Row Row your boat!

[boabyfett]

Bought a water rower on a Black Friday.

The noise of the water would be quite relaxing if it wasnt for my arms, legs and back screaming “what are you doing!” At me.

[Haviland]

A what?

[boabyfett]

A rowing machine but the resistance is all based on a water drum, rather than mechanical.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0BCJC ... asin_title

It has a nice splashy noise and sounds a bit like rowing on water.

[Haviland]

Ah, like a water bed, but less fun.

[Wyvern]

Does it feel different to a regular one?

[boabyfett]

The row is smoother because of the water. It feels more like real rowing, but you can only adjust the resistance by adding or taking away water.

The timer/distance is leas accurate too. Its more guess work about how far you would travel because its less consistent.

But it is roughly right, i think the ones up at 1.5k are great but about half the price is the sensor set up to record enough info and to make it robust enough.

[Wyvern]

Neat! I had a regular home rower but didn't really like it, the arms never felt balanced or 'right.'

Maybe if I ever get the garage gym built...

[boabyfett]

See i finally cleaned my garage and built the gym properly at the start if the summer. Dropped 40 pounds since the start of August.

Starting to look like i did in my 20s again, i had no hair then either. Big difference is that injuries dont disappear they hang around for months.

[Haviland]

Thanks to searching for what a water rower is, my web pages are now full of adverts for exercise machines of one sort on another.

My walking boots are still fine, thank you very much.

[Haviland]

Though I must get a woolly hat - my ears are freezing when I got walking after dark. Or after 3, it’s all the same this time of year.

[boabyfett]

Get two wooly hats, you will inevitably lose one.

I got a new hat and lost it the day i wore it. I blame the children.

[Haviland]

I knitted my own woolly hat way back in the 70s. My hair was much longer then. Looked something like this, but with platform boots and flares.

[boabyfett]

What a heady time to be alive!

[Haviland]