WaterRower Weekly Training Tip 48 - Discomfort on the Seat

[WaterCoach]

Due to rowing being a seated exercise, many users may experience
discomfort on the seat and/or numbness in the legs when rowing:

Here are a few tips to help if you do experience discomfort:

1) Turn the seat around on the WaterRower, this can easily be done by
pushing gently on one side of the seat to lift it off the rails.

2) Try adjusting your sitting position to be slightly more forward or
backward on the seat.

3) Try using some extra padding (be careful of not adding too much
extra padding). An option is to wear cycling shorts, or using a small
piece of foam rubber, or using a seat cushion.

4) After 5-10 minutes of light rowing to warm up, stand up and stretch
out your hamstrings, gluteal and lower back muscles for a minute or 2
before continuing on with your rowing session.

5) I would recommend rowing for shorter time periods with standing
breaks in-between and concentrate on the correct rowing technique -
such as rocking over correctly.

6) Stretch your hamstrings, lower back and gluteal muscles as often as
possible - tightness of these muscles may be the cause of this problem.