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  • I'm curious why you think that. Not necessarily challenging, but wondering whether there's evidence for that assumption. Obviously, it's very conservative, so it's better to think that way if your intention is to lose weight, but the flip side would also be true. If you're optimizing for training, though, you may be short…
    in Thoughts on Measuring Caloric Burn Comment by greghei1 June 2014
  • This. Plus many machines will sync up with a Polar (not necessarily true with the others). Greg
    in Frustrated doesn't even begin to cover it Comment by greghei1 February 2014
  • I've taken the classes, but I'm sure it's a lot different workout with Annie, although the right class does come with music: "Staying Alive, Staying Alive... (see, e.g., http://bit.ly/1fvXjw5 for a good Ken Jeong laugh)" How long are your "intervals" before you switch out with someone? Greg
    in how in the hell are these people getting 900 calorie burns Comment by greghei1 February 2014
  • OT, but watch the videos on the Concept2 website for form issues, making sure you correctly sequence your legs, arms and body. Then just do a lot of meters, building up the totals, and trying to drive the splits down a second per week. You'll get there. Greg
    in Unsolicited Advice in the gym Comment by greghei1 February 2014
  • Since nobody else has responded, I'd suggest (as someone who has torn their ACL twice) that you need to find out what's causing your knee to crunch and be sore before anybody (ideally your doctor) can recommend a cardio exercise. I personally use an erg, but that's only after I received clearance from my orthopedic surgeon…
    in Suggestions for cardio with a sore knee? Comment by greghei1 February 2014
  • I spend a lot of hours on the rowing machine. Almost nobody uses an erg correctly at a gym. Often I've seen PT's advise their clients incorrectly as to the appropriate form for using an erg. People do things that if they do them for longer than a few minutes, they're at significantly higher risk for hurting their backs.…
    in Unsolicited Advice in the gym Comment by greghei1 February 2014
  • That's just not true. Last weekend I did 60 mins on the erg at an average split of 2:12/500m, on a descending split over the course . Last 500m were at a 1:50 split, just for kicks and giggles. Average HR (by Polar HRM) was 166, high HR (during the last 500m) was 187. Total calories expended were 1305. That overstates it a…
    in how in the hell are these people getting 900 calorie burns Comment by greghei1 February 2014
  • First workout with rowing team after 18 months on IR following tears in wrist tendons and separately retearing my ACL/medial meniscus. Sucks to get old. Too cold to go on the water, so ergs in the boathouse. Never been so happy to erg. 3 x 20' steady state row with goal of HR between 145-165, although mine crept up a…
    in Post your most recent workout Comment by greghei1 December 2013
  • 50m on erg (Concept2) - damper setting 4. 30m steady state @ avg pace of 2:05.1, rating 22-23 4m rest 10m - 1m on/1m off: On = rating 10-12, Off = rating 20-22, all at 2:06 pace 4m rest 10m - 1m on/1m off: On= rating 28-30, pace: 1:55 (except for final "on" minute, which was at a 1:45 pace), Off = rating 20-22, pace: 2:08…
    in Post your most recent workout Comment by greghei1 December 2013
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