Concept2 Forum

<!--QuoteBegin-Strap In+Aug 7 2005, 03:10 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Strap In @ Aug 7 2005, 03:10 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I am however pretty determined to design a high...

<!--QuoteBegin-TLCoons+Aug 29 2005, 08:02 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(TLCoons @ Aug 29 2005, 08:02 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Personally, I feel more athletically capable wi...

Has anyone out there switched from running to rowing (or vice versa) as a means of conducting "interval training"?<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoy doing (running) sprints (from all-out 100m dash, to pretty intense 400m runs), but I'm a little concerned about the impact on my knees - my right knee join...

> It (my butt) starts aching, and after a few minutes starts getting painful. After a <br />> while, I'm forced to do sort of a little rowing dance to try to take the pressure <br />> off one side then the other, which alleviates it somewhat. <br /><br />Man I know the feeling. I asked about this ju...

Heh.<br /><br />Well I also bought the self-adhesive pad (and use it), and I've even tried towels. Limited success.<br /><br />I'm going to get some bubblewrap, however, as that is a new one for me and sounds hopeful. :-)<br /><br />Thanks for the advice folks, I really mean it - from the bottom of ...

[/quote]<br /><br />Hey WiZlon,<br /><br />Well done on the weight loss!<br /><br />A few people reccomend a layer of bubblewrap as a quite effective improvement to the seat comfort, have you tried that?<br /><br />If you search, you will find that you are not alone <br /><br />Michael <br />[/quote...

I achieved one of my major weight goals in recent times - I lost a total of about 40 pounds. I'm feeling great about that, but it comes with an unusual and very much unwanted side effect:<br /><br />I find that if I sit and row on the Concept 2 rowing machine that my my "seat" gets very uncomfortabl...

I note this thread with great interest. I used to do a fair bit of running - 30 miles a week, in 5-13 mile stints. I found I was losing weight - fat (yippee) and latterly discovered I was also losing muscle (uh-oh).<br /><br />I bought the Concept 2 rower because my Doc said that too much running at...