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- February 17th, 2008, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: Knee arthritis & rowing
- Replies: 42
- Views: 79566
After two medial meniscus repairs during the past 3 years, I have developed osteoarthritis of the knee. I'm 53 and took up rowing to get exercise as my usual forms of exercise such as hiking, mt. climbing and skiing were no longer possible. As long as I get a dose of rowing every day, my knee feels ...
- February 17th, 2008, 11:48 am
- Forum: Health & Fitness
- Topic: New guy advice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3147
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that my first 5000 meter time was pretty slow: 25:18. But my stroke rate of 29-30 seems pretty high for that slow pace, and I was pushing up near max heart rate at the end of that 5k. I started rowing Jan 7 at the local Univ gym and after a couple of days decided ...
- January 29th, 2008, 4:09 pm
- Forum: Indoor Rowers
- Topic: Got my new D2 today - log card issue
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6012
Are you inserting the card all the way into the monitor? The first time I used mine, I didn't realize that the bottom of the card should be flush with the bottom of the monitor, so it wasn't recognized. YES!!! Thank you, that worked!!! All the pictures show the card inserted up to the C2. Right at ...
- January 24th, 2008, 2:03 am
- Forum: Weight Loss & Weight Control
- Topic: Middle-aged Fat Man Just Got Rower
- Replies: 22
- Views: 25459
I decided to start a more intense exercise program at the first of the year and went to the local univ gym. Bad knees from a life of mt. climbing, skiing and long distance hiking had slowed me down and caused me to "grow" to 255lb. I'm 6'1" and 53 and the goal is to get below 200lb.. I had used the ...