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Yeah, rowing rocks. I just finished the Concept 2 100K challenge. I feel seriously good pretty much all the time. My posterior chain is much stronger. My postur

Yeah, rowing rocks. I just finished the Concept 2 100K challenge. I feel seriously good pretty much all the time. My posterior chain is much stronger. My posture is much better. I can eat anything. The correct rowing stroke is difficult to master, more so if you want to row on the water. Time spent with Dark Horse or Training Tall YouTube videos will help quite a bit. Jumping rope is also very underrated. I’m just starting the CrossRopes challenge. Weight training is fairly rated. Spinning fairly rated. Ellipticals are overrated.

exabrial 7y ago
I love training tall! I'm not very tall for a rower (only 6'4") but his stuff helps me continuously improve. My last vacation to Florida I got out on the water with an 85 year old man that had been rowing for 50+ years. I got great instruction and he was full of sage wisdom. It was a ton of fun and I've never been so pleased to kick my butt kicked by a professional.
- dano 7y ago
  You're plenty tall for a rower, in fact, likely the perfect height for many boats. Keep up the erg work and I hope you can get on the water more frequently. I've been at it for 20+ years and love it.
- samstave 7y ago
  Can you distill some of the sage advice this man imparted to you, without rocking the boat, oar is that something you keep to your self?
Barrin92 7y ago
>My posture is much better this is the key thing that keeps me going as well and it seems underrated. Cardio and better looks and whatnot are nice but for me change in posture and back musculature has been a real boon. I used to have headaches and back pain pretty frequently and just essentially felt like a slob when sitting and having some more muscles and dropping some weight has fixed a lot of it. In addition to rowing, I can also recommend swimming. In particular for people who haven't exercised in a long time and/or are overweight.

exabrial 7y ago

I love training tall! I'm not very tall for a rower (only 6'4") but his stuff helps me continuously improve. My last vacation to Florida I got out on the water with an 85 year old man that had been rowing for 50+ years. I got great instruction and he was full of sage wisdom. It was a ton of fun and I've never been so pleased to kick my butt kicked by a professional.

dano 7y ago
You're plenty tall for a rower, in fact, likely the perfect height for many boats. Keep up the erg work and I hope you can get on the water more frequently. I've been at it for 20+ years and love it.
samstave 7y ago
Can you distill some of the sage advice this man imparted to you, without rocking the boat, oar is that something you keep to your self?

Barrin92 7y ago

>My posture is much better this is the key thing that keeps me going as well and it seems underrated. Cardio and better looks and whatnot are nice but for me change in posture and back musculature has been a real boon. I used to have headaches and back pain pretty frequently and just essentially felt like a slob when sitting and having some more muscles and dropping some weight has fixed a lot of it. In addition to rowing, I can also recommend swimming. In particular for people who haven't exercised in a long time and/or are overweight.