The new WinTech adaptive seat has proven a popular favourite in the adaptive community – easy to attach, lightweight, comfortable. Marlow has 4 of them that are used regularly. That use, especially by one of our PR1 rowers training intensively … Read More »
Sometimes the best adaptions are the simplest. Duct-tape and foam are the adaptive coach’s best friends, but Stratford-upon-Avon has added another handy implement – the bungee cord. “Phil has been with us several months and suffers from progressive MS. Phil … Read More »
British Rowing has published a fine article with their monthly newsletter in February on adaptive seating – “Indoor rowing machine adaptations for adaptive rowers” by Annie Vernon. I’ve done several posts on adaptive seats, but this piece is a very … Read More »
Christmas has come early for our festive fitness fellows Marlow RC and Royal Dolphins who have become the beneficiaries of some of the most advanced erg fixed seats in the world. First used at Stoke Mandeville Spinal Clinic (where I … Read More »
Surfing through a range of online adaptive resources, I happened upon this clever fitting by Adapt2Row that goes on to any Concept 2E model to directly attach a wheelchair to a rowing machine. This simple adaptation reduces the requirement to … Read More »
There are a number of ways to have a flat fixed seat on your rowing machine. From the simple duct taping it in place to the WinTech adaptive seat with removeable back (see photo below). The latter costs hundred while … Read More »
I’ve already compiled a catalogue of adaptive rowing seats that I have found and pretty much all of those can be adapted for use an a rowing machine as well. But there is also a range of adaptive seats made … Read More »
Marlow sits in the hilltop shadow of its local council, High Wycombe, famous for its chair industry. The nickname for the local football team, the Wycombe Wanderers, is the “Chairboys”. It even boasts a Chair Museum at few miles from … Read More »
More master craftsmanship from Marlow Rowing Club “Gaffer in Chief” John Stephenson. The Fixed-Back Sliding Seat has been a great success for a number of our adaptive rowers, but over time their own bodies have adapted with the regimen of … Read More »
[YouTube instructional video “Fixed Back Sliding Seat for Adaptive Rowing“] Adaptive rowing is about adapting the sport equipment to the particular capabilities and needs of the individual athlete. While “pararowing” has internationally approved classifications to provide some form of basic … Read More »