Re: Indoor rowing


"rifnraf" <rifnraf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Where to start? I have been using a Concept 2D at the gym every other
day, and decided on buying one for home use. I was at a level of full 10
resistance on the Concept, and was managing 2000 metres in about 20
minutes....... Went looking for a Concept and just didn't want to part
with the 2Grand or so it was going to cost. Spent a lot of time looking
through Ebay and there were so good bargains but the gain was sorely
depleted by the shipping...........
Spent hours on different sites reading about rowers and when arriving at
several British sites, found a magnificent writeup concerning the Infiniti
900. It was compared directly with the Concept and was touted as being
even bettter when used in a Semi-commercial application such as heavy home
use. Three weeks later, after hours of reading the many sites offering
exercise equipment I decided that saving $600-$700 dollars and buying the
Infiniti would be my direction.......... All I can say is WOW. The Infinti
is as much a contender as the Concept.......... In fact as a machine
likely to see an hours usage daily, I would say the Infinity has many
advantages over the Concept. The ability to change levels during a
heart-rate monitored program row has become my principal usage. With the
heart rate pickup on my chest, I can set the program to allow me to hold
my HR at a 3/4 rate and still have a varied row.............
There is a lot more to be said about this machine, but I'm still wondering
if this is the place to do it in????? My initial concern was not to kidnap
your subject of actual rowing by boring you with an exercise
machine.......... If I were so endowed with the means and the availability
to actually rowing or skulling............ I would. My age of 54 and the
lack of time has led me to body-builder and exercise. Rowing, on a
machine, has become an excellent source of cardio workout that works very
well with my weight training.
Thanks for your input............


Thank you for an interesting perspective. I have no reason to doubt
anything you say.

BUT, there is a really huge difference between what you are doing and what
oarsmen do. At your age an oarsmen would expect to do 2000 meters in well
under 7 minutes, ie about 3 times as fast as you, and therefore probably
working over 10 times as hard. There may be characteristics of the Infiniti
machine which become more apparent when being used at higher levels of
energy output.

Does anybody know?

Alexander Lindsay



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