Category: Tips and Tricks
Testing Boats and Material with Rowing in Motion
One of the most interesting things you can do with Rowing in Motion is to test different boats, material or rigging with your crew and find the combination that makes the crew go fastest. With realtime feedback and easy post-exercise analytics, Rowing in Motion can help you get objective data to make your decision. Some
A better evaluation experience for Rowing in Motion
We have implemented a bunch of changes to make it easier for rowers to evaluate Rowing in Motion. We hope that all these changes take a bit of friction out of the process and make your journey a little easier. Smart App Banner We have integrated a “smart app banner” on our website that allow
Get the Analytics App
I have just released an update to Rowing in Motion Analytics that allows you to add it to your iOS device’s homescreen like any other App. You can launch analytics from there and enjoy analyzing your data in full-screen mode. Head over to the instructions page to learn how to get the Analytics App or visit
Improve your Stroke – maintain boat speed in recovery
This article is partly inspired by an interesting discussion on the decentrowing blog. In the comments, someone brought up a link to a video by Drew Ginn where he advocates accelerating the sliding seat into the catch. This advice seems to be a bit unconvential considering most coaches advocate a constant sliding seat speed into
Analyzing typical stroke patterns with Rowing in Motion Analytics
Rowing in Motion Analytics is meant to help you improve your rowing technique by allowing you to compare typical stroke patterns from different sections of an exercise. In this example, we dissect typical boat acceleration at three different stroke rates (24, 26, 28) performed in a pyramid exercise. Start by opening your logfile and using
Improve your Stroke – avoid the drive hump
The Biorow newsletter by Dr. Valery Kleshnev shares great insights derived from scientific research of Rowing. In the November 2012 edition Dr. Kleshnev presents an analysis of the typical patterns of boat acceleration in rowing. What I find particularly interesting is his comparison of olympic and national level crews. Using data that I have recorded
Rowing in Motion Video Samples
We have just posted two sample videos to the Rowing in Motion YouTube channel that show how Rowing in Motion Videos can help you analyze and optimize your rowing technique. The first video shows two single’s rowing technique in slow motion (both athletes are Juniors). You can clearly see how the differences in their rowing technique
RowMotion for Handicap Rowing
Handicapped Athletes can benefit a lot from using RowMotion in their training. Johannes Schmidt, who sent us the picture above, is already using RowMotion successfully in training. The University of Hamburg has recently published a study on using sonification based feedback systems for handicap rowing. We will present a short list of features we have already implemented
Mounting RowMotion with iDry Cases and DualLock
Perfect Mounting Solution We have experimented with a lot of different mounting options so far and have finally arrived at what we think is a perfect solution for those of you that want to use RowMotion in their daily training. For RowMotion to work perfectly, we need a secure mounting that attaches your iPhone to
“Ask to Join WiFi” Bug in iOS
After my iOS 5 devices let me down in field testing at Koblenz by not automatically joining the WiFi I set up for them, I have conducted further testing and got in contact with Apple Engineering to sort this issue out. It appears there’s a bug in iOS with regard to the setting “Ask to Join