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Lasko utility fans are a big favorite in the indoor cycling community. Set one back a bit, you still get a good spread pattern, and those things move wicked air. https://www.lasko.com/products/pro-performance-pivoting-utility-fan-u15610/ https://www.lasko.com/products/max-performance-pivoting-utili...

So, here's the question: Week One I rowed M-F, w/S&S for R&R. I'm wondering if Week Two (and onward) it might not be better for me to row Su/M/T, rest on W, row Th-F, and rest on Sa. Update: Week Two is "in the books", and the 3/1+2/1 schedule is a winner; I felt rested after Wednesday and Saturday...

Following an almost three-year layoff (I could blame it on Covid-19, but let's be real) I've returned (yet again) to indoor rowing on my Concept2 (model D). I've gotten older, and it's more difficult getting started... but "this ain't my first rodeo." So, here's the question: Week One I rowed M-F, w...

The heart monitor pickup attaches to the bottom of the rail with adhesive tape and it has a wire that runs along the bottom of the rail to the back of the monitor. There are guides for the wire that attach to the rail with adhesive. The chest belt receives the signal from the pickup, so there is no...

Update: Today, when I got home from work, I ate two Wasa crackers with peanut butter. Half an hour later, I measured my blood sugar -- 115, then rowed for 35 minutes (6,578m). As soon as I finished, I again measured my blood sugar -- 75. And I feel good, too.

I'm going in a Alaskan criuse next summer. I'm going to tuck a 9/16" spanner and a cross-head screwdriver in the bottom of my suitcase. I may carry less than 100ml of 3-in-1 oil in hand luggage. If the rowing machines are full of dust when I embark, they won't be full of dust when I disembark. If y...

Background: After a five-month layoff from rowing, I started back a week ago with daily 30-minute workouts. I'm 58, 6'1", 295lbs, with almost 7-million meters rowed (but few during the past year). I'm also Type II diabetic. A recent (two weeks ago) blood test showed: total cholesterol=137, LDL=83, ...

I don't listen to music when I row. I used to, but now I watch sports on TV (I've got a rule: If I haven't worked-out, I don't watch TV sports). Now's the best time-of-year! MLB is about to go into The Pennant Race/World Series, and the NFL is in full-swing (thankfully, the NBA hasn't yet begun). Bu...

I have one hard rule in my life (I know, probably oughtta have a few more): No watching sports on TV, unless I've worked-out that day! :!: I allow myself to combine the two, so last week (and this week) I'm watching the US Open, while rowing. But videos? Nah... gotta be sports, which is why I'm so g...

Shalom! The 3rd Annual Virtual Team Challenge is fast-approaching, and we're setting-up team "Row Pain, Row Gain" for the competition. Team "RPRG" participated in the 2007 VTC and NARC, so RPRG members who rowed in either competition don't have to do anything other than row, row, row! New members to...

Shalom! An erger in a different Concept2 forum discussed the benefits of rowing daily LSD sessions, citing his own experiences with this method. His posting intrigued me, so yesterday evening I rowed a half-marathon; however, I fell into the "macho trap" and kept a constant sub-2:30/500m pace, finis...

Tuesday evening

Half-marathon in 1:45:35.1 w/30-second rests every 5K for hydration and toweling-off.

I also bought a pair of Converse All-Stars (hightops, in black, of course)... made me feel just like a kid. My Brooks Beasts had overly-wide heels, as others have noted about different brands. Friends tell me that it's no longer a problem on the models "D" and "E", but my gym has a lone model "C". W...

After a two-year lapse in rowing, I'm suffering the humiliation of having to rebuild my aerobic and muscular endurance (oh, the shame of it). Where once I did daily 60-minute straight sets, I'm now having to do three sets of 20-minutes, or four sets of 15-minutes. Here's my question: is it "proper" ...

John Phillip Sousa marches work for me, whether I'm doing single long pieces, or multiple intervals. I spent five years in the US Army (Infantry), so nothing helps maintain cadence (stroke rate) like this stuff. You had to have been there...