Concept2 Forum

get a physical, and while you're there talk to your doctor about your diet. find out about getting your body fat tested using a reliable method. right off the top: whole breads at subway? doubtful. skip the 5-alive (8oz=456calories, mostly from corn syrup). not many veggies in your routine unless yo...

JVC Lament Oh, Canada. Damn. Bumped out of top 150 by two-team ergers. looks like a there's a glitch that allows for more than one team affiliation, eh? take out the 10 or so doubles and you're well within the top 150. i'm just glad it's over! (i don't even have enough energy left for a haiku...)

ahh, the Church of the Sub-Maximal! obligatory crappy haiku: aching shins and calves. subvert challenge with beach fun. sub-max to re-coup. spent a long weekend at the beach, and returned with *very* cranky lower legs. i really wanted to catch up with my challenge meters, and a nice easy (aka 'slack...

The question of heart rate and source of energy is a perplexing one for me. I have asked a number of people if you exercise in a carbo burning zone and deplete your glycogen stores without taking in any carbos where is glycogen restored from: fat or protein. If it from fat then wouldn't exercising ...

"The scientists found their method could "spot reduce" troublesome areas such as legs and buttocks." this seems a tad suspect. those same areas just *happen* to be the areas most likely to firm up through cycling of any duration/intensity. i.e. focused muscle toning vs. pinpointing fat reduction ;) ...

Ducatista wrote:My JVC goals were more loosely defined:
- stay at or near my HC meters (which for me was the bare HC minimum... I finished the challenge w/200,030 meters )...

But Ann, the 'bare HC minimum' was 100,000!
congrats on the 3M!

hey jamier, sounds like you're doing all the right stuff. couple things i'd recommend: first, get a physical if you haven't had one recently. second, a heart rate monitor. i've used a heart rate monitor for the last couple years and i've found it very helpful in keeping me focused on doing quality w...

"Sub-Maximal" would make a great band name! i find if i try to go 7 days a week on the rower i burn out and start to make excuses not to row. i'm now a pretty steady m-f 5 days a week rower. the weekend will include hiking, bike rides, tennis, etc., but i usually stay off the rower. oh, that 'm-f' s...

is dropping that much weight while you're still growing/developing worth the possible long-term effects? i would recommend you consult your physician. any idea what your current body fat percentage is? 'sucking weight' is all well and good, unless you're hoping to get the most out of your brain at t...

... but you'd die from boredom on a C2 long before you would on a Biorower. roland, it looks to me like the 'boredom factor' (sitting in the same place, looking at the same thing) for the two machines would be *exactly* the same. i'm curious as to what is it about the biorower that leads you to thi...

steve, you're not seeing things!

when i stopped cycling for a while and took up running - my calves shrunk.

when i stopped running and continued rowing - my calves shrunk more!

got back on the bike and the glory that was my calves is coming back... s l o w l y

Since I am an ectomorph (pretty lanky, small shoulders, long arms, light build), I've been hoping to gain muscle mass. However, I'm curious to know how much rowing can affect training for those who are trying to bulk up. I have gained SOME weight ever since I started rowing 2 years ago (I think I w...

i do 40-60 minutes each morning, and tend to watch either the news or a portion of an action/drama style movie. the tv sits just past and above the monitor, so it's right in my sightline. audio is piped through my stereo and i have a pair of wired earbud-style headphones which eliminate most of the ...

Hi everybody, I am new to erging. I would love to join this group, but I can't figure out how to. I went to profile and I can't determine what I need to do. Please help me!!! Thanks, Kibi hi kibi, login to your personal logbook. click 'profile' (at top, next to 'logout' button), then 'edit profile'...

i remember seeing this sort of device hooked up to a stationary bike. it was in whole earth almanac, mother jones, mother earth, er, well, that big hippie catalog ;) this was back in the mid-seventies when i was a kid and my parents were threatening to make me generate the electricity for my daily g...