rowing machine

I THINK it's upper body cardio. I do them with my gf, the resistance is nothing.

No exercise gets you big bruh bruh yah gottuh eat buhg

>>39102588
no

>>39102588
It's a treadmill for your upperbody. Your upperbody will adjust to handle the extra endurance, but you won't see any size difference.

>>39102588
There is an interval program on Concept 2s: you can do, 500m, rest, 500 m, and so on. Don't go higher than a resistance of 6 and watch the form videos.

it's a pretty good leg, back, and shoulder developer so you could get away with a really simple barbell routine and then do rowing intervals to get extra leg, back, and shoulder volume. It won't work your chest or triceps though.

>>39104786
>treadmill for your upper body

Not really. Done properly it's almost a full body exercise. You push with you legs, stabilize yourself with your core, and you get an excellent work out for your back (because its a bent over row exercise except you are actually rowing) and biceps.

>>39104786
Real rowers are lanklets so they don't show gains. Put a sub-6'0 person on almost any of the concept 2 short or middle distance programs and they'll get pretty jacked. Proper rowing isn't like a treadmill. It's more like a snatch pull in that a lot of explosive power is needed in a full ROM. In running, your legs never really have a chance to recover. A rower doing 20 strokes per minute for a 2000 meter steady state aerobic interval has time to recover between strokes and use more of their anerobic system for power.

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No one in this thread has any idea what they're talking about. It is both hilarious and sad that they no nothing of the sport.

>>39105979
The ergo is best as a warm up

I had a 6:29 2k this year but quit to lift. It's a good sport, but not worth it unless you're going to the Olympics. Lifting will give you better results.

>>39105979
Then answer OP's question.

>>39102588
I rowed for 10 years so ill give my 2 cents.

The erg doesnt really work any area that significantly. It does work your legs but anything you could do in a gym would be better.

From what I understand, we only used the erg to increase our cardio and to work on some form on the water (keeping our ergs in time/ keeping our hands up on the stroke).

so to answer your question: no, i dont believe you can get big on the erg. There just isnt that much resistance.