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.
THE FIELD GUIDE
Indoor rowing basics: machines, technique, counting metres and pacing.

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.
Compare rowing and seated cycling by movement, effort and setup. Learn why calorie displays cannot rank joint load or decide a mixed-machine challenge.
Share one ErgData phone or tablet between separate workouts: confirm the incoming profile, check the finished result, then hand over to the next person.
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.
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.
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.