Ergo Rigger

Advanced Sculling and Sweep trainer configured for the Concept 2 Ergometer.

The ERGO RIGGER allows you to adapt your normal Concept 2 (or other) Ergo trainer to become a sculling trainer in minutes. Simply clip and lock the device to the Ergo and adjust to fit the height of the rower.

Two ways to use the ERGO RIGGER:

For the novice:
Once fitted to the Ergo, and with the rower’s seating position adjusted, both a coach and rower can concentrate on developing the fundamentals of rowing without the distraction of boat movement and capsizing (for the novice rower – a safe and non- threatening introduction to sculling).

For the more accomplished sculler:

Once the ERGO RIGGER is set up on the Ergo, it allows for more rigorous and advanced technique development with the coach and rower; particularly important in preparation for race conditions and strategy.
The ERGO RIGGER makes it possible to teach sculling to the novice and to coach the accomplished rower… and all at a fraction of the cost of a dedicated sculling machine.
The ERGO RIGGER comes with the option of a sweep (single oar) setup, or scull – dual oars.

Video: Extracts of an ERGO RIGGER training session with John Driessen:

This allows specialist sweep rowers to experience the feeling of a sweep before the challenges of being on the water are added to their teaching load.

The ERGO RIGGER makes it possible to teach sweep rowing to the novice and to coach the accomplished rower… the change in configuration from scull to sweep takes only a minute or two… watch video:

Review of ErgoRigger from Ian Bridgland, Head Coach, Corio Bay Rowing Club