When will it be mine turn to have row partner?

>>77309290
you not using it after the first week

its a decent investment but its not a life changing cardio machine by any means.
i still have my concept2 that i bought over covid. erg rowing is perfect if my joints are feeling sore or if its raining.
otherwise i'd honestly rather go do hill sprints, jumprope, or do something thats more dynamic than pulling a rower in my garage for an hour.

>>77309290
Most overrated meme, only loses to crossfit in general
For me it is getting a Treadmill with the highest incline setting you can afford (Incline Walking is God tier LISS)
And use the remaining money to get an Assault Bike (King of HIIT)
>b-b-but why 2 machine when i could get 1
Because meme rowing doesn't excel at either LISS or HIIT, it is basically just Concept2 shills overhyping it

>>77309290
Was a rower for eight years, if you're not already a rower you'll get more out of a stationary bike. Literally never seen someone in the gym on one of these look remotely like they knew what they were doing, and if you don't know what you're doing you're not using your full body effectively, e.g. you're not getting any of the purported benefits over a bike or treadmill or anything else you're just torquing the fuck out of your lumber spine and looking like a retard

>>77309943
>Treadmill with the highest incline setting you can afford (Incline Walking is God tier LISS)
People are really sleeping on this, but steep inclines are the GOAT.

>>77309329
>its not a life changing cardio machine by any means
It would be if you used it regularly. The sad fact is that rowing is so utterly boring that literal walking or jogging looks like a thrill ride in comparison.

>>77311138
Shut up retard a fucking monkey can row a boat please don’t act superior you are GAY

>>77311176
>sleeping on this
>are the GOAT
when did 4chan become infested with ebonics speaking niggers

>>77311328
both terms are literally older than you, newfag zoomer

>>77309290
Get the chuck norris machine instead.

>>77311328
day you logged on

>>77309313
This rowing is agony compared to almost every other form of cardio when you actually keep an eye on your hr.

>>77309290
shes mogging the fuck out of that poor guy

>>77311328
About 4 or 5 years now. Zoomers use globalized approved slang and the psyoppers have chosen hip hop slang for it's low complexity, child like, and sing songy qualities for ease of transfer to the lowest npc hordes. They have nothing regionalized of their own.

>>77311384
This. Tbh, desu is as far as I’ll go with this gay nigspeak shit. Ong you‘ll never see me saying on god or fr fr. Nah unc no cap fr fr

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>>77311333
So because they are old, that negates them from being niggerspeak?

I like doing cardio on my concept2 over my echo bike. getting into a rhythm and focusing on form is more satisfying than sitting on the bike flailing my arms around

>>77311518
based doorchad

>>77309290
Treadmill fogs. Rowing is for gay britcucks.

The rowerg fixed my back and neck issues after a fracture.
After 8 months, I rowed a 6:12 2K. It's horrible to grind but highly beneficial.

>>77309943
>not loudly singing shanties for the gym to enjoy while rowing
Never going to make it

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Belts off, trousers down
Isn't life a scream
WAHEY

>>77309292
I’m lonely too.

>>77311328
right around when based god fucked my bitch

>>77309943
>(Incline Walking is God tier LISS)
>Assault Bike (King of HIIT)
too redpilled for this shitty dead board

>>77311328
we made hiro filter some overused ebonics when he became gookmoot

>>77312026
I'll row to your house and fuck your sister

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>>77309290
ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM
MERILY MERRILY
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM

>>77315670
You don't know pain until you have to sing this song for 30 minutes straight to put your baby to sleep

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>>77315670
HELP ME BOB I’M NATTY IN THE ALLEY

>>77309290
I've recently fallen in love with it. My times are still slow but I enjoy it and am progressing.
Plus the machines are almost always open.

>>77311138
Any tips? As far as I know you should extend the legs, aim the bar for the bottom of your pecs, retract your scalpula and end up at an 11 o'clock angle, viewed from the right.
On return the bar should slide down your thighs until the knees and you end up in a 1 o'clock position.
Obviously try to keep a natural arch in your back and your neck in line with your upper spine.
Am I supposed to lock out my knees at the top?

>>77309290
Burns calories very fast
Your butt will go numb after 30 minutes and it tightens up your lower back, stretch afterwards

>>77316193
You don't need to sweat the exact body angles, that depends a lot on the person and school of thought. A lot of elite rowers go for a ton of layback on the erg, like approaching 45 degrees, because they have the core strength to sustain it. Just don't round your lower back up front or let it slump at the end of the stroke. The two big things I see people fuck up are not using their lats properly, i.e. pulling with their shoulders raised instead of keeping the lats in tension and suspending their body a bit through the pull, and not waiting for their shoulders to pass back over the seat on the recovery before bending the legs. If your legs bend early you put a lot of pressure on the hip flexors to swing the body forward and you'll have a terrible time at high rates. Start the stroke with your shins vertical, shoulders low but slightly forward, enough to bring the lats into tension. Press through with your heels, think about trying to split your weight between the handle and the foot plate and being light on the seat as you drive back, and hold off on the body swing until your legs are about halfway down. It should be a smooth transition obviously. Aim for 18-22 spm for zone 2 work. IDK your cardio fitness but I coach (mediocre to decent) high schoolers and those scrawny kids can rip around 2:05 to 2:00 for 30-40 minutes at a 20 without their heart rate going over 150. Olympians will be under 1:50 for zone 2.

>>77313050
I like imagine I am rowing as an Athenian to crush the Persians at Salamis, or for the Pope to defeat the Moslems at Lepanto.

>>77309290
Highly effective low impact agony. There's a reason most people hate it, it's made for masochists, I think is the best form of cardio there is BUT it's hard to do.

>low impact
>full(-ish) body workout
>gives a nice shoulder and lats pump
>requires technique
>can fuck with your back day
>harder than rooning
Kind of a mixed bag. I use it in winter cause it beats a stationary bike or the treadmill.

>>77309943
i'm of the opinion that the rower is not shilled enough, let the clueless flock to the rower
incline walking should stay underrated
the treadmill zone in public gym are always littered, i don't want it to get even more popular, i hate training next to so many people
i agree on assault bike though, the rower will never be able to compete against the assault bike for high intensity anaerobic sets, not even close

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time seems to pass by so slow when i erg. probably due to the fact that theres a fucking split timer infront of you 24/7 or a force curve that you stare at.
when im out on the trails or hiking, 40 minutes goes by like its nothing.

>>77309290
Increasing the stagnant circumference of your rectum

>>77309290
Dread.

>>77318045
This. An hour running outdoors goes by so fast but 10 minutes on a stationary bike feels like being inside some sort of a hyperbolic time chamber where 10 minutes feels like 500 years.

I've got zero muscle mass and I'm a totally un-fit skinnyfat skelly. (seriously, btw)
Will starting to row at least "tone" my body and will I look at least as such as if I was working out?
I'm not expecting visible muscles,
but it does build muscle mass if you've got - like me - FUCKING ZERO.

genuine question.