Cavey
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Anyone got one at home?
Was after a treadmill really, but haven't got the pennies for it, so thought about a rower instead, need to improve my CV and stamina, and it'd help with the upper body etc as well
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Neo
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Girlfriends dad has one of these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ashwood-WaterRower-with-Monitor/dp/B000PS73YI
Its great, really quiet and smooth and you adjust the difficulty by adding water to the tank.
He's lost 3 stone on it over 8 months that he has had it, rows 4 times a week for between 40 mins - 1 hour a time.
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Cavey
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Hmmm....
I'm thinking closer to £100
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MJFF88
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£895 May aswell just go see Duncan Bannatyne about buying his business
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Laney
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If it ain't on a C2 it ain't rowing.
Hellabux though.
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SAL
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Much better than a treadmill ! We sold some rly good ones at work a while ago through gumtree, duno if you have it in your area ? Its big in london for selling
[Edited on 13-01-2011 by Stavs]
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Cavey
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yeah i've been looking on gumtree, some good stuff on it, few treadmills for cheap on there
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emicen
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My mate bought a treadmill off gumtree and got a really good deal. It was straight out of a gym who were refreshing their equipment and cost him buttons (under £100 but cant remember how much under, he's tighter than a ducks arse so it had to be a good deal!)
Rowing machines are probably a better bet if you have neighbours in a flat, depending on the flooring tread mills can pound the ceiling of the flat below quite badly.
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Cavey
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whatever i get will going in the garage anyway, so no worries on noise
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dan_m1les
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not thought about a cross trainer?
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Cavey
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I had not, want to get my stamina up a bit, I walk 6-7 miles a day as a postman, so i've got good general health, but want to get my running stamina up for Hockey, so ideally want a treadmill, if not, then thought rower would be the best 2nd choice.
http://derby.gumtree.com/derby/27/71656127.html seems reasonable
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JohnnyR
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I've got a York MAGAIR 3000 rower, would recommend it. Think you can pick them up under 100 quid on ebay, they're about 250 new.
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Wrighty
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are rowers better then treadmills? how many cals can you burn an hour compared to treadmill?
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Tom G
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quote: Originally posted by Wrighty
are rowers better then treadmills? how many cals can you burn an hour compared to treadmill?
Abut the same? i was rowing at around 700 kcal per houtr yesterday, then its about 100kcal a mile so if you can run 7mph...
Edit: i reckon a treadmill is better btw...
[Edited on 15-01-2011 by Tom G]
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