The Fit Foot Plate is designed to retrofit Concept 2 Rowing machines. Its purpose is to widen the spread of the foot position to create a better knee angle for those users with wide hips and/or thighs. The knee angle if splayed rather than straight has the potential to cause injury with repetitive use. With the Fit Foot Plate attached, the spread of the foot position is adjustable up to a total of 8" accommodating most larger users of the rowing community, providing a safer stance. The Concept 2 rowers are excellent machines for conditioning and weight loss because of the full-body work, aerobic benefits and low impact nature of the rower. Large Crossfit, obese and pregnant users can benefit greatly. An additional feature of the FFP includes a "fall-away" extender arm to hold the rowing handle in a higher and closer position for ease of grip when the users first situates themself on rower.
Although the original design was made for larger individuals (XL+ size, pregnant, etc.)
where thigh diameter caused the knee to be out of alignment with the ankle/shin
drive-line and the misalignment could cause repetitive use issues, research has shown the varied positions can enhance all rowers power drive.
Consider the design for anyone that wants to vary the range of leg press angle-of-attack
not unlike bench press or push-ups with varied width positions.
Our Fit Foot Plate works with Model D and Model E of the Concept2 RowErg.
The Fit Foot Plate does no work with earlier models of the RowErg.
Dimensions of Fit Foot Plate: 21.375 L x 17.25 W x 3.75 H in inches
54.2925 L x 43.815 W x 9.525 H in centimeters
Link to installation instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8bkHZm92CU&t=3s
Posted by Andy on 16th May 2022
If you have a concept rower don’t wait buy this product!!!! It is a little expensive, but worth every penny! Very well built….very easy to install. Finally relief from knee and hip pain
Posted by Daniel on 3rd Sep 2021
I bought a RowErg to try and work out and get in shape. I tried to use it once it arrived and was unable to do to the foot placement being way too close causing a lot of pain to use it. I did some searching online and found this foot plate and it’s awesome. I contacted customer service just to make sure that it would work with my rower and they were super helpful and just great to work with. Highly recommend this product and company.
Posted by Eric J Jackson on 3rd Jun 2019
I want to thank LaneGainer so much for engineering this part for the Concept 2 Erg. This is basically making a very expensive machine usuable again after a knee injury.
I understand the cost of the this part - I doubt very few people have heard of it even though I am sure that many people could benefit from it.
I was lucky enough to speak with Dena at Concept and she sent me to UCanRow. I just happened to catch the owner of UCanRow on the phone (she was kind enought to answer while at the airport!!). The owner sent me to LaneGainer so I could purchase this.
I had fabricated a very similar version of this myself at home, but I do not have the proper tools to work with metal of appropriate thickness, and while mine worked as well, it was very rough.
Begrudgingly, I purchased the plate and LaneGainer was kind enough to comp shipping and it got here VERY quickly.
I sent Dena all the information at Concept2, dutifully complained that Concept should get it in gear and provide options for their customers. It really is kind of rubbish to have to pay for an extra part to use a $1300 rower, but LaneGainer is awesome and the folks are great.
IF Concept continues to drag their heals on alternative foot placement platforms, I highly recommend this product.