A StravaRow follower has just shared with me some of their uploads from http://www.Kinomap.com to Strava. They use Kinomap to virtually row on the concept2 rower seeing the video of the row whilst they complete the course mapped with GPS by someone in the real world.
This is potentially a great way to bring summer sunshine memories in to a cold erg room in the middle of winter. Also potentially a way to introduce crew synchronicity by having each person on the erg following a rower on the screen as you see in the following video – https://www.kinomap.com/embed/m69b9b
Wow look at the water at Lac d’Aiguebelette
This online service could be great for virtual coaches, being able to follow body movements on the erg could really help with a rowers technique. Virtual coaches could record on the water work outs at specific rates so that indoor rowers can then follow those workouts.
Potentially something people can race virtual Strava segments on as well. It appears rows that are recorded using Kinomap.com are uploaded to Strava as virtual rides. These virtual rides can map your speed over virtual Strava segments. There is a support thread that asks Strava to add a ‘virtual row’ option so that they could then be separated from the virtual rides.
So to all those with GoPro’s whilst the sun is out, now is the time to capture some nice hour long rate 18 rows, once Autumn comes be ready to play them back and bring back memories of the summer.
I have not tested the system so I am unsure how the video syncs with the speed you are moving along on the rower and the GPS track. There is a leader board showing how fast people have completed each row.
Concept2 Model D Indoor Rower with PM5 – Black
Concept2 Model E Indoor Rower with PM5 – Grey
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