Most individuals have an overall goal when they go to the gym. Some people want 6 packs, while others want an overall muscular physique. If your goal is to reduce fat, not only will you eat healthy food, you will also have to do the right type of exercise. This means including strength training in your routine and doing aerobic exercise in the meantime. There are fun and different ways to lose weight, and we are here to share the best rowing workouts for weight loss that your routine requires.
When choosing cardio activity, it’s important to choose one that can alternate between steady state and interval, and incorporate different muscle groups. A rower, or “erg”, is the perfect activity to choose from. It’s a great cardio tool for building your conditioning and torch fat. Not only that, it works on all the muscles in the legs, arms and upper back, making it a full-body session. With a rower, you can do steady workouts for more aerobic exercise or go higher in intensity with interval training, which is guaranteed to burn a ton of fat.
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This aerobic exercise is great for learning proper boat shape, building aerobic endurance, and helping you recover. Set a length of time (10, 20, or 30 minutes) that fits your schedule and row at a pace that can be maintained throughout the period.
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If you have a good aerobic base, you can start testing yourself in a row of 2000 meters and measure how long it will take to get there. In the next session, challenge yourself and beat that time.
Have you just started rowing? no problem! If you are a beginner, you can start at 1000 meters or divide it into two sets.
Have you just started interval training? Then you can start with a shorter sprint. Start with 5 sets of 200 meters and rest twice as long as it took to finish in the meantime. Try to keep the same pace in each set. If you are more conditioned, you can have 4 sets of 250 meters or 5 sets of 300 meters.
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This particular workout is very challenging and will definitely test your anaerobic endurance. Hit 500 meters, 400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters in that order to finish and rest for 60 seconds between each distance.
Tim Liu, CSCS
CSCS Tim Liu is an online fitness and nutrition coach based in Los Angeles.read more
