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Had an interesting time on the rower last night.<br />A friend came to my house to try my rower out, he had never been on a rower before, but he is super fit and rides bikes and runs sub 3 hour marathons...... etc<br />I was really surprised to see him struggling on the rower, and he could not gener...

I thought I would add my very un-Scientific weight loss method.....<br />I started out at 202lb, and cut out the odd packet of crisps (Potato Chips), and the odd can of beer here and there nothing else, I did'nt want to do a diet that I know I would'nt be able to stick to.<br />Then I rowed 5 times ...

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Beta blockers will lower your resting HR and also block the normal increase in HR that you get with exercise. ...

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have a RHR of 35 </td></tr></table><br />My fitness level is slightly lower than yours!<br />Your 2K time of...

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I have now been using the rower for 8 weeks, and also a treadmill for the last week.<br />I train 5 days a week for approx. 30-40 mins every session.<br />When I first started out I was really unfit...... now I am a little bit fitter, and feel loads better for it and I have also lost 14lbs to date (...

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->First, I wanted to stay ahead of Andy............ </td></tr></table><br />Just because I let you! <br />Seriou...

Today I was adding to my metres, and I felt quite good, and was really going for it on a 500 metres.<br />I have a TV & DVD Player in the garage along with the Concept and was watching TV, anyway I was 3/4 quarters of the way thru' the hard 500 metres, and my heart rate was quite high when an advert...

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi Andy,<br /><br />I just wanted you to know that having someone to try to stay ahead of has helped keep me g...

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I just noticed that I just passed the 3,000,000 meter mark last night </td></tr></table><br />Well done Mike <...

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Congrats Norm!! I just logged my first in 100,000 meters (in 4 weeks) too. Now we have to try to catch the 400...

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<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hey Andy- just wanted to know I haven't forgotten about beating you to 8:00 for a 2k time. smile.gif I'll have...

Just clocked up my first ever 100,000 metres! <br />Done it in my first month of rowing <br />Half of that was done when I was really,really unfit, when I could'nt do a lot of work. Now I can row a little longer I hope to increase the next months quota!<br /><!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align=...

Keep going Simon!<br />What you have done so far is great motivation for those of us trying to shift the lb's <br />I have only been rowing 3 1/2 weeks, and have lost 7lb so far, slow but steady..... but I am quite pleased with that. I find some times I lose a lot, and then other times when I have b...