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Okay, down 25 pounds now! The pads have worked out well (stacked 2 on the seat). Was hitting it really hard for quite a while (1/2 marathon every day) for a while, but was getting some bad feelings about rowing. Recently been trying to lower my spm from my typical 33 down to 23, which was more diffi...

Greg. Tried several trial and error versions, but ended up ordering a pad from C2. Glued it to the seat and did a HM and...wow...what a difference! Not completely discomfort free, but a drastic improvement! Also, I hit a couple of milestones. I have lost 20 pounds and completed my first million mete...

Greg, I did try drilling a couple of holes in the pad I have been using. It did seem to make the pain a bit less. Maybe I don't have them the right size or location yet.

Well, I got to the 15 pound weight loss mark! Didn't think it would take this long. Have cranked up my distances a bit, but still struggling with calorie intake during the evening (after my workout). Have been doing 15K per day for over a week now, and have completed my 4th half-marathon in the past...

I have a polar that I have had forever and purchased the pickup for my PM3. Works well.

A comment on gloves. My wife tears her hands up rowing and I was too at first until I adopted the curved finger grip instead. My thumbs are completely out of the picture as are the bottoms of my fingers. I only have a small callous at the first joint of 2 fingers on my right hand. I row 15K/day with...

I wish I was able to lose 10 pounds in 3 weeks. I average about 11000 meters per day 6 days a week and after about 5 weeks, I am just barely seeing the needle drop 10 pounds...on some days. An hour each day in the saddle sure makes me want to that 50 minute mark to arrive. I admire what you have don...

Greg, glad you mentioned the C Breeze. I ordered mine yesterday. This afternoon I was able to open a couple of windows and get a pretty good breeze every 10 minutes or so of my row. Not sure how much it actually helped, but I was able to do 12.2K in 60 minutes at a pace just a little less than 2.30 ...

Nudged the drag up just a little and held HR at around 125. Almost feels like I am doing nothing but I hope I am getting some good out of it. Stll doing my 10K per day though! Greg, I am going to find out how to get a stress test soon.

Wow! What a difference when I dropped the drag. Actually considered staying on for 90 minutes! Still had the watt display on but just to see. Dropped the HR to around 125, no idea of the pace but spm was around 24. Feel like I am cheating or something with so much easier of a workout. Worked up a sw...

I see what you mean. All the way down is 0 then.

Tanks Bob. Drag factor at damper setting of 5 is 118, while damper setting at 1 is 77.

Corkster, 1W per pound body weight is a little on the high side, 2.2W/kg; I'd suggest 2W/kg as a a minimum work level after warm-up, and this referred to a fit weight, not your actual weight. "Fit" weight could mean BMI 23, i.e. 23 times your height in metres squared. So if you're 180cm (71 inches)...

Thanks Greg. I needed to hear the details. I tried one "moderate level" portion of my workout this evening from info gathered on a website that said to row the same wattage as your weight in pounds. Heck, at 230 I might have been able to sustain it for a minute, but that would have been about it...l...

Greg, thanks so much for your continued support. You have been a really big help in keeping my head up. Here is an interesting site. http://www.nowloss.com/weight-loss-calculators/statrow150.htm Can't get the link to copy, but once you get there you may have to do a search for "stationary rowing". I...