Rowing = Horizontal Deadlift ?

[Zedonist69]

IMHO I think you have to agree that they are two different exercises, and in my experience one benefits the other. That is I found from experience doing DL provided the strength and stability to row by building the core and the muscles for rowing without pain in the lower back etc… it’s actually helped me to come back to rowing at age 53.

My main hobby is mountain biking, rowing helps me with endurance and weight training helps with staying in the cycling position and moving the bike around with out fatigue and aches and pains… the bonus of the weight lifting means I can row longer and improve my endurance. By rowing I mean Erg.

[iain]

I think the comparison is useful for newbies, especially coming from more continuous movement exercises like cycling, as it is a similar movement but more importantly requires high exertion followed by recovery. Far too many people initially put similar effort into the recovery as the drive and waste energy on the recovery and so have left to power the erg. Of course at the margins it is different.

[Crewman9623]

The static pre-deadlift position is quite mindful and requires tension/balance to be distributed correctly prior to the movement – it feels as though the skeletal frame is ''primed" for force expulsion. I have found the position mid-rowing stroke to have a parallel sensation of being 'balanced' in between equal (but opposite) push (leg drive, back swing) and pull (chain retraction) forces, where the stroke movement itself is what keeps you properly balanced. Somewhat like riding a bike.