Set your grip before you start rowing
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In this short video, John demonstrates the importance of setting your grip on the handle before taking the first stroke. This quick preparation routine ensures that your grip is set to the correct position before you start making good rowing technique easier to maintain.
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Video Transcript
So just if you start like when you start start with a square blade it's always good to start with a square blade so what you do at this point is you you establish your grip okay so you if you have a look down and your wrists are flat the handle's back in the palm of the hand that line there is 45 degrees to the water then the first thing you can do is just that line there that line that knuckle line there's about 45 to the water
and the wrists are flat now the first thing you need to do to row is to push down and roll out
if you do that on the second the third the 50th 100th 150th of the row
and the wrists are flat now the first thing you need to do to row is to push down and roll out
if you do that on the second the third the 50th 100th 150th of the row