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Hello Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I don't think one particular aspect of concentric and eccentric movements were mentioned previously. Let's take the bench press as an example. When I lower the bar down to my chest, the eccentric phase, it's not just the fact that I'm still pushing against the bar ...

Hello Tsnor You don't say what resistance you used to use on your old rowing machine, but like others, I don't feel it's the Concept 2 to blame here as you used a pretty low drag factor and not a very high s/m either, (at least not for many rowers here but perhaps for you it was a lot) If you have p...

Thanks It seems to me that the most obvious difference is that the new StrengthErg takes up less space. The individual in the video has not used the StrengthErg yet, so he cannot really comment on some of the more subtle differences. I used the DYNO in the past, and did not find that I got a good w...

Any tips to drop 25kgs? Yes, don't fall for those stupid US televised programs where the blood, sweat and tears makes for good television but terrible training. When excessively overweight, go for exercises where your weight is not so likely to cause injury, so avoid any aerobic exercise where your...

Hello everyone My gym is closed today as it's Xmas, and so I found myself using the pull up bars in the local park, together with my own elastic bands and suspension straps. Out of curiosity, I then searched for "elastic band"s and "suspension straps" on this forum, but got very few hits, and most o...

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A few initial posts about the StrengthErg were scattered around the forum until this new StrengthErg was given its own section. The old Dyno machine was mentioned as was the following video comparing the Dyno and StrengthErg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3o1tlnNQSE

Just for info

Burpees are hard so going into a series of them without a warm up could be enough to knacker you if you're not fit to start with. After all, you normally need to warm up before any harder form of exercise. Also, I don't do burpees due to toe problems but I wonder how many breaths people take to do o...

Hello As you have noted that it's only the BikeErg and with low resistance over a short time, while your hybrid bike is fine, maybe look at all the differences between the two bikes and your sitting position For instance, are your pedal straps, the pedals themselves or a narrow saddle causing you to...

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Hello Even though I cannot hang with one hand, I've found hanging with two and doing various movements (sideways, twisting and swinging forwards and backwards) has helped a lot with shoulder pain and elbow pain too to a lesser extent. The good thing about hanging is you are starting it for the first...

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Hello I decided against the most radical surgery (the only procedure that might work) as the recovery time is too long and even if I get my left foot fixed, I reckon that any running etc. would just make my right foot worse and then I'd need another operation. So I tend to cycle a lot instead of wal...

I have used the assault bike before and I think it is most useful for short intense sessions. It is very easy to get an extremely intense workout even in 30 seconds. I used to do 1min (repeats) -7 min sessions, completely at the limit. This can reduce your appetite but it won't burn off a lot of ca...

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Hello rowrow 12345 I think you might get a lot of answers to this as there are so many aspects to explore. Taking one aspect though, aerobic v anaerobic and lactic acid, here is what ChatGPT has to say; Anaerobic exercise causes the body to produce the most lactic acid. During anaerobic activities, ...