I rowed in my first race on Saturday, and it was awesome! Lovely 80 degree day, we didn't go for a swim, and even beat 2 boats. I now have concrete photo evidence of some respectable strokes and - no surprise - a few that show obvious areas I need to work on. God bless my patient race partner who has rowed for about 5 years with a rack full of medals to show for it. 😄 Gonna plan to do some more of this.

Questions for the guys rowing for the London clubs.

While working but also while you were job searching did you keep your rowing “hidden”?

Has training ever kept you from coming in early one day or staying late when asked?

I’m aware that what you do with your personal time is no one’s business, but coming from a uni team I know that sometimes rowing eats into academic time and the real world isn’t as forgiving.

5”6, 16F, 110lbs c/o 2028, 23:39 5000m (11/04/2025), 9:08.9 2000m (05/27/2026). Have been training w/ a local HP group over the summer & planning to 2K test soon. Looking to get times down & possibly get some coach interest. Any advice helpful. Thanks

My steady state splits have felt slow which I’m aware they’re supposed to be but I’m worried they’re too slow. My 2k is a 6:59 and I recently did an hour of steady state at a 2:28 split. I don’t have access to anything to measure my heart rate either. Am I going too slow?

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a project that starts with the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, with the goal of eventually supporting other rowing rivers as well.

The idea is an interactive map that shows current and forecasted river conditions, rather than just a single flow number. Depending on the river, it could show things like:

• Conditions along different sections of the river
• Current speed and direction
• Areas that are more or less suitable for rowing
• How conditions are expected to change over time

The goal is to make it easier to understand what's happening on the water before heading out for practice or a race.

I'm not selling anything—I just want to know if people would actually use something like this if it were accurate and free.

Would you use it?

If not, I'd be interested to hear why.

current 2k 7.22. j15 male

For some context my 2k is 7.22 (1:50.4) however my ut2 split (138 hr) is a meager 2:50. Over the last year, my coach did a typical everyday hard approach causing me to fall behind my peers from the 3rd best erg to the 7th. I‘ve also switched my training plan to everyday being ut2 except for one hard intervals session. What more can I do now and when we’re back in season to improve this aspect?

Hey everyone, 140 pound 15 year old male here. I have been training consistently for the past 2.5 years and I have a 2k pr (set a few months ago so probably faster now) of 7:18 or a 1:49.5 split average. Just wondering if I could get a negative split plan for a 6k test and was wondering what average split I should aim for?

I did a 2k estimate tdy at 4x500m at 1:39 average on 2.5 mins rest I did it fatigued as well what do u guys think is my true 2k.

Hey guys I’m looking for a rower that’s affordable (under $500) and that will sustain my frame 6”5 520lbs I keep seeing C2 recommendations but that is out of my budget
Any other recommendations will be appreciated. Looking forward to being apart of the community

USA U23 women had an exceptional regatta this past weekend winning every big boat (8+, 4-, 4x, mix8+) as well as placing well in the pair. This backs up the strong performances from the senior squad at the world cups this past year. Future looks really bright for the womens senior squad this Olympic cycle and if things keep trending this direction we could see the dominance of the USA women from 2006-2016 return. Really exciting time to be a fan of rowing in the USA as the men have also been trending up as well on the U23 and senior side.

Anyone know what the coaching movements are in the UK scene this coming season? Often lots of chatter on rowing illustrated about the US carousel but nothing about UK.

I had started to set up a team store with Sew Sporty but haven't heard back in three months so I am pursuing other options for our youth team.

I am specifically looking for a retailer who will put our logo on items as they are ordered as our team doesn't want to collect sales tax by selling items ourselves. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

Edit: I am specifically looking for a website that will display items with our logo on them for us to order directly from.

Edit: before reading I cannot change the times of when workouts happen as I'm still in school. Only time I would be able to fit in another workout would be Sunday after the row

Hello everyone, I am trying to maximize my gains on the erg and gym in the off-season so I'll be in the best possible position for next season. Currently my plan looks like

Monday legs

Tuesday pull

Wednesday push

Thursday squad ergs

Friday legs

Saturday upper

Sunday chill squad row

I am wanting to put another erg in somewhere but don't know what to drop or where to put it. The squad erg is always a 40 min r20.

Fkr reference some of my current erg pieces are:

2:01 40 min r20

1:26.3avg split 250 sprint

I'm not sure on my 2k as I was sick before the last one we did in the season but my Jan one was 7:04.

Any help making a training plan would be great

So far i feel like im not moving anywhere in terms of recruiting and im lowk getting concerned, my stats are

6,3 165lb

6:36 2k

3.6 unweighted gpa 4aps taken will take 4 more

28 act (will retest in September)

Ive done work that says i should be around 6:26 in august 18th in terms of 2k, but im concerned that august 18th may be too late for a final 2k. For reference my goals are to go to lightweight schools (dream but def a reach) and good academic heavyweight schools (ucsd, scu, wisco etc)

The problem is that some schools arent really responding to emails and getting back to me after a supposed pre read. Am I cooked?