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[[old] Meredith]

Hi. <br /><br />I just bought a concept2. I can only row for about fifteen minutes but I expect to improve! I am also older (just turned sixty) but that is hardly an excuse. <br /><br />I had a couple of questions. <br /><br />I notice the website sells rowing pants, but I don't understand the sizing. Anybody know what size would go with a woman's size sixteen pants? Or is the size on the web site the waist size (probably is) in which case ordering is easy. Embarassing, but easy.<br /><br />I plan to listen to music, but sometimes I think I might want to look at a Netflix movie. (Someday. When I can stay on the machine longer than fifteen minutes.) I know I can't read on a rowing machine (unlike a treadmill) but do people watch TV or movies while rowing? <br /><br />Thanks!

[[old] Alissa]

<!--QuoteBegin-Meredith+Dec 11 2005, 09:37 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Meredith @ Dec 11 2005, 09:37 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I plan to listen to music, but sometimes I think I might want to look at a Netflix movie. (Someday.  When I can stay on the machine longer than fifteen minutes.)  I know I can't read on a rowing machine (unlike a treadmill) but do people watch TV or movies while rowing? [right] </td></tr></table><br /><br />Hi Meredith!<br /><br />Not only do people watch TV while rowing, they also (via computer connections and additional software) do on-line racing where they need to follow the race on a monitor. There's even a recent thread on <a href='http://concept2.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=3162' target='_blank'>"Where the TV Should Go"</a>, which it turns out is important to avoid injury.<br /><br />If you end up w/ a TV conveniently placed, you might want to check into Xeno's DVDs to help you establish good rowing habits as you start (see the info in his signature--he posted in the thread on where should the TV be...). He's a great instructor.<br /><br />Congratulations on your purchase...<br /><br />Alissa

[[old] grams]

Music... that's what I use to keep going for longer sessions. I buy cd's when we travel and then play them while erging. I can close my eyes and be in Hawaii or Spain or England or California or whereever.<br /><br />And I am rerecording my old music (cd's tapes etc) through a great $30 piece of software. I do the recording while erging (usually 20 mins/side for an album) and then put it on a cd. <br /><br />I need to erg for at least 40 minutes to lose weight, so I really need the entertainment. Don't worry, I started at 15 minutes too. Then I began adding 5 minutes every week. I switched to salads and the pounds came off. Its interesting that I'm not as hungry on the days I erg.<br /><br />grams age 63

[[old] mmracing]

Movies like Rocky or Blood Sport where the hero has to beat the odds, get me to keep rowing.

[[old] jamesg]

Rowing is an extremely technical and difficult form of art. Any distraction will nullify your capabilities and improvement. Would you watch TV or listen to muzak or any such junk while playing the piano or chess?

[[old] John Rupp]

I usually listen to piano while playing the piano. <br /><br />I don't have a tv by the erg but movies would be interesting. <br /><br />Usually I just row, or else listen to a metronome. This morning I listened to Scott Joplin ragtime. Books on tape are good. I've only listened to one so far but have listened to a lot of interviews, which are interesting. A friend of mine watches shows on PBS.<br /><br />Such things are only when rowing easily though.<br /><br />Most of the time though, and with anything faster, it's just rowing.

[[old] JohnBOve]

<<Rowing is an extremely technical and difficult form of art. Any distraction will nullify your capabilities and improvement. Would you watch TV or listen to muzak or any such junk while playing the piano or chess?>><br /><br />You think working out on an ergometer is art? <br />

[[old] Terry S]

I've been enjoying a variety of "courses" from The Teaching Company. It's kind of a variation on John Rupp's suggestion of Books on Tape. Since one has to concentrate to follow the lecture material, it's great for making the meters pass on my kind of rowing--long, slow distance.<br /><br />Check out The Teaching Company's site at www.teach12.com. This is a first class operation with an extraordinary variety of course material available on DVD or VCR tapes. Every course goes on sale at some point during any one year. The prices are prohibitive unless on sale.<br /><br />Good rowing with your new C2.<br /><br />Terry<br /><br />

[[old] Meredith]

[quote=Terry S,Jan 4 2006, 07:44 PM]<br />I've been enjoying a variety of "courses" from The Teaching Company. It's kind of a variation on John Rupp's suggestion of Books on Tape. Since one has to concentrate to follow the lecture material, it's great for making the meters pass on my kind of rowing--long, slow distance.<br /><br />Good rowing with your new C2.<br /><br />Terry<br /><br />Thanks Terry! I have a whole bookshelf of Teaching Company tapes and audio CDs, which I used to listen to while commuting. I love those courses! I plan to use my rowing time as a better form of driving time, to keep listening to those tapes. I'm trying to work my way up to a thirty minute row (I am at 25 minutes) so I can enjoy the tapes more easily.<br /><br />Interesting that you talk about long slow rowing. Despite everything I have read about intervals and so forth, all I am doing right now is working on extending my time and thinking about my form. I guess I will do more later, but I really can't think.. go fast for this five minutes...or anything complicated like that yet. The "first rows" described for the erg machine sound awfully elaborate for me. Anybody else found that? I mean, for newbies, of course, not for experienced rowers.

[[old] Meredith]

<!--QuoteBegin-mmracing+Jan 3 2006, 11:43 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mmracing @ Jan 3 2006, 11:43 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Movies like Rocky or Blood Sport where the hero has to beat the odds, get me to keep rowing. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I am fond of listening to the Pint and Dale CD, Port of Dreams, with the song about Harbo and Samuelson.<br /><a href='http://members.aol.com/Pintndale/podlyr ... dsamuelson' target='_blank'>http://members.aol.com/Pintndale/podlyr ... son</a><br /><br />Harbo and Samuelson rowed across the Atlantic. I particulary like the last verse:<br /><br />So those of you listening <br />who yearn for adventure, <br />Like Harbo and Samuelson so long ago, <br />Like them, be prepared for the task you are facing, <br />They were not only brave <br />but by God they could row!<br /><br /><br />

[[old] John Rupp]

<!--QuoteBegin-Meredith+Dec 11 2005, 09:37 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Meredith @ Dec 11 2005, 09:37 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I notice the website sells rowing pants, but I don't understand the sizing.  Anybody know what size would go with a woman's size sixteen pants?[right] </td></tr></table><br />I don't know but got a pair of C2 medium shorts, exchanged them for large and they were still way too tight on me. <br /><br />They won't even fit over my thighs. Thus I don't recommend the shorts from C2.<br /><br />Stretchy nylon/lycra is the material of choice, and either aerobic or cycling shorts should tend to fit better than other types.<br /><br />Keep in mind the shorts need to be comfy when sitting and leaning forward on the rowing machine.

[[old] FrankJ]

<!--QuoteBegin-John Rupp+Jan 5 2006, 03:10 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(John Rupp @ Jan 5 2006, 03:10 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I don't know but got a pair of C2 medium shorts, exchanged them for large and they were still way too tight on me.  <br /><br />They won't even fit over my thighs.  Thus I don't recommend the shorts from C2.<br /><br />Stretchy nylon/lycra is the material of choice, and either aerobic or cycling shorts should tend to fit better than other types.<br /><br />Keep in mind the shorts need to be comfy when sitting and leaning forward on the rowing machine. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />John,<br /><br />I'm 196 lbs (89 kg) and wear the C2 men's large shorts which fit me just fine. My thighs are 24". Perhaps the pair you bought were mislabeled. I also use biking shorts but some of them have stitching in the wrong place for sitting on an erg.<br /><br />Frank

[[old] mpukita]

<!--QuoteBegin-Meredith+Dec 11 2005, 01:37 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Meredith @ Dec 11 2005, 01:37 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi.  <br /><br />I just bought a concept2. I can only row for about fifteen minutes but I expect to improve!  I am also older (just turned sixty) but that is hardly an excuse.  <br /><br />I had a couple of questions.  <br /><br />I notice the website sells rowing pants, but I don't understand the sizing.  Anybody know what size would go with a woman's size sixteen pants?  Or is the size on the web site the waist size (probably is) in which case ordering is easy. Embarassing, but easy.<br /><br />I plan to listen to music, but sometimes I think I might want to look at a Netflix movie. (Someday.  When I can stay on the machine longer than fifteen minutes.)  I know I can't read on a rowing machine (unlike a treadmill) but do people watch TV or movies while rowing? <br /><br />Thanks! <br /> </td></tr></table><br />XM Radio & Cable TV ...

[[old] Steelhead]

<!--QuoteBegin-Meredith+Dec 11 2005, 10:37 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Meredith @ Dec 11 2005, 10:37 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi.  <br /><br />I had a couple of questions.  <br /><br />I notice the website sells rowing pants, but I don't understand the sizing.  Anybody know what size would go with a woman's size sixteen pants?  Or is the size on the web site the waist size (probably is) in which case ordering is easy. Embarassing, but easy.<br /><br />Thanks! <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Concep2 Rowing shorts:<br /><br />Sizes: XS (26-28 inch waist); S (29-30 inch waist); M (31-33 inch waist); L (34-36 inch waist); XL (37-39 inch waist); XXL (40 to 44 inch waist).<br /><br />

[[old] Meredith]

Sizes: XS (26-28 inch waist); S (29-30 inch waist); M (31-33 inch waist); L (34-36 inch waist); XL (37-39 inch waist); XXL (40 to 44 inch waist). <br />[/quote]<br /><br />Thanks, Steelhead!<br /><br />