Concept 2 and breathing

Khannie

So I like the concept 2 for a variety of reasons, I'm finding timing of breathing an issue though. I'm trying to breathe out on the pull back (the part where you're exerting most effort) and breathe in on the way back to starting position, the problem with this is that you can't get a lung full of air and be hunched over. A lung full of air + being hunched over = does not compute.

Any experienced rowers on here? What do you do?

TommyKnocker

Hi Khannie

Not an experienced rower by any means. Just someone like yourself who happens to like the Concept II.

However my breathing would be the opposite to yourself. I breath in as I pull back and breath out as I move forward to start the next stroke.

My reasoning is because I breath out when I crunch or do situps on the contraction portion of the exercise, so it just kind of made sense to do similar while rowing.

As you said trying to get a lung full of air while crunched over is not the easiest thing to do.

I find this pattern fairly easy and I can get into a pretty decent rythym with this.


Best Regards,

M

Colm_OReilly

Generally in rowing your recovery should take twice as long as the pull, so your breathing generally occurs early after the pull, before you're doubled over.

Breathing is part of the challenge of rowing. I've just googled this article - http://concept2.co.uk/training/breathing - on breathing technique so it should contain the answer for you.

TommyKnocker

And it appears that rowers breath twice per stroke.

I had read it in the link Colm provided and here is a youtube video of a guy demonstrating the technique.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTahdnysbOI

I think this would take a littel practice


Best Regards,

M

Khannie

Thanks lads.

Colm_OReilly wrote: »

Generally in rowing your recovery should take twice as long as the pull, so your breathing generally occurs early after the pull, before you're doubled over.

This would still result in the same issue for me (I wouldn't be able to get into the doubled over position with the lung full of air). Maybe this means I'm doing it arseways. Anyway, I'll read that article and watch bb's video and come back if I've any problems. Thanks.

(I probably wont be hitting the C2 again until next week).

Parsley

You've got the right idea, breathing in on the recovery and exhaling during the pull. however, you shouldn't be hunched over at all while you're rowing. chest should be high, head up, straight back tilted with about 20 degrees tilt forward. breathing shouldn't be a problem really!

The Guvnor

It may sound smart but just try and breath normally, whenever it feels natural.

It sounds like the rest of your technique is spot on?

What are you guys doing on the erg? Time/distance etcetera?