Is rowing on an erg machine good cardio?

[Weekling]

I will be cutting soon when The spring semester begins, and whenever I go to the gym the treadmills are always full, and its winter so I really dont wanna run outside.

Last year, I did HIIT on an elyptical. I would go at a decent pace for 1 min. and then go all out for 20 seconds, and I kept doing it for 15 mins. then had a 5 minute cooldown (going at a slow pace). Would this work if I was rowing on a machine as well?

[FROGGBUSTER]

for losing weight, probably not as good. arms wear out a lot faster than legs.

[OpolE]

Hell yea, you see some of the fitest guys do rowing and have ok upper body strength with it too, seriously do rowing as part of ur workout

[readyforthepain]

for losing weight, probably not as good. arms wear out a lot faster than legs.

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[Mike1208]

no...rowing is one of the best cardio workouts you can do...from what I have heard. If you feel your arms getting tired just put more force on your legs. Also you can (some machines) set the depth which can make it easyer or harder. Seriously tho u can crank out some serious calories on that thing.

[deviante]

rowing may help you lose fat but it will also fucq your arms...

[JCline313]

i actually rowed in high school and its a hell of a good cardio workout. if you do it right, you should actually be using your legs more than your arms

[badocter]

The drive is 80% legs. If your arms are tiring first you're probably bending your arms while you are still driving with the legs -- only bend the arms at the end when the legs are near fully extended. Bending arms too early significantly decreases the effectiveness of the leg drive -- just think how well a deadlift would go with bent arms.

The erg is great cardio and there are well established statistics for men and women in all age ranges as well as a significant community focused on racing

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[tomyuk]

Yeah its really good cardio.

I'm a rower and you shouldn't really feel it in your arms. The drive starts with the legs and you only use the arms at the end of the stroke and leanback. you might wanna get your technique right cus i see A LOT of people in the gym rowing the wrong way.

[johnrich69]

Hell yea it's a good machine.

[rowing.guy]

for losing weight, probably not as good. arms wear out a lot faster than legs.

You don't know what you're talking about. Rowing is done with the legs. And yes, it's an amazing cardio exercise since it involves the whole body (like cross country skiing). Why do you think rowers have the highest V02 max numbers out of any endurance athletes?

Rowing = 80% Legs.

Notice the quads...