Stop Doing 90-Minute Ergs – What My Athletes Do Instead (30 Years of Coaching)

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It's winter – and almost everybody is doing long, long, long 90-minute ergs. Because the coach did them, and the coach's coach did them.

After 30 years of coaching and 34 years of rowing, I learned this isn't a good idea for everybody. Long sessions have their place – but on a static erg, they come with real downsides: your back, your ribs, your bones, and your top-end power.

In this video:
• When long sessions DO make sense (and how I run them)
• Why rowers do 90-minute ergs in the first place
• The bipolar scale: raw strength vs. endurance – and where rowing sits
• The …

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