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Try 10-20 hard sprints (running) 2 or 3 times a week. I dont know the science behind it, but I think it would work.

This is what I have in my garage:<br><br>Concept 2, Model C<br>Generic Brand Versa Climber<br>Bike on Fluid Trainer<br>Roughly 900-1000 lbs of a mix of Olympic and Standard plates.<br>Power Bloc Dumbell Set (95lbs)<br>Assortment of Olympic and Standard Bars<br>Trap Bar<br>Power Rack, including Chinu...

To strez --- if you dont have anything more than a barbell, you could modify the exercises I mentioned a bit. You can perform squats with the barbell and weight placed under your butt -- that is, hold it with your arms hanging down holding the barbell behind your butt. They are uncomfortable, but wo...

One reason to add, or keep at, weight training, is to help prevent injury. Of course, weight training, if not done properly, can injure you, so get some help on learning proper technique. Also, some folks believe that certain weight lifting exercises are done using a large amount of momentum or ball...

You could also try Capital Rowing Club in Washington DC - they row on the Anacostia River. They have a good group of committed rowers there. Probably winding down for the season now, however.

I thought the calorie estimator used a bodyweight of 175 lbs, not 150 (both the manual and the weight adjusted calorie counter state this). You can get a weight adjusted calorie counter from Concept 2 -- just give them a call.

Kenneth, I have definitely noticed improvement, the trick is to determine what the improvements are from. I have rowed off and on for a long time, but biking and the weights were priorities; its only recently that I have made rowing and erging the first priority or main activity, with the other two ...

I have much the same background as yourself; I have found that in addition to the general "power" exercises such as Squats, Rows, Deadlifts, Chins, Power Cleans (which I dont do, for I am concerned about injuries) many rowers focus more on hard pulls on the erg -- say 10 hard pulls with some period ...

Try dried fruit -- raisins, dates, dried cranberries, etc. -- mixed with nuts (almonds, walnuts, etc.). Bowl of such a mix easily gives you 500 calories. Add a nice cool glass or two of skim milk, and that ought to do it.