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by leehamster
September 25th, 2009, 2:21 pm
Forum: Health & Fitness
Topic: Forearm Tendinitis
Replies: 23
Views: 36857

may help

I just posted this on another thread. It may be helpful. Certainly on the water forearm tendonitis means your holding the handle too tight and feathering with your wrist instead of your fingers. The comments below are more about the erg. Sore forearms: There's some training effect to help here as yo...
by leehamster
September 25th, 2009, 2:07 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Technique -- my arms get tired before my legs
Replies: 11
Views: 12301

two thoughts

Sore biceps: Most likely you're breaking your elbows a bit as you catch. Your arms can be nearly straight, but pulling just a bit with your arms early in the stroke will mean you are holding tension in your biceps against the strength of your legs in the first half of the drive. "Hanging from the ha...
by leehamster
October 3rd, 2008, 12:32 pm
Forum: On The Water
Topic: transporting a single
Replies: 6
Views: 18749

what car?

What are some of the better cars for carrying a single or double?

Sure a minivan will work as ghudler says. How about smaller cars?

I'm trying to figure out if I can do it with a compact sedan safely for years to come, or if I need to have a station wagon.

Thanks.
by leehamster
July 25th, 2007, 1:02 pm
Forum: Weight Loss & Weight Control
Topic: A very basic question
Replies: 31
Views: 19687

you're mixing concepts here if you mean can one pound consumed raise your weight more than one pound immediately, the answer is no. that one pound of food is just one more pound on the scale if you mean can one pound consumed cause you to gain more than one pound of fat after your body processes it,...
by leehamster
January 23rd, 2007, 1:08 pm
Forum: Weight Loss & Weight Control
Topic: Are days off essential?
Replies: 17
Views: 14951

watch for overuse

I don't know what your base was before the Holiday Challenge, but I'm guessing from your question that this was a big step up in volume of C2 rowing. I personally think it's healthy to have some variety of exercise besides rowing. Even when I was 18, lots of rowing would make me creaky. More so now....
by leehamster
July 11th, 2006, 6:54 pm
Forum: Health & Fitness
Topic: Piriformis Problem
Replies: 16
Views: 15726

easy

take it easy on the back. when you can return to rowing without any pain, go easy and have someone experienced check out your form.