Archives for June 11, 2013

I get bored just thinking about doing the same workout day in and day out, which is why I'm always changing up my exercise routine. In the past week, my workouts have included strength training, plyometric exercises, yoga, the stair master, biking both indoors and outdoors, hiking, and my new favorite piece of gym equipment: the rowing machine. (source <-- this site also has some nice basic info on rowing) I recently started incorporating the rowing machine into my fitness regimen. I didn't know what the hell I was doing, but it caught my eye one day so I hopped on it to try it out. I really like how rowing fatigues my arms, gives my legs a bit of a break and is low impact on my joints. A bunch of times now I've rowed for part of my workout, usually doing 4 sets of 5 minutes as ... [Read More]