StrengthERG suggestions to make it #1 strength machine

[gvcormac]

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But I've worked out in hundreds of gyms, and I've never come across the Concept Dyno

https://www.concept2.com/support/dyno?s ... 66jE5Gh_Wx

which is the predecessor of the StrengthErg.

I suppose private individuals might buy it for home use to save space or to avoid having heavy weights lying around but I'm doubtful I'll ever get to see the StrengthErg in a gym to try out for myself.

We now have to wait and see.

I'm not sure if it will catch on in gyms. I don't like gyms, and I don't like Smith Machines and the like (especially in a gym setting). There's an established gym culture and even RowErgs are second-class citizens.

I do think this will be attractive to home users who are not ensconced in gym culture and/or find strength equipment bulky and/or unaffordable and and/or unsafe.

But there's another attraction: You can pull/push on this machine absolutely as hard as you can, and measure the outcome. With weight/resistance/calisthenics you basically have to guess a resistance somewhat below your capacity. So you have to resort to things like counting reps to measure progress. And if your estimate is too high, you might hurt yourself. But I find this unsatisfactory, just like I find rowing without an erg (or working on an elliptical with a fake erg) unsatisfactory.

Yes, I wish they had something for hamstrings. But I'll probably buy one anyway. Maybe I'll retire my elliptical to make room for it.

... speaking of hamstrings, I'll contradict myself a bit. I do 100m sprints, and have been known to injure my hamstring in the process. But my impression is that is caused by extreme acute eccentric load, which is absent on the Strength Erg.