In 30 minutes of row time, at 10/16 resistance
I've overcome the back pain and am becoming truly monstrous. I sprinted the last 5 minutes at like 52 strokes per minute. I sounded like a human freight train.
My shoulders are becoming boulders and I can make my chest dance. I've had friends comment on how they can see my biceps across the room. I am becoming one of antifas greatest super soldiers. My pronouns will soon be he/himbo
All it took was getting a rowing machine and using it for like 1-2 hours a day (doing stuff is hard I have to take a lot of breaks to smoke weed u_u) almost every day between December and now while explicitly ignoring advice to not do that. Tbh you should probably alternate rowing and running, I'm built different, sweaty
I should probably exercise less tbh it's hard to keep my weight ~170 without a lot of extra protein but my brain broke and I'm addicted to the row zone
I bought a cheaper one awhile ago but never broke through the initial barrier of fitness/cardio before it gets easier. Haven't been fit in so long my arms just ain't got strength making even low resistance rowing lead to pain. I need to get back at it, honestly.
Need to get fit so I can enter into a new himbo phase and leave behind the depression phase
Just gotta keep at it dawg, be that drip that carves through a mountain or something
“1263 motherfucking strokes,” Oedipus said.
“1263 motherfucking strokes,” said Woodrow Wilson.
Ex-athlete here. 42 spm is way way too high. Just a few tips for anyone who wants to try rowing machines. Technique is important and difficult to get right, try to look up some diagrams online but in general:
- Start in the forwards position, arms straight, legs bent, shoulders down (lats engaged), back straight (sat up tall but leaning slightly forwards)
- Drive with the legs. Do not bend your elbows, but keep the lats engaged (imagine hanging off a ledge, force should be going through your fingers into your lats without using biceps)
- With your legs about half way down you can rock back slightly, keep the back straight but sat up tall and leaning back slightly.
- With your legs about 3/4 to completely down you can use your arms to pull the last little bit into the bottom of your ribs.
For the machine, the Concept2 is basically the only one worth using. DO NOT set the resistance to maximum. Set it about half way. On a concept2 you can select "options" and "display drag factor" on the screen, row for 10 seconds and it should display a number. Drag factor should be around 120. (130 if you're heavy, 110 if you're light).
If you do this correctly, it will be completely impossible to reach 50 strokes per min (unless you are doing some advanced techniques like a half slide wind). For a 30min row I would recommend 18-22 strokes per min. For a 500m sprint maybe 32-36 strokes per min. For 2km I would recommend 26-30 spm. You can increase these as your technique improves.
And if you don't believe you can row fast at low stroke rates, this guy got close to a world record 30min row at 20 strokes per min: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n91DaqAk9k
42 spm is way way too high.
Excuse me le reddit sir I said 52, that's fifty and a two. I became a torrent of locomotive force bound in human flesh and sinew
And the LAST TIME i posted you ROWING NERDS told me I was setting the resistance too high and would hurt myself. Guess what, I changed nothing except for how fit I'm getting and how quickly I can row 😎😎😎 I was doing ~1000 strokes in that same time frame, now I'm up 25% more strokin'!
"If you row correctly it's impossible to..."
Idk dawg impossible for people who aren't me apparently :shrug-outta-hecks:
For the machine, the Concept2 is basically the only one worth using
This is nerd shit. Pardon the hostility but anybody reading this who just wants to get fit, ignore this. It's NERD SHIT.
You don't need some perfect fucking simulacrum of The Rowing Experience like you're training for some rower nerd regatta. You just need a machine that's good enough to work out on and comfortable and not gonna fall apart.
You don't need to spend $1000+ fucking dollars on this.
I bought a $200 rowing machine and I'm getting swole as fucking hell. I bulked the fuck up through alcoholism and this rower is allowing me to turn all that into muscle country and you can too!
How much did yours cost? I loved the rowing machine when I still had a gym membership but I let my membership expire since the place was getting run down as fuck
It said the regular price was like 400 but it was on sale for 200 despite being cheaper than similar but different colored models. The brand was Merach or something, got it on Amazon. It's not perfect but it's workin
Don't forget to alternate with pushing exercises. Unevenly developed muscles can create unnecessary pain in the long run as either your back or your chest muscles apply more tension to your shoulders than the other side at rest.
That's why I let all of my muscles atrophy equally :thonk-cri:
Damn, over 1,200? It only one of them to kill my dog. Damn, you're tough
I wish I could fit a rowing machine in my tiny apartment :sadness: Then again the place would end up stinking of sweat if I regularly did aerobic workout here
Most of them are at least made to stand up or fold when not in use
I already got a foldable bike stored in the shower, can't really fit any more stuff in here without looking like a hoarder.
What's your pace? I can maintain a pace of 200m/min at 8/10 resistance (~24 rpm) for 30 minutes. I try to do that 3 times per week.
Sounds like you're doing lighter, faster strokes and I'm curious about the pros/cons of each approach.
Rower doesn't tell me all that, it says 3.91mi which would be almost 210m/min, 10/16 does not feel like a light resistance but idk dawg
rowing a boat has to be one of the most physically miserable experiences i've had in my life, i would rather use literally any other kind of boat, even a canoe with one paddle and too much equipment.
Well yea that's why i'm rowing a machine, the only boat involved is the one in my head from Twins where Arnold is rowing super fast but clearly has a motor assisting him
i hear you, but the motion itself is what sickens me. i tried a rowing machine once and it just reminded me how much i hated rowing a boat. power to ya.
Maybe that'll be me someday. But I struggle to do 30 minutes at a time :kitty-cri:
Do what I do, whenever it gets hard stop and smoke some weed and keep rowing
I wouldn't even know how to get weed and the high quality CBD pre rolls at Kushy Dreams dot com are really expensive even with promo code CumTown.
Get a job in a kitchen and ask all your coworkers. Or start asking around through your friends who you think would smoke weed and not be dipshits about you asking if they don't
Unless this is a bit with the cumtown thing
I did like the CBD I got but it is expensive. Also asking friends is an issue because none of my friends live near me. There's actually a CBD store near where I work so I might swing by there and see their prices.
For the sake of balance I would recommend that you throw some pushups in there. Maybe 3 sets of 15-20 per rowing workout?
I think that most people have no concept of the depth of recovery and acclimatization the human body is really capable. Don't be afraid to push it, AS LONG AS IT STILL FEELS GOOD. If you feel pain developing, take time off. It's better to miss a workout here and there instead of missing a month because you got tendonitis/a shoulder injury/a back injury.
