Community Rowing

23/06/2026

C'mon Norway! 🇳🇴 ⚽️

21/06/2026

The sun came out for Summer Solstice half-marathon team relay row challenge today 😎 Well done to all the teams that participated!

20/06/2026

The longest day of the year calls for a long row. https://log.concept2.com/challenges/solstice

12/06/2026

It's always more fun to row with others.

10/06/2026

Watts Up rowers, gymgoers, Hyroxers, Crossfitters and all fitness enthusiasts. There is still time to register for our Summer Solstice team relay indoor row challenge next Sunday June 21 when we will celebrate the first day of summer, Father's Day and 50 years of Concept2. For more information and registration visit https://shorturl.at/gXryD

10/06/2026

Thanks to Dr. Heffernan for a great article on the history of non-commercial community based gyms like my old weighltlifting club and Ireland's oldest continually running Hercules gym in Dublin. They are few and far between in the 21st century. Physical culture has been replaced by the new gym culture and it isn't progress. ☘️ 💪

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08/06/2026

A day in the life of an Olympic rowing champion. "Rowing on the machine is great anyway — it works out all of your muscles and helps develop your endurance and your fitness."

'When I’m rowing it’s often nice to listen to nothing, to switch off and let the time drift by, but if I am listening to music, I listen almost entirely to classical music'

06/06/2026

Summer is coming. Really! 😎 Join us on Sunday June 21, the longest day of the year, as we celebrate the official start to summer, Father's Day and 50 years of Concept2 with a 21k half-marathon team relay indoor row challenge. Teams of 4 Men, 4 Women or a mixed crew can row 1k, 2k or 5k in successsion.

So whether you are a rower, gymgoer, Hyroxer, Crossfitter or a weekend warrior Dad why not put your fitness and your teamwork to the test. For more information and registration visit

Calling all rowers, gymgoers, Hyroxers, Crossfitters etc. On June 21 the longest day of the year, Community Rowing will celebrate the start to the summer season, 50 years of Concept2 and Father's Day with a Summer Solstice half marathon team-relay indoor row challenge. Teams of 4 people will complet...

04/06/2026

Training almost exclusively on the rowing machine these days, O’Donovan, 32, does intend on being back on the water for the 2027 season, ahead of his quest to make the LA Olympics in 2028.

In January, Rowing Ireland and Sport Ireland appeared before an Oireachtas Committee to address concerns around athlete safeguarding and welfare within rowing’s high-performance set-up