| For anyone doing regular indoor rowing its no surprise | | | | which you are rowing. By pushing yourself and maxing |
| just how amazing it is for both cardio and strength | | | | your speed you will not only burn more calories but |
| training. The benefit of having your own indoor rower | | | | you will step out of this comfort zone. By continuously |
| outweighs even the financial investment and being able | | | | trying to exceed your own personal records your |
| to train in the comfort of your own home is one sure | | | | workouts become much more interesting and a much |
| fire way to eliminate the excuses for not getting your | | | | bigger challenge. |
| 45 minutes every day. One challenge that rowers | | | | 3. Position |
| face is this little thing called boredom. A 60 minute | | | | On an indoor rower, your hand positions can make a |
| rowing session can get a bit stale. | | | | big difference in the type of muscles you involve. |
| Although an iPod and maybe the TV can help to spice | | | | Likewise, your stoke has a major effect on your |
| up your workout, in the end it is the workout itself that | | | | workout. By mixing up different hand positions and |
| needs a bit of sugar and spice. Here are 3 great ways | | | | different types of strokes you can create a nice mix. |
| to mix up your workouts. | | | | Obviously you want to mix and match all 3 these |
| 1. Intensity | | | | components when you try new things on your rower. |
| When you row every day, its easy to fall prey to your | | | | When it comes to any type of exercise you should |
| own training comfort zones. We tend to get "lazy" and | | | | guard against reaching a plateau and then getting |
| stop pushing ourselves beyond certain limits. By mixing | | | | stuck in your own comfort zones. When your row |
| up the intensity at which you train you can break this | | | | every day you can easily get "stuck in a rut" and |
| pattern. Vary your workout between high and low | | | | unless you push yourself beyond that your workouts |
| intensities by mixing up the level of resistance against | | | | can become stale and boring. |
| which you row. | | | | Use these 3 simple ideas to help you move into a new |
| 2. Speed | | | | comfort zone that will take your fitness and your |
| How fast can you really go? Most indoor rowing | | | | workouts to the next level of fitness of strength, |
| machines have monitors that show you the RPM at | | | | endurance and power. |