID, then upload only that row.
Endurance Challenges
Skeleton Crew Challenge: Count Mixed-Erg Meters and Check Eligibility
Convert RowErg, SkiErg, and BikeErg distances into Skeleton Crew meters, then check the 31,000 and 10,000 lines for October 25 to 31.
Endurance Challenges
Concept2 Challenge Meters Missing? Check the Board, Team and Deadline
Missing Concept2 challenge metres even though the workout is in the Logbook? Check the board, privacy, team signup, counting rule and deadline.
Indoor Rowing
Rowing Machine Workouts for Beginners: A 4-Week Plan and How Long to Row
How long a beginner should row, how often, and what the first four weeks look like, compiled from Concept2's published beginner plan and the US Physical Activity Guidelines.
Event Planning
Contactless Donations at Events: NFC, EMV and Chip Explained
How a tap-to-give donation works at a charity event, how NFC, EMV contactless, chip and stripe differ, why a tap-to-open tag is not a payment, and what to check before the day.
Event Planning
How to Organize a Charity Event: A 12-Week Plan for Endurance Challenges
A step-by-step plan for a charity rowing, walking or relay challenge in the US: where donations go, a 12-week countdown, roles, budget items, IRS and state checks, and event-day counting.
Endurance Challenges
What Is a Good Rowing Pace per 500m? Percentile Chart and Conversion Formulas
A good 500 m split depends on the distance. Compare your result with Concept2's 2026 ranking percentiles, convert any result to pace and plan the time for a challenge.