Concept2 Forum

You're kidding! I grew up in Pharr, currently reside in McAllen, and work in Mission. Wow, small world! I live in East Texas. I have not been that far south in years. The closest I came was San Antonio last week for a conference. I felt lost without my rower for the 4 days I was there, but it was n...

Thanks everyone. Weight loss is slow-going. I'm doing plenty of exercise, but my 4pm snack compulsion is nothing to mess with. I am heading in the right direction, at least, I just need to get re-motivated to start tracking my intake more closely. Sadly, it's easier said than done... I use an app o...

Thanks, folks, for the input. I have a heart rate monitor that I enjoy using and it seems I was doing a lot better weeks ago. Now I can barely get into the aerobic range when before I could maintain a higher rate. I wonder sometimes if it's lack of protein. I live in a cabin on a remote island and ...

fatrower, I hope you haven't abandoned this topic for good. In the off chance that you come back and see this I just wanted to let you know that you and a couple of the other posters here helped motivate me to get a rower and start getting in shape. Let me start off by saying i have considerably mo...

Just had to brag a little - rowed the CRASH-B last weekend - came in with a 7m 12.7s finish. Obviously not as impressive as a lot of members here, but I beat my at-home record by 12 seconds, and my goal by 2 seconds. AND when I was done I wanted to pass out, so I know I did about the best I could h...

Well, I'm keeping at it. I am rowing 4-5 days per week, and my progress is slow but continual. I am doing 1500 meter sessions now. I have completed my wide stance foot board 2 sessions ago, and have some new hip muscles, and my pace has slowed. If I could keep it up and do 5000 meters in 40 minutes...

I am a 405 pound asthmatic and I put my first 1000 meters on the erg tonight. I just want to thank you for posting out here and I encourage you to keep going. Any pace you can bring yourself to sustain for a period of time is a good pace when you are getting started. I have asthma also and typicall...

Greetings, first time poster and new rower here. I'll make it as short & sweet as possible. • I started getting back in shape in May of last year. I've been walking, using barbells, swimming, biking on a recumbent, body weight exercises, and resistance bands along with a strong food plan. • I was b...

The point is to keep working at it and pushing yourself. If I work nothing else in during the day, I will get my workouts. I just made a choice to make it work and that other things (like watching TV) come second. It was hard at first, but it becomes easier. I did not start at over 12k in a day. I h...

Just keep at it and you will do great. I shared my story to give you an idea that it can be done. It is funny how many experts I found when starting the program and how many experts still come tell me what I could do better (many of whom are much more out of shape that I am). As for this forum I hav...

Good for you. I posted this in another post today and so I am going to repost for you here. I am 5’10” and weighed 265 last April. I had been rowing but after a doctor visit I decided to get serious. I changed my diet (greatly reducing my caloric intake and removing starches, breads, etc). You will ...

Sorry I missed this forum but I wanted to give you some encouragement. Keep working at it by challenging yourself and it will get easier! I am 5’10” and weighed 265 last April. I had been rowing but after a doctor visit I decided to get serious. I changed my diet (greatly reducing my caloric intake ...

I lost 45 pounds running, rowing and switching to low-carb diet. I had a heart attack 3 years ago, and was on meds for Triglycerides, Statins and Beta blockers. I have always been active, running 10-20 miles a week or equivalent rowing. After the low-carb switch and weight loss, I'm off the Tri med...

I have done a low cal (which also means low carb) diet since April. Dropped 100 lbs and 17.5 inches and feel great. Under doctor's direction, I started adding calories back to my diet yesterday. The burn was almost triple that of my intake and he wanted to balance it before I started having other he...

Good afternoon, I can offer some suggestions to you since I have lost 88 lbs (about 10 to go by choice) and my waist is 15 inches smaller. I have really changed my diet and workout routine over the past 5 months. I drink soy protein shake every 3 hours (from bodysolutionsystems) for a total of 5 per...