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Originally Posted by Thremp
Love the attacking tone of all your posts. So you contend that rowing is 1) less popular 2) burns fewer calories and 3) more technically demanding - therefore worse.
Already conceded 3, but it doesn't seem to be so technically challenging that a gym noob (me) is unable to use the machine after about 1 minute of trial and error.
More popular is obv a joke, right? You know better than to use that as an argument for quality.
According to Anne I. Zeni; et al, "Energy Expenditure With Indoor Exercise Machines"
JAMA. 1996;275(18):1424-1427 exercise on rowing machines produces higher heart rate, more calories burned and greater oxygen uptake across all levels of perceived exertion.
If you want to hang your hat on the technical difficulties of rowing machines, then go for it, but there are definite aerobic advantages to the exercise when compared to stationary bikes. Actually you probably answered my question since I'll just guess that "technically more difficult" is the reason most people avoid rowers.