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Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 2nd, 2020, 12:51 am
by Ombrax
https://nyti.ms/35cKN60

Get off your butt and row, even if it's just 50m at a time
Four seconds of high-intensity exertion repeated periodically throughout the day might counteract some of the unhealthy metabolic consequences of sitting for hours, according to a surprising and timely new study of the potentially large benefits of diminutive workouts.

The study relied on a specialized type of stationary bicycle that few of us will have available at home, but its implications remain broadly applicable and suggest that even a few minutes — or seconds — of exercise each day could help substantially to bolster our health.

Re: Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 2nd, 2020, 1:42 am
by Carl Watts
Thats great news, did an hour row today so now I can now go sit on my butt for the rest of the season.

Re: Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 2nd, 2020, 2:15 am
by Dangerscouse
I'll give it a month, at most, and then I expect to see an article that totally contradicts this

Re: Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 2nd, 2020, 4:02 pm
by jackarabit
These sprints took place on an unusual type of stationary bicycle with a heavy flywheel and no resistance that has been used at the U.T. physiology lab to test the leg and lung power of professional athletes. In those tests, athletes generated a tsunami of power and achieved all-out exertion within about two seconds of pedaling.
Tsunami of power in 2” Heavy flywheel? Inertial resistance must have been minimal as in very small diameter flywheel.

Re: Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 3rd, 2020, 12:29 am
by Rumpled
But it still takes me 15 min to pull the erg out and set everything up.
Might as well row for at least a bit to make it worth it.

Re: Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 3rd, 2020, 8:00 pm
by stephparm
Eight volunteers in a single study. Pretty impressive numbers there - hard to argue with that data.

Salute, New York Times.

Re: Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 5th, 2020, 8:44 am
by KeithT
Dangerscouse wrote:
May 2nd, 2020, 2:15 am
I'll give it a month, at most, and then I expect to see an article that totally contradicts this
Exactly, it's the same with all exercise and often diet info. High reps vs. low reps, cardio vs. HIIT, carbs vs. protein, as soon as one study "proves" one thing another comes out and shows the opposite.

Re: Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 5th, 2020, 9:34 am
by bisqeet
hogwash? is that the same as "a load of <expletive deleted>?" :)

Re: Erg gathering dust because you don't have enough time to row? Hogwash

Posted: May 5th, 2020, 5:04 pm
by Citroen
bisqeet wrote:
May 5th, 2020, 9:34 am
hogwash? is that the same as "a load of <expletive deleted>?" :)
Yes.