I get the not wanting to scare the newbs by working them hard. But it's a little different when one way of scaring the newbs is by letting them see someone else working hard. I mean, I'm 5'6". I am not, by any stretch, that impressive. If I were a musclebound gym-rat with no neck, okay, but there are lots of those (there always are), and they're a hell of a lot more likely to scare the newbs. Hell, some of them annoy me, and I've been in and out of gyms most of my life.
Most gyms do have at least one erg these days, it seems, but all of them stick the erg back in the corner behind the free weights. They're never with the rest of the cals machines, which frustrates me. Why can't I watch tv while rowing, same as those folks on the treadmills? Discrimination, oi. Although one gym I checked out (years ago), I asked casually about an erg, and the guy went blank for a minute before saying, oh, rowing machine! And then walked me over to some... thing. I don't know what it was. I told him, this is not an erg. It's a... something. For sculling a dinghy. With a fixed seat. Not an erg. He insisted it was an erg. I told him he was welcome to keep thinking so, but I'd take my money somewhere the people had a clue. Sheesh.
Don't know if Crossfit gets rowing training, but turns out one of the Crossfit franchises here in town co-sponsors a "learn to row" day for people to come out and see what it's like on the water. Which sounds great in theory, but I've worked with complete novices, and cripes, I hope those coaches get hazard pay. Novices. *shudder*
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Date: 28 Jun 2012 06:03 am (UTC)Most gyms do have at least one erg these days, it seems, but all of them stick the erg back in the corner behind the free weights. They're never with the rest of the cals machines, which frustrates me. Why can't I watch tv while rowing, same as those folks on the treadmills? Discrimination, oi. Although one gym I checked out (years ago), I asked casually about an erg, and the guy went blank for a minute before saying, oh, rowing machine! And then walked me over to some... thing. I don't know what it was. I told him, this is not an erg. It's a... something. For sculling a dinghy. With a fixed seat. Not an erg. He insisted it was an erg. I told him he was welcome to keep thinking so, but I'd take my money somewhere the people had a clue. Sheesh.
Don't know if Crossfit gets rowing training, but turns out one of the Crossfit franchises here in town co-sponsors a "learn to row" day for people to come out and see what it's like on the water. Which sounds great in theory, but I've worked with complete novices, and cripes, I hope those coaches get hazard pay. Novices. *shudder*