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Hello, I too am a newbie rower - aged 33, a husband and father of 2 kids under 3 and only slightly lighter than you. I just started rowing a few weeks ago. I'll leave to others more experienced to offer advice on the training stuff but I've been using RowPro (I'm actually using one of the training p...

Citroen wrote:

FordScrote wrote:I'm quite top heavy so finding it a good change.

Er, why? Rowing is 70% legs.

Cycling is about 95% legs

That's great for me. At least my top heaviness can be put to some use rather than none!

FS

I've just changed from cycling to rowing (getting knocked off your bike 3 times in 6 months kind of dents your confidence). I'm quite top heavy so finding it a good change. Rasmussen and Hoy are just about the two extremes - sprinters being muscly and hill climbers being ... well ... skinny. Most of...