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RE back pain -- make sure you check your damper setting. I find that rowing on 10 can be really hard on your back. Rowing on a lower setting feels easy at first, but trust me, you can still get your heart rate up and burn calories. Plus, I think you lower your chance of injury. For more information ...

When I first start to work out after a long layoff, I usually gain weight. I have read in the past that one possible reason for this is that your body starts to demand hydration in response to the exercise. So, most of the initial weight gain is water. This implies that when you are not exercising y...

If I've been away from rowing and then start again, I almost always gain weight for a period. I've read on this forum before that when you are not working out you often do not have the same level of hydration, and that when you start to work out a bunch and drink the fluids the workouts require, you...