WaterRower Performance Ergometer

“Well you asked for a straight up honest feedback. It's not good. My son is 10 (turning 11 this year) and less than 40kg weight (< 88lbs) he did his record in a competition recently - 1k at 4:44 and silver medal. The winner was also born in 2024. So if your pace is 3:09, that equals \~52 watts my <90lb son \~122 watts Someone mentioned putting the lever higher - absolutely silly recommendation if the performance is in 50W range. Zero is where it belongs and in fact partial blocking of air with cardboard might be wise if this is the true fitness level. GOOD NEWS: If you don't have a disability, aren't a 10 year old or younger, you can improve FAST. If you are a teen or older you likely have significant technique issues that will give very fast improvements when fixed even somewhat decent. If it really is your cardio fitness that limits you to 50W then that too will quickly climb up with almost any kind of training regiment. my recommendations: \- primarily focus on technique. There are gadzillion good videos around. Avoid the ones that claim how everyone else is teaching it wrong. Key part is sequential operation 1. At catch shisn about vertical, good postured back leaned well over (from ten to -> ten past, say some) , not hunched, shoulders pulled down yet quite relaxed. At the start PUSH with your legs. everything from legs up should stay locked at this point, their job is to transfer the work of the legs to the handle. The challenge is to keep the core etc. rigid so that you don't push your butt back, yet without the handle an chain moving: your core absorbs the bush and gives in. Good excercise: legs only. Just like it says, don't do full strokes but just the 1st part, the push. 2. Once your hands go past your knees start opening your hips (ie start moving from fwd leaning to 1st upright and then slight back lean. 3. arms should have acted as ropes up to this point really. Only when you are past vertical and almost finished with hips you start pulling with your arms. Bring the handle somewhere around the lower edge of your ribcage - if female "below your breasts". 4. As the power part of the stroke is Legs, back (hips), Arms. the return is the opposite. I recommend you briskly (no need to exaggerate) push your arms out, start leaning forward and then start sliding forward. The goal is to have good catch posture in your back and arms "well before" you are at the next catch. Ready so that you can fire your legs for the next push and "catch it" with your arms and core (arms relaxed, core tight). One thing that helped me was really feeling it in your feet, like you are you are sliding fwd you start adding a little pressure on the foot plates and you catch your weight with your soles. Bit like squatting. \-Add easy volume. Your speed will go up automatically as long as you do the motions. So I would start with whatever time you can handle quite comfortably. Say it is 15 minutes. Do that 2x a week and one”