tldr; A commercial-grade air rower built for CrossFit boxes and high-intensity workouts. Features a heavy-duty steel frame and belt-driven resistance. Monitor not as refined as Concept2 PM5.
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“Retired Brit elite rower and coach here. Looks pretty good, like the length on first stroke and the v short second, careful you don’t use too much body swing I think the legs are much better to get the speed up fast. I think you can be more aggressive with the wind up after 3, stride and lengthen was v nice. Key to speed and a fast time is ultimately in the catch and lock-on, yours are pretty sharp.., I always taught crews to concentrate on feeling the slide and the weight coming onto the feet, at this point there will naturally be a kind of a ‘bounce’ away from frontstops due to the compression and the focus is to get the blade in the instant you feel the weight come onto the feet as you are now slowing the boat down. Another thing that will slow the boat and slow the catch is body swinging forward down the slide, Shouldn’t really use much bodyswing in sculling and sitting straight backed and high is mechanically better to enable a faster catch and clean buried finish. Just my opinion. Be sure to use proper technique on the ergo.., particularly catch and finish or you will train your brain to row without the circle either end.”
“I think just list out the various high-level outcomes right? Kick out accused: Best case scenario you've made everything safer and demonstrated that you take this seriously, worst case scenario someone incorrectly can't row at your club (but that doesn't stop them rowing somewhere else). Do nothing: Best case scenario it dies down because the claims were false (statistically unlikely), worst case scenario you destroy the wellbeing of not only the victim but also all women (sexual violence is gendered, almost all perpetrators are men and most victims are women) and potentially drive them out of the club/sport. Kick out accuser \[before you scoff, this has been a common course of action\]: best case scenario is same as 'do nothing' outcome. Worst case scenario, you've allowed a predator to become emboldened and terrified anyone else from reporting. Plus likely ruined the wellbeing of the victim. There are convoluted solutions i.e. altering training times and putting various restrictions in place but these vary little from 'do nothing'. TLDR: Have a few conversations with the parties involved using a compassionate mindset, maybe consult an expert or two, and you'll probably land on kicking out the accused. If your reaction to this is 'but if allegations can get people kicked out of the club people will abuse the system' then I will pre-empt this response with: (1) People are currently using / abusing the existing system to r\*pe, harass and assault. That is a whole lot worse and needs to change. (2) If you think inherently women are vindictive and conniving that this will lead to an uptick in 'false allegations' you think fairly lowly of women and should examine that. \[It's a common social perception that women are more likely to be deceitful, this is not true and distracts from the fact that men are **far** more likely to be r\*ped than to be falsely accused of it\] (3) People have been kicked out of clubs for far less egregious offences, being rude to coaches, being difficult personalities in boats, stealing tools and there is little backlash to that because we haven't removed any 'rights' from them, just told them 'you can't row here'.”
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