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Illustration of the Rowing Machine Steady State: Ratio of one second drive to two seconds recovery - rush the slide and you die early.
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Rowing Machine Steady State

Rowing Machine Steady State is a compound cardio movement for full body, using Rowing Erg. It also works back, quads and glutes. 1 sets of 15-30 min, 1 min rest.

Primary muscle
Full Body
Equipment
Rowing Erg
Difficulty
Intermediate
Sets and reps
1 × 15-30 min
Rest
60s
Force
pull

How to do it

  1. 1
    Set up

    Damper 3 to 5, feet strapped, handle hooked with the fingers not the fists.

  2. 2
    The cue that matters

    Ratio of one second drive to two seconds recovery - rush the slide and you die early.

  3. 3
    Work it

    1 sets of 15-30 min, resting about 1 minute between them.

Muscles worked

Full Body does most of the work. Back, quads and glutes take the rest.

Full Body exercisesbackquadsglutes