Dude!! The LA Fitness by my work pulled the same shit, they used to have C2 rowers and replaced them all with these POS Matrix rowers. They suck royally. The handle sucks, the rope is wearing down already, and the screen is getting lighter.
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What's funny is, The Matrix rowers cost a couple of hundred dollars more than the Concept2.
And they don't even have "Rogue" plastered on all sides. . . .
Has anyone used a water rower? I think they are made in RI. And they sell them at the MOMA store???
https://www.momastore.org/museum/mom...-1_26715_11501
I rowed crew for a couple years in college and although I was never any better than average I have spent enough time on rowing machines to have a somewhat informed opinion.
I own a WaterRower which I was lucky enough to find for 325 or 350 off craigslist a few years back. I like it a lot - it's MUCH quieter than a Concept 2, provides a similar experience, and is very well built. It also looks a lot nicer. It would definitely be my choice for sitting down and pounding out 30 minutes of steady state cardio.
For the kind of balls-out HIIT conditioning workouts that very strong people like to do around here the Concept2 might be a little better since the air resistance is a little more instantaneous in its response and has less inertia than the water.
Ironically we did probably 95% low and slow when I was in college on the Concept2s and hardly any HIIT....
This is awesome. This shit is gaining traction at my gym. The main crew who used to talk about it theoretically quite a bit -- and who said they might cycle this winter -- have gone curiously and 100% silent on the subject. It's funny, because these are guys who haven't tried serious protein supplementation yet (too much hassle), and they still aren't tracking food intake carefully.
This was a new one for me. Guy sets himself up face down on one of those incline sit up benches and then proceeds to climb up and slide down a pole with his hands... tough to explain, easier to show... excuse my shitty press in the center of frame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWj_S0SulZs
I've seen guys use a pole to sort of assist with glute ham curls. That looks like some silly version of isometric ab stuff maybe ?