The BikeErg serves as a useful indoor training tool for all types of outdoor riding: mountain biking, gravel grinders, road racing and triathlon. We’ve pulled together some of our favorite BikeErg workouts for bringing your outdoor cycling indoors for the off-season. Continue Reading ›
We’ve put together a series of workouts designed to get you off to a good start, and offer choices for how you can access these workouts—on our website, on Instagram or by podcast. Continue Reading ›
As spring comes to the northern hemisphere, indoor exercise loses some of its appeal as we long for more time outdoors. Up here in northern Vermont, we know we still have a couple months before it’s really spring—but we feel the same transition coming. We’ll ski until the snow is gone, but we’ll also start running and riding our bikes on good days—and we’ll jump on the RowErg, SkiErg or BikeErg when the weather is just nasty. What’s the best way to balance indoor and outdoor exercise so that you can take advantage of the weather? Continue Reading ›
If you’re new to cycling, your muscles and tendons may need to adjust to working out in the seated position. The Concept2 BikeErg includes a saddle that works for most athletes, but a single saddle design may not work for everyone. There are several things you can try to make cycling more comfortable if you’re experiencing discomfort, pain or numbness. Continue Reading ›
The Performance Monitor 5 (PM5) is your trusty workout partner. Learn more about setting up workouts on our PM5. Continue Reading ›
What's an ergometer, and what makes an erg an erg? It's all about the Performance Monitor 5, or PM5. We'll break it down for you here. Continue Reading ›
All Concept2 indoor training equipment is equipped with the Performance Monitor 5 (PM5). It’s the brains behind our RowErgs, the SkiErg and BikErg, and worth getting to know. In this simple PM primer, you’ll learn about the basics of the display options, and how the units of measurement can give more meaning to your workouts. Continue Reading ›
New athletes who try rowing, skiing or riding often wonder how their personal successes stack up against certain benchmarks. Of course, what is “good” for one athlete may not be comparable to another, whether based on gender, age, general fitness or experience. Individuals have their own goals and frames of reference. Still, the Concept2 Rankings can help. Continue Reading ›
Here are some great, 30-minute workout ideas from our archives. From 1991 to 2003, Larry Gluckman served Concept2 as our Human Resource person--and everyone’s personal coach. Larry had coached numerous Olympic and National Team crews in the years before he joined Concept2, and went back to coaching after he left us. His workout wisdom is evergreen, and well worth reposting 25 years later—with a few updates to reflect that fact that we now have the SkiErg and BikeErg in addition to our RowErg.
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