TAN #179-It's smart to use a protecTANt. (Page 53)

OH, TeeJay,

The rower I used was some  piece of junk.  I mean, it did the job, but the readout was minimal.  Just told me rpm, speed per 500m time and distance.  That's about it.

I realized quickly I needed to ramp up the resistance for it to work my legs.  If it's too light, I would push off and just about fly off the back of the machine.  Resistance higher was better.

People like you make my job hard! 

Mission.....   Accomplished.

But I also love youz because youz give me a job in the first place.

That is the wrong way to use the erg.  The fly wheel shouldn't be set any higher than a 3 or 4 and that is even for elite rowers.  The flying off the end is from incorrect form not from lack of resistance.  Concept 2 has some excellent tutorial videos on their website.

Figures

That is very exciting and fantastic to me!

My dad is Type II, not I, but he's had it since he was a young man. Pretty much everyone on my dad's side has early-onset and about half on my mom's side.

I think I know how to row basics.  But to check, I just reviewed the videos.  That looks close to what I was doing and I checked a lot in the mirror.

On the machine I was on, resistance set at 2-3 was like NO resistance.  Like riding a stationary bike at level 2.  Around 5, there was no resistance during the entire leg phase.  NONE.  Then it would engage more during the upper body portion.

Only when I got to 8-9, did I feel like if I pushed with my legs, did I feel ANY kind of resistance more than just sliding on the seat back and forth with my hand on my hips and not even holding the "oars".

I have been ROW'ing since I was 14

All in the legs?

I'd letcha split me deftly.

I prayed for you, and JWKMH, and all the Geezerettes, and even the Grandgeezerette this morning!

And for your mom.

Tis very exciting!

I thought about you the other day. I was watching the movie Doomsday and I was thinking how come all the people they used as extras look nothing like people from Scotland? Stupid Hollywood.

Naa I'm too lazy to stand up during.

What do people from Scotland look like? They look like all sorts of things to me, my sweet slim fat Homer Cordlet!

Do you have Type 1 or 2 and how did it come about? 

Have you seen the movie Doomsday? It looks like they just walked out in LA and grabed a bunch of people.

Real Steel.  Kind of cool, kind of stupid...

I guess that's why it got 50% on rotten tomatoes.

Cholos?

mmmm cholos.  I like them warm and dusted in cinnamon.