You can go to every practice, do every workout, lift weights with your team—and still hit a plateau with your 2k erg score. If that’s happening, it’s not because you’re lazy, weak, or not working hard enough. Most erg plateaus happen because something important is missing. In this post (and the video above), I break […]

If you’re trying to drop your 2k erg time by just doing harder workouts and hoping for the best, you’re wasting your time. For most high school rowers, getting faster on the erg isn’t about more suffering. It’s about smarter mindset, pacing, and planning. I’m Kristin, an eight-time National Team member for Team USA, an […]