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TRAINER TIP: Beat Boredom With a Playground Warmup

June 17, 2013 Classes

Do you need a break from your usual 3k row warmup?  Or are your students getting a little complacent with the steady-state routine?  Mix it up!  Get outside and get back on the playground. Off-erg warmups can be some of the smartest ways to get people prepared for a good SkiErg or rowing workout.  A [...]

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Chain Drive the UCanRow2 Newsletter is Here!

February 24, 2013 Latest News

  Can’t get enough UCanRow2?  Never fear, Chain Drive, the UCanRow2 newsletter is here!  All things indoor rowing, delivered right to your email inbox.  Workouts, playlists, technique tips, upcoming trainings, marketing advice, basically the best of the best of what we can find to help you get the most out of your erg or ergs, [...]

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Row with an Olympian! Indoor Rowing Basic Course Comes to Seattle

February 17, 2013 Events

Have you ever wanted to learn to teach indoor rowing – or just perfect your own technique – from an Olympian?  Here’s your chance: Heather Alschuler, a former Canadian Olympian, national teamer and now accomplished indoor rowing evangelist in Seattle, is bringing her talents to UCanRow2′s Indoor Rowing Basic Course. Heather will be leading the [...]

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NJ Indoor Rowing Foundations Training Benefits Sandy Relief Effort

December 6, 2012 Events

Things are slowly but surely coming back together in New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy’s wreaked havoc across many areas of the Garden State in November.  It’s been a rough road and continues to be one, but Navesink Indoor Rowing, which hosts our New Jersey Indoor Rowing Foundations trainings, is finally back up and running and ready [...]

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TRAINER TIP: Close Your Eyes for the Cooldown

September 5, 2012 Latest News

Here’s a tip to help your rowing students get better flow in their rowing stroke: The cooldown of a workout is a great time to focus in on the zen of rowing. Use that time to close your eyes and feel the motion. Remind your students to FEEL the connection of the stroke, from the [...]

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The Ultimate Erging Playlist

May 18, 2012 Latest News

Music for rowing classes or a great rowing playlist is always a big topic of discussion around the UCanRow2 office and Concept2 instructor trainings.  We usually tell people to aim for workout music with little to no lyrics and relatively slow beats per minute, usually in the 120 bpm range or slower.  Indoor cycling music [...]

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Biggest Loser Rowing: Get Certified and Be the Biggest Winner

February 29, 2012 Fitness

It was a big night of rowing last night on The Biggest Loser.  It’s about time!  First the contestants had to row a 10k piece for their challenge, then the last chance workouts included a number of meters, too, most courtesy of recent CrossFit convert and Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper. This kind of exposure [...]

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