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Question for the video How tall do you have to be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfyXMP04sY8
Question for Aram: How long inboard do you have?
Do you have the same inboard and spread on the bio rower as in your single? Seems obvious to have the same settings, but I have to ask 🙂 That leads to the question how long oars do you have?
I don’t like when it’s heavy, therefore my settings are not conventional at all. And I do lack a bit of “angle reach” because of that (with my big overlap). That’s even with my specially ordered shorter oars.
I can understand why rowing clubs have to use a standard oar length (the 5 cm adjustability isn’t much), but I think a lot of recreational rowers would benefit of shorter oars. I can’t see any obvious reasons the oar handle movement should be much slower for a slower rower, at maximum intensity.
Another thing about the video: You don’t mention that all (?) tall rowers stops at the slide before the shins get vertical. And therefore skips using a perhaps less efficient part of the rowing stroke movement.
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Hi Anders
my set-up on the @BIOROWER Pro is 86cm inboard, 159,6cm spread, 20cm seat to heel gap
Boats need to be set up so that rowers can comfortably move into the catch and finish. If somebody is small, I would go for a narrow spread (158, 157, etc) but also reduce the inboard length.
This is pretty drastic, but you can compensate by decreasing the outboard accordingly.
I personally prefer a total oar length of 288 with 86 inboard, which is on the harder side.
For rowers who prefer a softer set up, and who are small, you could try a 158cm (or smaller) spread, 86cm (or 85cm) inboard, 283cm total oar length. Always depending on the stiffness of the oars and the rigger type and material used.
Shins vertical are, imho, an overused term. People see it as the whole grail, when it is nothing more than the result of decent pelvic control. Focusing on the latter is what we need, not on shins vertical.
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Always interesting to get numbers. My choice of what you call softness (I don’t know the terms, I would call it gearing, but I know the type of blade is a factor) leads to oars shorter than 180 cm.
About shins, is it correct that tall rowers always not go to vertical, but shorter do?
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