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  • Aram

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    July 25, 2025 at 11:18 am in reply to: Welcome to rowing.zone – Introduce yourself

    Hello Phil, this is quite an impressive story. Congratulations!

    Just make sure you add some light weights into your training program as well, especially for the deep muscles of your torso!

  • Aram

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    November 1, 2024 at 5:28 pm in reply to: Issue tilting from the hips

    Have you had an xray done? Can you do a seated good morning and a standing good morning?

  • Aram

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    October 23, 2024 at 2:57 pm in reply to: Question for the video How tall do you have to be

    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.

  • Aram

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    October 6, 2024 at 4:15 pm in reply to: Welcome to rowing.zone – Introduce yourself

    Hi Terry

    great to have you here. That rowing course is gorgeous. Is it always that flat?

  • Aram

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    September 16, 2024 at 6:58 pm in reply to: How to have an effective recovery despite sciatic nerve pain

    Thank you for your feedback Levi! Well done!

  • Aram

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    August 28, 2024 at 7:59 pm in reply to: How to keep your shoulders from over-engaging at the catch

    You are trying to over control the finish, too much body motion and insufficient deep muscle use. If you agree, I could use your footage to explain how to get rid of this issue in a YT video

  • Aram

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    August 25, 2024 at 11:10 pm in reply to: How to keep your shoulders from over-engaging at the catch

    This looks like the shoulder has to do more work than it should because your pelvis is not well positioned or your legs kick too hard too early. I would need to see this from the side to be able to see more

  • Aram

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    August 18, 2024 at 10:34 am in reply to: Olympic Review 2024 – all finals

    What were the issues in the German Eight?

  • Aram

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    January 15, 2024 at 11:47 am in reply to: Welcome to rowing.zone – Introduce yourself

    Hi Hagen

    great to have you here and thank you very much for your feedback!

    If you have any specific video suggestions, please let me know how I can help!

  • Aram

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    March 12, 2025 at 7:50 am in reply to: The most important supplements you are most likely lacking
  • Aram

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    November 8, 2024 at 6:13 pm in reply to: Welcome to rowing.zone – Introduce yourself

    Hello Frederike,

    thank you very much for your great feedback.

    For long distance C shell boats I would reduce my forward lean angle quite a bit, however, not completely. Essentially, I am trying to have as little impact on my body as possible.

    160km in a C shell is tough, especially if Lac Leman is unfriendly. Waves can get up to 6m, according to the locals.

  • Aram

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    November 8, 2024 at 6:10 pm in reply to: Welcome to rowing.zone – Introduce yourself

    Hi Eduardo, thank you for joining us and thank you for your great feedback!

  • Aram

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    October 29, 2024 at 3:00 pm in reply to: Welcome to rowing.zone – Introduce yourself

    Hi Thorsten,

    thank you very much for joining and for your feedback. Congratulations to your first 200km on the water. Well done!

    Hallo zurück nach Nürnberg!

  • Aram

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    October 14, 2024 at 7:31 am in reply to: Welcome to rowing.zone – Introduce yourself

    This is one of these rowing gems in North America. I remember exploring some of these venues during my high school senior year, where the college took me along to some camps and races.

    It is true that race conditions are usually close to what we call “unrowable”.

  • Aram

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    September 1, 2024 at 1:04 pm in reply to: How to keep your shoulders from over-engaging at the catch

    Okay, I put it on my list

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