Initiating the Drive: Heels not Hips! A common technique fault that I see on the rowing machine is when athletes are initiating the drive with their hips and not their heels. Watch the video above to see what I mean. If you are initiating the drive with your hips, you...
Keeping the Chain Level You may have heard that in your rowing stroke, it’s important to keep that chain level throughout your entire rowing stroke. Here, I’m going to teach you why it’s important and why keeping that chain level can affect other...
Foot Strap Placement The placement of the foot straps on your shoes can be just as important as anything else in your rowing stroke. In fact, having proper foot placement could fix any technical issues you may not be aware of. When you change where your foot sits, it...
Getting Body Swing in Your Rowing When you watch yourself row, do you only use your legs and arms? If your stroke looks like that, you might be sitting up tall, but you’ve noticed that you don’t really have a body swing. You might see other people row...
How to Grip the Handle When Rowing Something as little as how you grip the handle can change more than you think about your rowing stroke. There are three ways I have seen people grip the handle, and the easiest way to describe those three are thumb over the top, full...
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