Damper Settings - How to Find Your Efficiency Point

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[elecaire]

This should be part of or linked to any video for absolute beginners (like me). It makes complete sense, frames the discussion relatably and changes where I'll be putting the damper doing the drills I'm doing daily to work on form. Great video!

[LanceCampeau]

@ 5:16 <--- this is exact what happen to me over 3 years of using the erg... started by using the damper at 10 most of the time (DF 190+). After 3, 500, 000m I now usually have the damper around 4 to 7 depending on the distance and effort level required.... I'm a slow twitcher at 240lbs, so I have a tendency to like a high drag factor (damper). I still experiment with damper settings to change things up from session to session. My sweet spots are DF 180+ for sprints (500m or less) DF 135 to 155 (1K to 15K) and DF 105 to 130 for rows longer then 60 min.

[piotrlisiak]

Dziękuję za ten odcinek..to dużo zmienia w postrzeganiu znaczenia przesłony..Thank you for this episode ... it changes a lot in perceiving the meaning of damper ..

[TheCratsky]

I row twice a week using the 8 setting now. I've moved down from the 10 setting in just on 8 weeks. It's a challenge but focus on breath, pull and overall pace has helped. Thanks for posting great content. Hoping to improve with your tips.

[ridindawaves]

Thank you, I've always felt comfortable on a bottom 4 but never knew why or how the damper works now I know and will hang around that setting and lower to get to a sprint workout

[roberthurley]

Thank you for this video. As a newbie, it answered a question I didn't even know how to articulate.

[Death_Incarnate]

Thank you so much for the videos dude, helps me get the most out of my rower. Please don’t ever stop putting out great videos like this.

[johntaylor]

Great video. I did not know it was called a damper because I've only just started using a concept 2 rowing machine in my local gym. It's now one of my favourite exercise workouts as part of my total workout. I've increased my time from 6min to 7min per day until I re

[tommyryan]

Just found your channel. As a fit pro we all have our strengths and weaknesses, the erg has been the latter for me. Using your channel will help remedy that, thanks for all the great videos and resources! Keep it up!

[SidGoreEngineer]

Thank you!!! I had my concepts wrong. Re-learning the basics from your channel.

[BobGnarley.]

Very helpful! I think it's important to bear in mind the movement itself without any resistance matters. That is why there is a setting at all, it's not like a 1 is slacking

[thinkingoutloud]

Thanks for this! I just bought a Concept2 and day 1 I was on 3-5 today just to experience rowing for the first time, and while it was nice, it didn't seem to impact me the right way. I'll try cranking it up tomorrow.

[justintemp]

This is one of the best explanations I've seen.

[Rhythmicons]

I just got into rowing over a week ago and have been using the damper at 10. Rowed almost a 10k in 50 mins. Now I want to understand the importance of the split and DF.

[lucasgraham-brown]

Or... you could use it at a 4-5 because that’s what it was designed to do, as it closely stimulates resistance of the actual water

[alwatts]

great comment on setting the damper, I was not aware of the setting until I saw this comment

[MrDesertmike]

Proud to say I figured this out on my own😁😁

[machjeep]

I put baseball cards in the spokes so it sounds like a motor boat

[Max.RobynYT]

So if your a sprinter and going to do a 500m sprint you would use 1 on the damper?

[samuelscheetz]

So i should find my happy drag factor and always row about there? What about a really short row vs a really long row? I can hit 1:15/500 for a couple hundred meters with the DF at 200 but that would seem impossible at a DF of 100. When doing a 10k a DF of 100 would feel great. Let's say my happy DF is 130 would is there a standard curve i can follow? For example should i add 10% to my happy DF for a 100m row and subtract 10% for a 10k row? Lots of questions. Thanks!