Team Row Pain, Row Gain

[old] artmom5 · Post by **[old] artmom5** » June 29th, 2005, 5:10 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(SpaCityBulldog @ Jun 28 2005, 09:07 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Welcome to Melissa Wojciechowski! Gald to have you with us. <br /><br />Kevin <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Ditto that welcome,<br />To our 30th member, Melissa, Welcome aboard! Our boat is now becoming a ship our crew is getting so large, Watch out 9th place here we come! <br />Mary

[old] jal183 · Post by **[old] jal183** » July 1st, 2005, 6:41 pm

Alright. I'd been chomping at the bit to get a rowing machine at home and to start working out again (after a LONG hiatus). $850 was a little too steep, and I didn't quite know how to convince my better half that it was a good investment. A recent Wellness checkup at work gave me all the ammunition (for her) and motivation (for me) to get my flabby fanny moving.<br /><br />Looking to drop 45 lbs over the next year and improve my level of fitness (damn off the charts cholesterol level ).<br /><br />This seems like a nice friendly spot to share my meters and make some new friends.<br /><br />Cheers to all!<br /><br />-John

[old] SpaCityBulldog · Post by **[old] SpaCityBulldog** » July 1st, 2005, 8:01 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(jal183 @ Jul 1 2005, 05:41 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Alright. I'd been chomping at the bit to get a rowing machine at home and to start working out again (after a LONG hiatus). $850 was a little too steep, and I didn't quite know how to convince my better half that it was a good investment. A recent Wellness checkup at work gave me all the ammunition (for her) and motivation (for me) to get my flabby fanny moving.<br /><br />Looking to drop 45 lbs over the next year and improve my level of fitness (damn off the charts cholesterol level ).<br /><br />This seems like a nice friendly spot to share my meters and make some new friends.<br /><br />Cheers to all!<br /><br />-John <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Welcome to the boat. I had a NordicTrack skier for 15 years. I had to quit skiing because of ankle surgery 5 years ago. Put on weight and finally bought the C2. I have to admit as much as I liked skiing I like rowing even better. Having a machine a home makes things a lot easier.<br /><br />I started in Feb 2005 and needed to drop 40 lbs. I'm now halfway there. Looking forward to getting to know you a little bit better.<br /><br />Kevin

[old] NurseBobbi · Post by **[old] NurseBobbi** » July 1st, 2005, 10:10 pm

<span style='color:green'>Hi, guys,<br /><br />Welcome to the new folks!<br /><br />I've had to take a couple of days off. I was having a lot of joint pain and fatigue and needed to know if it was the arthritis or if I was pushing to hard with my exercise. Seems to be a bit of both. I'll resume rowing next week, but I'll scale back my efforts a bit.<br /><br />On the bright side, I've lost a few pounds and a few inches--1-1/2" off my waist and 1" off my hips! </span>

[old] artmom5 · Post by **[old] artmom5** » July 2nd, 2005, 1:10 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(jal183 @ Jul 1 2005, 06:41 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Alright. I'd been chomping at the bit to get a rowing machine at home and to start working out again (after a LONG hiatus). $850 was a little too steep, and I didn't quite know how to convince my better half that it was a good investment. A recent Wellness checkup at work gave me all the ammunition (for her) and motivation (for me) to get my flabby fanny moving.<br /><br />Looking to drop 45 lbs over the next year and improve my level of fitness (damn off the charts cholesterol level ).<br /><br />This seems like a nice friendly spot to share my meters and make some new friends.<br /><br />Cheers to all!<br /><br />-John <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Welcome to the team John,<br />You joined the right team, we have our mega meter warriors and people like me that just row every other day. Read previous advice on this and other forums if new to rowing. Good advice that I was told take it slow, don't push to hard to fast starting off. This is a life change ! There is such a thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to a new exercise routine. Take care and good luck. if you know any ways to drop cholesterol, let me know , I am in the same boat, my body loves to manufacture it.(hereditary!).<br />Mary

[old] artmom5 · Post by **[old] artmom5** » July 2nd, 2005, 1:13 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(NurseBobbi @ Jul 1 2005, 10:10 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><span style='color:green'>Hi, guys,<br /><br />Welcome to the new folks!<br /><br />I've had to take a couple of days off. I was having a lot of joint pain and fatigue and needed to know if it was the arthritis or if I was pushing to hard with my exercise. Seems to be a bit of both. I'll resume rowing next week, but I'll scale back my efforts a bit.<br /><br />On the bright side, I've lost a few pounds and a few inches--1-1/2" off my waist and 1" off my hips! </span> <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Congrats Bobbi on the inches lost! WoW! 2 1/2 total. That's a clothing size! Great job! We all need days off once in a while.The athletes call it tapering! We feel guilty when we do it! Enjoy the time off for your body to heal. That's a good thing.Take care,<br />Mary<br />

[old] GrapeApe · Post by **[old] GrapeApe** » July 2nd, 2005, 5:31 pm

Hi everyone,<br /><br />I originally joined up with thew Rowpro rowers, but this group is far more supportive. Used the erg a bit in the past as a warm up for weights, but it's been quite a while since I've been in a gym and I decided it was time to get back.<br /><br />Been rowing for a few days only as it only just arrived in the mail, but I hope to add at least 1K a day till I have a little more time to work out a schedule. Just got a weight bench too and it feels good to be at it again <br /><br />Currently 123 kg and hoping to shed about 23 of them by focussing more on the cardio aspect and the weights as secondary...<br /><br /><br />edit - thanks to SpaCityBulldog for the earlier invite, much appreciated.<br /><br /><br />Tom

[old] SpaCityBulldog · Post by **[old] SpaCityBulldog** » July 2nd, 2005, 6:05 pm

Welcome Tom, Glad to have you in our boat.<br /><br />Kevin<br />

[old] jal183 · Post by **[old] jal183** » July 3rd, 2005, 10:48 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(artmom5 @ Jul 2 2005, 12:10 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Welcome to the team John,<br />You joined the right team, we have our mega meter warriors and people like me that just row every other day. Read previous advice on this and other forums if new to rowing. Good advice that I was told take it slow, don't push to hard to fast starting off. This is a life change ! There is such a thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to a new exercise routine. Take care and good luck. if you know any ways to drop cholesterol, let me know , I am in the same boat, my body loves to manufacture it.(hereditary!).<br />Mary <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Thanks for the advice on easing in to it. I have to admit, I like the numbers aspect of the C2 rower (always shoot for shaving that next second off the time), so I'm slightly worried about falling into that trap.<br /><br />I'm blown away by the people on this team who get on for 10k in the am and 10k in the pm. Seriously. Are you machines? I thought I was joining a group of people looking to lose some weight, not train for the Ironman.

[old] artmom5 · Post by **[old] artmom5** » July 3rd, 2005, 7:21 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(jal183 @ Jul 3 2005, 10:48 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(artmom5 @ Jul 2 2005, 12:10 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Welcome to the team John,<br />You joined the right team, we have our mega meter warriors and people like me that just row every other day. Read previous advice on this and other forums if new to rowing. Good advice that I was told take it slow, don't push to hard to fast starting off. This is a life change ! There is such a thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to a new exercise routine. Take care and good luck. if you know any ways to drop cholesterol, let me know , I am in the same boat, my body loves to manufacture it.(hereditary!).<br />Mary <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Thanks for the advice on easing in to it. I have to admit, I like the numbers aspect of the C2 rower (always shoot for shaving that next second off the time), so I'm slightly worried about falling into that trap.<br /><br />I'm blown away by the people on this team who get on for 10k in the am and 10k in the pm. Seriously. Are you machines? I thought I was joining a group of people looking to lose some weight, not train for the Ironman. <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Those are definitely NOT the newbies! Just focus on total time. 15-30 minutes, work up to 60 then shave time once in a while maybe once every two weeks or once a week if you row daily to do a PB. If you look we have a wide range of rowers here, very experienced to new(one month for me!) which is nice, experienced advice , motivation and support no matter what level you're at someone can help you . Good Luck!<br />Mary<br />

[old] artmom5 · Post by **[old] artmom5** » July 3rd, 2005, 7:24 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(GrapeApe @ Jul 2 2005, 05:31 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Hi everyone,<br /><br />I originally joined up with thew Rowpro rowers, but this group is far more supportive. Used the erg a bit in the past as a warm up for weights, but it's been quite a while since I've been in a gym and I decided it was time to get back.<br /><br />Been rowing for a few days only as it only just arrived in the mail, but I hope to add at least 1K a day till I have a little more time to work out a schedule. Just got a weight bench too and it feels good to be at it again <br /><br />Currently 123 kg and hoping to shed about 23 of them by focussing more on the cardio aspect and the weights as secondary...<br /><br /><br />edit - thanks to SpaCityBulldog for the earlier invite, much appreciated.<br /><br /><br />Tom <br />Welcome Tom,<br />And thanks to SpaCityBulldog for the recruit(any questions ask him, he's one of our major exercise experts!) Best of luck and welcome to the Team RPRG!<br />Mary<br />Row ON!<br /> </td></tr></table><br />

[old] SpaCityBulldog · Post by **[old] SpaCityBulldog** » July 3rd, 2005, 11:53 pm

I found some pictures of Xeno showing his stroke at the following links:<br /><br /><a href='http://www.invernessrowingclub.co.uk/pe ... o_erg.html' target='_blank'>On the C2</a><br /><br /><a href='http://www.invernessrowingclub.co.uk/pe ... water.html' target='_blank'>On the Water</a><br /><br />You will need to click on the arrows to advance the pictures a frame at a time.<br /><br />

[old] SpaCityBulldog · Post by **[old] SpaCityBulldog** » July 4th, 2005, 12:06 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I'm blown away by the people on this team who get on for 10k in the am and 10k in the pm. Seriously. Are you machines? I thought I was joining a group of people looking to lose some weight, not train for the Ironman. </td></tr></table><br /><br />John: I believe everyone on this team primary goal is to lose weight. I do know that a LOT of meters were rowed during the Summer Solstice challange. We also were moving up in the standings and that made things exciting. Teammates continued to row a lot of meters climbing past the Dutch to 10th for a day or two before they pulled their 24 hour challange.<br /><br />I did more than I had ever done before in a week and I ended up catching a cold because of it. And I believe Bobbi has already mentioned she has had some problems since then.<br /><br />Things have slowed down since that week and the team seems to be back in a more normal rowing mode. Like you I too like the numbers aspect of the PM3 and it's easy to get caught up in things and do to much if you're not careful. At least that is very true for me.<br /><br />Kevin

[old] RockinRobin · Post by **[old] RockinRobin** » July 4th, 2005, 6:17 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(SpaCityBulldog @ Jul 3 2005, 11:06 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I'm blown away by the people on this team who get on for 10k in the am and 10k in the pm. Seriously. Are you machines? I thought I was joining a group of people looking to lose some weight, not train for the Ironman. </td></tr></table><br /><br />I did more than I had ever done before in a week and I ended up catching a cold because of it. And I believe Bobbi has already mentioned she has had some problems since then.<br /><br />Kevin <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I didn't row very much last week at all and I still got a summer cold....Maybe it's a sympathy cold for Kevin and Bobbi

[old] artmom5 · Post by **[old] artmom5** » July 4th, 2005, 1:09 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(RockinRobin @ Jul 4 2005, 06:17 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(SpaCityBulldog @ Jul 3 2005, 11:06 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I'm blown away by the people on this team who get on for 10k in the am and 10k in the pm. Seriously. Are you machines? I thought I was joining a group of people looking to lose some weight, not train for the Ironman. </td></tr></table><br /><br />I did more than I had ever done before in a week and I ended up catching a cold because of it. And I believe Bobbi has already mentioned she has had some problems since then.<br /><br />Kevin <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I didn't row very much last week at all and I still got a summer cold....Maybe it's a sympathy cold for Kevin and Bobbi <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Was wondering why my gap was slowly closing. Didn't row either this weekend...Body needed a rest and we had water pipe(s) (yes plural} leaking issues at our house! The joys of home ownership! Hope you fell better.<br />Mary<br />To all us US rowers<br /><span style='font-family:Impact'><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:blue'>Happy July <span style='color:red'>4th</span>!</span></span></span>

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