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- It's quiz time.
How well do you know your Concept2?
First off, if this is your first time here,
welcome to Dark Horse,
where you are the hero of your own story.
And we are the guide that helps you get
to exactly where you wanna go.
Now with that being said, let's get into the quiz.
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Here are the nitty gritty details.
I'm gonna give you 10 questions about Concept2 Machines.
You have to answer them as we go.
No fair bumping to the end
where all of the answers are listed.
Don't you do it, you gotta wait.
You gotta answer them yourself,
see how well you do.
At the end, I will give the answers
and then you will check them against your answers.
And I have a little nice sorting
for what kind of Concept2 owner you are.
Let's see how it goes.
Here are the questions.
Okay, here are your questions.
Again, answer ahead of time.
No cheating and skipping to the answers.
I have my questions right here,
because there's no way I'm gonna memorize 10,
why would I do that?
10 questions, let's rocket through 'em.
Number one, between workouts,
in what position is it recommended
that you store your rowing machine?
Number two, what oil is recommended with which
to lubricate the rowing machine chain?
Number three, what weight and dimension
is the Concept2 Model D?
Probably their most popular model.
Number four, what prize does Concept2 send you
when you log 10 million meters on that machine?
Number five, what is the estimated assembly time
of a new Concept2 Model D out of the box?
Number six, what denomination
does the monitor naturally default to
when setting splits for a workout?
Number seven, this one's a little insider tip
if you've been watching our videos lately.
What kind of shape should you see
when using the Force Curve for analysis?
Number eight, what game gives you four minutes
to accumulate as many points as possible?
Number nine, what is the maximum number
of rowing machines that can be wired together
for an in-person competition?
Number 10, what is the world record for a 2K,
not on sliders?
All right, let us proceed with the answers.
Number one, in what position
should you store your rowing machine in between workouts,
or basically when it's not being used?
The answer is broken in two parts
and stored next to each other up on end.
We would also accept if you are perhaps
in between workouts of a day,
perhaps you own a gym.
You can store the machine vertically as well.
We would also accept with the handle into the cage,
not in the catch.
I'd take any three of those answers would be okay answers.
The reason being, number one,
why we would break the machine apart?
It's safest to be stored that way
so that you don't have a very tall lumbering object
that could potentially be tipped over
if somebody were to hit it.
However, if during the day you are storing the machine
as one unit, tilted upright,
that's okay as well.
It stays out of the way,
but for a more permanent and safer solution,
we prefer to break them down.
We being I, the royal we,
this is simply me speaking here.
This is not a Concept2 sponsor video actually.
We just have so many Concept2 fans,
we figured it would be a great quiz
for all of you out there.
Number two, what oil should you use to oil the chain?
Very simple answer on this one.
3-In-One-Oil or 20W motor oil.
Some people may say Concept2 Oil.
Well, yes, that is most likely just 3-In-1 Oil
put in a Concept2 bottle.
Still the same thing.
So light coating for those of you that don't know.
Light coating on a towel.
You pull the handle all the way out,
a partner is often recommended here.
Have one person pull the handle all the way out gently.
Once it's out, you take that rag
and you just give it a nice light coating
all the way up and down the chain.
And then run the chain through about 20 aggressive strokes
to just work that oil into the system.
Number three, what are the weight and dimensions
of a Concept2 Model D?
Yeah, this is a very specific one.
I frankly would not be surprised if you didn't know this.
I only know it because I have carried this machine
up many mountains and into very weird places,
and so I know exactly how large it is
and the size of it as far as weight goes.
It is a 57 pound machine once it has all been assembled,
and it is eight foot by two foot.
That means that for your purposes of storage,
understand you've got eight foot by two foot
as a footprint deal with.
Unless of course, you go back to number one,
and we're splitting the machine apart for storage.
But 57 pounds and eight feet by two feet
is the answer.
Question number four,
what does Concept2 send you when you
have accumulated 10 million meters on their machines?
10 million meters.
I actually just watched that move the other day
for the first time.
Still funny.
Anyways, the answer is a Concept2 sweatshirt.
I have definitely not earned mine yet.
I haven't gotten there,
but for those who have,
you are a special select few.
Show your hands in the comments if you have logged over,
let's say if you've logged over a million meters.
Show your hands in the comments.
I want to know who you are.
Number five, what is the estimated assembly time
for a Concept2 Model D out of the box?
20 to 30 minutes, pretty easy answer.
The more comfortable you get with it though,
the faster the thing goes,
'cause it's eight bolts, three leg pieces,
and then once those are assembled with four bolts,
the other four bolts are dedicated
to just attaching that to the machine.
So if you've got 10 of 'em,
by the time you're on the last one,
you're five minutes of assembly time.
Not bad at all.
Number six, what is the default split setting
on workouts on the machine?
Well, the answer is that the machine
will naturally give a split of one fifth of the workout.
So if you program 5,000 meters,
the splits are going to be thousand meter splits.
So it's gonna measure
what's happening every thousands meters.
Now that is on top of, of course,
the 500 meter split that it is constantly measuring.
But it will measure a second split
and that is a split that you can actually adjust
if you want to as you're setting up the workout.
So when you're in the set-up screen,
if you look at the bottom you'll often see
change split length, in which case it's asking you,
"Do you want to just use the standard?"
Which is fifths or,
"Do you want to set some kind of special measurement?"
The only caveat there is if you are on a standard workout,
for example a 2K,
it's going to measure every 500 meters.
Or a marathon for example, 42,195 meters.
It's gonna measure every 2,000.
So that is something to be aware of
if you want to acquire your own specialized data
per workout.
Question number seven, what shape should you be looking for
when you are using the Force Curve as an analysis tool?
I hope you've been watching our videos recently
because this one should be an easy, easy answer.
If not, watch the video that gets linked somewhere
right about now.
The answer, a haystack.
And if you're wondering why, go watch that video.
I'm not gonna explain any further.
Question number eight, what game gives you four minutes
to accumulate as many points as possible?
The answer on that the Fish Game.
The classic game that you may not even know
is present in the monitor.
Did you know that there are games there?
Fun fact, fun story.
I got to sit down,
when we opened the online trainer's course
for Concept2 three years ago now.
When we opened it, I had a sit down with Peter Dreissigacker
of Concept2, one of the founders.
And I actually asked about the Fish Game
because I was curious.
Why the Fish Game?
I had never used it as a rower.
Why is it in there?
What is the purpose that it serves?
His answer, it was actually put there
to encourage children to play with the machine
and to be able to explore fitness
and give them a reason to use it,
so it wasn't just an adult's fitness machine.
It was something that kids could get into as well,
and I think that's a pretty cool answer.
For those of you that know,
I have a two year old daughter,
and if you go check out my Instagram @ShaneFarmer,
or @ DarkHorseRowing, it'll probably be on either.
I just posted a photo of me and my daughter
sitting on the machine together.
And she sees me working out on it
and I hope that soon she'll find an interest as well.
It's okay if she doesn't'.
I still love her.
Question number nine,
how many ergs or rowing machines can be linked together
in a single daisy chain for a standard in-person event?
The number, 40 machines.
That's a lot of machines and good luck finding a venue
that'll host all of those machines.
If you haven't seen it before,
I highly suggest you check out a competition in person
at some point.
Like C.R.A.S.H.-B.s
or the World Indoor Rowing Championships.
It's just cool to see that many people
who are this passionate about indoor rowing
get on a platform where they can compete
and test to just to see who's really at the top
of their game right now.
Question number 10,
what is the world record for a 2K on a Concept2 Machine,
without slides?
The answer, it was set by Josh Dunkley-Smith
who was testing for the Australian National Team
and 5:35.8 was the time.
That is a 1:23.9 split.
And that is absolutely unbelievable.
It's actually believable because he did it,
but it's stunning.
That's what it is, it's stunning.
All right, so how did you do?
Let's see how you stacked up.
We've got three classifications of quiz taker on this.
If you got one to four questions right,
let's consider you a Concept2 novice.
Good job.
You're at the get go.
If you got five to seven right, congratulations.
I think you could probably handle customer support
at Concept2.
If you got eight to 10 questions right,
my question for you is how closely
are you related to the Dreissigackers?
'Cause that's impressive.
I don't even think I coulda done that.
I had to look up a couple of these answers.
I knew most of them, most.
Woulda done okay.
Probably eight.
Bottom threshold of the upper echelon.
I feel like that's generally how I'd go.
I hope you had some fun with this quiz.
I just like putting this together
because I know we have a large audience
that uses Concept2 Machines.
For those of you that don't,
let me know what machine you do use in the comments below
so that I can help to get to know the company
that you use a little bit better,
and maybe I can offer you guys a quiz
at some point in the near future.
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