Concept2 Forum

When you do any sort of excercise for over roughly a half hour, your body tends to have burned up it's glycogen (short term energy) storage, and begins to use muscle for energy (as it's more readily available than fat). That is why aerobic activity can lead to muscle loss. I'd reccomend a whey prote...

2k in 7:54, that's the first time I've ever tried rowing for any sustained period of time (usually I do a series of sprints). It's not horrible (I'm 16), and I was happy to break 8 minutes, but the rankings say it's 86%...oh well, always room for improvement.<br /><br />However, my 500m is 1:39, whi...

As far as I know, 48 bpm is very good...wish mine were that low. I think I'm around the low 60s.

Thanks all,<br /><br /><a href='http://www.fitnessplus.com/Equipment/Rowers/Concept2Rower1_B.gif' target='_blank'>This</a> is the old concept 2 rower that I have (so far as I can tell). We've had it for about 10 years, and I've only used it on and off. I'm hoping to get up to about 20 minutes worth ...

Alright. I'm 16, and I've found rowing to be by far the best cardio-type-workout I can get. My family has had an old C2 rower (I've used the new one and actually like the old one better), and i've really just started using it consistently. My real sport is baseball and I pitch (if the username didn'...