Okay, Be Honest...just How Much......

[[old] swavo1]

Ummm, if you mean love it, I guess only in my increased overall fitness. However, I find it to be a tool, and thus would prefer to row on the water any other day. Of course, on a day when you're braindead, I'd rather just go erg. I don't have to think as much about my technique, which makes it nice after a big test or a couple of papers.

[[old] R S T]

<!--QuoteBegin-cdykstra+Sep 8 2005, 05:28 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(cdykstra @ Sep 8 2005, 05:28 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-bmoore+Sep 6 2005, 09:43 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(bmoore @ Sep 6 2005, 09:43 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Love?  Hate?  Disgust?  Pain?  Torture?  Yes, but it keeps us coming back for more. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />No offense intended, but this sounds like addiction. <br /><br />It fits for me... anyone else?<br /><br />CDykstra <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Addiction? Ah....maybe that's the word I was looking for.....<br /><br />One definition of addiction: <i>"being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)"</i><br /><br /><br />I accept that I feel cranky if I miss my erg session.....okay its the endorphine rush afterwards rather than the machine itself, but it does give me a buzz like no other machine.<br /><br />"Physically habit-forming" ????? You bet!!!! <br /><br />Cheers<br />RichardT

[[old] Xeno]

<!--quoteo(post=33908:date=Sep 5 2005, 02:24 PM:name=Pete Marston)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Pete Marston @ Sep 5 2005, 02:24 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Do you mean your particular erg, or just generally? Eg would it not be the same if you swapped you erg for a different one?<br /><br />I owned a model D for a couple of years, and sold it recently. I certainly had no attachment to it, though given a room of ergs I'd pick that one over any others.<br /><br />So I ditched my erg, and am getting myself a wife in a little under 3 weeks, so I can't have loved the erg much at all. Though the new wife comes with a newer model D. <br /> </td></tr></table><br />This is why I love to row indoors. No boat to carry down. No boat to wash. No oars to deal with. While your row indoors you get to interact with others. Rowing is the only form of exercise that I will do until I am six hundred years old. Besides all this, I came to realize that I feel like one of Benhur's slave rowers. However I enjoy it.

[[old] gcanyon]

<!--quoteo(post=33907:date=Sep 5 2005, 02:13 PM:name=R S T)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(R S T @ Sep 5 2005, 02:13 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>So I was wondering, anybody else just love their erg??<br /><br />Cheers<br />RichardT<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Funny you should mention this. <br /><br />I work at Home Box Office, in the Los Angeles office. The New York office is ten times larger than we are, and has a gym. They organized a decathlon in their gym -- push ups, dips, etc. along with cycling, running, stair-climbing and rowing.<br /><br />I heard about the results and organized a similar decathlon for the Los Angeles office. It was during the decathlon that I discovered C2.<br /><br />The first positive thing was when I called C2 with a question about the erg. New York had as part of their requirements a damper setting of 10 (I know, I know). I read about how in competition you can use whatever setting you like, so I called to ask about that. Not only did the nice person at C2 answer the question, she sent me an owner's manual, the newsletter, and a few other things.<br /><br />Then I actually tried the model C in the gym, and discovered I'm not half bad at it. I ended up winning that event with a 7:34 2K, and had a lot of fun watching very fit people suffer on the erg. More than one finished and said, "I will never do THAT again!" <br /><br />That was back in February 2005. It took some time to save up to get my own erg. It now sits in the living room, and pretty much I don't watch TV unless I'm also rowing. Every time I have something new to report to the people at the office (marathon, new PB, etc.) I finish by saying, "I love my rowing machine!"<br /><br />To be clear, I don't love my particular rowing machine -- I'd be happy with any rowing machine. I just love erging.

[[old] mpukita]

OK, let's face it ... if we had to choose between our ergs or our spouses, it would be a decision of the ilk of having to split the baby ... hate to even think about it ... it would be a miserible decision with no good result ...<br /><br /> <br /><br />And the great thing for the next two weeks is that we can all watch the Olympics and get in our meters at the same time!

[[old] FrancoisA]

<!--quoteo(post=55596:date=Feb 11 2006, 07:23 PM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 11 2006, 07:23 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>And the great thing for the next two weeks is that we can all watch the Olympics and get in our meters at the same time!<br /> </td></tr></table><br />Yes Mark! Especially when <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/iceho ... 60211.html" target="_blank">Canada clobbers Italy 16-0 in Women's Hockey!</a>

[[old] mpukita]

<!--quoteo(post=55608:date=Feb 11 2006, 04:57 PM:name=FrancoisA)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(FrancoisA @ Feb 11 2006, 04:57 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=55596:date=Feb 11 2006, 07:23 PM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 11 2006, 07:23 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>And the great thing for the next two weeks is that we can all watch the Olympics and get in our meters at the same time!<br /> </td></tr></table><br />Yes Mark! Especially when <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/iceho ... 60211.html" target="_blank">Canada clobbers Italy 16-0 in Women's Hockey!</a> <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I fear their next game will not be as easy!<br /><br />We have split alliances in our household. My wife is Canadian, my daughter was born in Scarborough, but has duel citizenship, and I am American. We're never sure who to root for ... we just hope for all finals in hockey to be Canada vs. USA ... men and women. Then, we cannot lose!

[[old] reeroar]

I too love my erg......my devotion simply to import it into China was enough.....China customs thought because it was called a "Concept 2" it was for some kind of prototype product that was for commercial use and I was forced to go out to the airport customs and make a written confession as to what it was and what I was using it for - (I offered to give them a demo and a go to see how they would go but they were not forthcoming).......if that is not love I am not sure what is.......<br /><br />

[[old] mpukita]

<!--quoteo(post=55646:date=Feb 12 2006, 02:42 AM:name=reeroar)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(reeroar @ Feb 12 2006, 02:42 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I too love my erg......my devotion simply to import it into China was enough.....China customs thought because it was called a "Concept 2" it was for some kind of prototype product that was for commercial use and I was forced to go out to the airport customs and make a written confession as to what it was and what I was using it for - (I offered to give them a demo and a go to see how they would go but they were not forthcoming).......if that is not love I am not sure what is.......<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Great story ... I would have loved to see a video of that exchange and explanation.

[[old] tow rope]

My erg so sweet she be<br />has regular and not so routine intercourse with me<br />hard and heavy breathing<br />strain, sweat, and relief <br />she inspires poetry and she loves me<br />

[[old] FrancoisA]

<!--quoteo(post=55612:date=Feb 11 2006, 10:21 PM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 11 2006, 10:21 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=55608:date=Feb 11 2006, 04:57 PM:name=FrancoisA)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(FrancoisA @ Feb 11 2006, 04:57 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=55596:date=Feb 11 2006, 07:23 PM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 11 2006, 07:23 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>And the great thing for the next two weeks is that we can all watch the Olympics and get in our meters at the same time!<br /> </td></tr></table><br />Yes Mark! Especially when <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/iceho ... 60211.html" target="_blank">Canada clobbers Italy 16-0 in Women's Hockey!</a> <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I fear their next game will not be as easy!<br /> </td></tr></table><br />Mark, they have just clobbered Russia 12-0 ! <br /><br /><!--quoteo(post=55646:date=Feb 12 2006, 07:42 AM:name=reeroar)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(reeroar @ Feb 12 2006, 07:42 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I too love my erg......my devotion simply to import it into China was enough.....China customs thought because it was called a "Concept 2" it was for some kind of prototype product that was for commercial use and I was forced to go out to the airport customs and make a written confession as to what it was and what I was using it for - (I offered to give them a demo and a go to see how they would go but they were not forthcoming).......if that is not love I am not sure what is.......<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />This story reminds me of when I imported my NordicTrack cross-country skiing machine from the States, 20 years ago. I had to go to the airport to clear customs, and explain why I imported it. I made the mistake of calling it a "machine" instead of "exercising equipment", which were two different duties categories. Thanks God (and our respective governments!), we now have free trade between our countries, which made importing my Concept2 Model D a snap! <br /><br />I love my erg by the way! Best piece of equipment I've ever bought. <br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />Francois

[[old] mpukita]

<!--quoteo(post=55686:date=Feb 12 2006, 01:26 PM:name=FrancoisA)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(FrancoisA @ Feb 12 2006, 01:26 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Mark, they have just clobbered Russia 12-0 ! <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Goodness ... I expected them to win, but beat Russia that soundly? Incredible!<br /><br /> <br /><br />I expect we'll see a Canada vs. USA final in women's hockey ... which will be a huge battle ... possibly the only scoring will be on power plays.<br />

[[old] Meri Goehring]

Were it not for my new iron maiden<br />My bones would be heavily laiden<br />With more fat than I care <br />Around my derriere<br />It's unlikely my love will be fadin'<br /><br /><br />

[[old] sandibert]

......Sorry, I'm new to this forum & have just recently purchased a C2-what exactly does erg stand for? Thanks in advance.

[[old] rspenger]

<!--quoteo(post=55736:date=Feb 13 2006, 08:03 AM:name=sandi)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(sandi @ Feb 13 2006, 08:03 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>......Sorry, I'm new to this forum & have just recently purchased a C2-what exactly does erg stand for? Thanks in advance.<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Dictionary definition: a cgs unit of work equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter (one ten millionth of a joule).<br /><br />Forum definition: Short for rowing ergometer, the orginal name for the C2 indoor rower. For OTW rowers it is closely related to argh (see also ugh), as in "argh, do we have to work out on those things today?" Ah, but at least you don't have to pick them up out of the water, hose them down and put them back on the racks (not to mention taking them out to the dock to launch in the first place). Also, you are not likely to swamp an erg (unless you live in an area subject to flooding).<br /><br />Bob S.