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Welcome, Chris. I'll reiterate what Stu said about the damper lever / drag factor: Higher is by not necessarily better. The simplest thing for the type rowing you're doing is to pick a DF between 110-130 (or in that ballpark) and just go with that. There are a few people who insist that they must h...

Welcome to the forum Chris. First of all don't be fooled into thinking the higher resistance is better. It doesn't work like that, and Olympic rowers will train at resistance of circa 4 or 5, which more importantly equates to a drag factor of circa 130. It's important to note that the resistance fi...

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Intermittent fasting (6 hour window) works for me along with a 10k row each day - i can lose 1kg per week

I can easily go 6 hours without eating. But think how much eat during the other 18 hours.

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Intermittent fasting (6 hour window) works for me along with a 10k row each day - i can lose 1kg per week

Hi all, glad to be here and i have read some very interesting posts with great advice. I recently started rowing again as a primary exercise. I rowed competetively (5k sprints indoor) in the military in my mid 20's but got burned out from the team training and didnt go near a rower for many years af...