Re: Biangularity?

Peter Allen wrote:

T wrote:

Peter Allen wrote:


T wrote:


The Crow wrote:


This is probably the wrong place to ask, because I get the
impression that if you're not talking about squating with three
hundred pounds of dead buffalo on your back, then you're not
talking serious exercise.


Barbells are ideal, though 300 is a little light.  ;-)



However, here goes all the same.

What do you think of these Body Solid biangular machines that boast
a merger between the different advantages of free weights and
machines combined?

What are the advantages of machines again? 


They do have some advantages. I wouldn't want to try doing 10 squats
as fast as I can with as heavy a weight as I can, because about one
time in five I'd screw up, squat down too fast, not be able to stop
myself in time, and I'd probably get a back injury.

Well, that's one reason. I wouldn't want to do 10 rep sets either. I wouldn't squat fast either.


Whereas I can do that on a horizontal leg press
and if I screw up the weights hit the stack with a huge clang but I
am not hurt.

Avoiding injury is good; what's the point of the fast 10-rep set?


Seems to work better for helping me get a boat moving fast. Power = force x velocity, the higher you try to make force go the more inefficient you are in a rowing boat, so you need to be able to move yourself quickly. But you have to be able to provide significant forces to move quickly, in particular you need to be able to accelerate the boat through the finish of the stroke to minimise fluid drag on the recovery. I find that just going for strength (steadier pace, heavier, probably less reps) doesn't get me that; I can accelerate the boat fine through the first bit of the drive but as it speeds up towards the finish I'm chasing it and I can't keep it accelerating.

10 strokes is about the length of a typical start, hence 10 reps. Again, seems to work for me.

IMO, the most important weights exercises for rowing are deadlift, leg press, bent-over dumbbell row, full squats, in that order.

Peter

That IS interesting; another sport you can practice skill, sorta, with weights. Neat. Ever try power cleans or high pulls?


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