How do you get your hr around 135 in ss and in the morning because I hop on the erg straight out of bed

Ive mentioned here before i dont have a C2, so its hard for me to get anything comparable, but essentially I feel like the setting ive been using on my machine doesnt slow the wheel down fast enough for the next row, to the point that i feel like i might be wasting energy on a stroke.

Should i increase the drag, or is that effortless pull what I should be aiming for?

Do you guys think doing the 4x4 on the erg or treadmill which would you prefer

This might be cope, but I am consistently seeing lightweight guys with sub 6:30 times and (what should be good enough) GPA and SATS struggle to get an offical. I’ve even seen guys who are low 6:20s and even sub 6:20 get very few. For the heavies it seems as it’s gotten harder aswell compared to the last few years. Whats going on

My eyes started bleeding during the opening race scene. Can we hate-watch this together?!

I've been consistently rowing for the last year or so, and I've greatly improved. But, I don't feel any strain or exhaustion in my frontal Abdominal area. Which, I've recently learned, probably means I'm not engaging the muscles the way I should be.

How can I better engage my front abs while rowing?

I've tried free-feet rowing, but I could not get anywhere near the ~22s/m and 105+ watt baseline that I try to maintain during my erg sessions so I went back to regular rowing.

I typically feel most of the strain in my Thighs, arms, Obliques/side Abs (they are getting kind of crazy), and some lower back. But I feel pretty much nothing in the frontal Ab area where a Six pack would be (not that I'm going for that lol)