wondering if anyone finds a water rower good out of water training for sup? thanks
My future step daughter is an elite rower and has used my sup on occasion and has no trouble however the rowing machines promote totally different muscle groups to supping as it is all in the legs. Great for fitness which will help you paddle longer but it won't improve your stroke, you will get the same fitness by riding a bike also.
Well if you look at it as an additional training aid it certainly won't hurt. It will improve muscle strength in legs and additionally add to some trapezius,deltoid,biceps and abdominal strength. A concept 3 rower is one of the best.
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wondering if anyone finds a water rower good out of water training for sup? thanks
Are you talking about the Water Rower brand of rowing machine? They don't work very well when used as a paddling simulator. The machine is not made for it and the resistance is all wrong for getting a good workout.
You're much better off finding some other sport or exercise that you really like to do and do that when you can't go paddling. You'll get a better quality of exercise and have more fun. The cross training from doing a different sport is of great benefit.
Great all-round aerobic training. Used to do 5 min or 1 km sprints on one back when I was in a Surf Club. You could adapt the same to modern interval training. Happily add one to a gym set up.
While not the exact same muscles, probably as good as you can get. It is often of advantage to train other muscles regardless???
Im a firm believer now in bodyweight training, strength and flexibility in one package and chance of injury very low, compared to weights. Do the stuff you done naturally as a kid, handstands, cartwheels, front flips, lots of jumping around. Push-ups, chinups, legraises, squats. You can make it a cardio session, strength session, or power session or do all three.
Im a firm believer now in bodyweight training, strength and flexibility in one package and chance of injury very low, compared to weights. Do the stuff you done naturally as a kid, handstands, cartwheels, front flips, lots of jumping around. Push-ups, chinups, legraises, squats. You can make it a cardio session, strength session, or power session or do all three.
Concept 2 machines are very good workouts & hold their value.
If it was a personal machine you might like to consider something like this if you are located in a Southern type of state:
As teatree says, body weight exercise is good. I travel a lot and I do plenty of push-ups and leg squats and run if I can. I try to focus on my core - your core is key.
I've got a rowing machine, a Bowflex in the rowing configuration (long sliding seat version) and I love it.
It doesn't really help that much for SUPing, but it really helps for windsurfing, pushing with the legs, pulling with the arms, and building core strength.
I find that my "Bongo Board" works much better for a SUP oriented workout. But you have to do more than just stay still trying to balance, you have to take it further by trying tricks, spinners, squatting, single foot balancing or balancing with the board parallel with the roller, stuff like that. You'll feel the burn.
When I was in a land of few waves, I practiced from time to time on an elliptical trainer such as this one:
By grabbing only one of its arm in both hands, paddle-style, you can train in a surprizingly close way to the actual paddling movement.
Plus you can watch surf/SUP flicks and videos on the TV while working out :-)
I paddled at the elite level in Surfboats for years and years through my late teens and 20's but now my lower back is stuffed :(
I find SUP a great Core exercise sport that I took up later in life after a lot of physio
Sadly we never looked after the core back in the day with super heavy and poor (ignorant) weight lifting techniques
I still use the concept 2 rower and try and tell anybody who listens in the gym about proper technique. I cringe when I see bums shooting backwards first and then the back and arms taking most of the strain....ouch! 
Done properly its such a good overall whole body workout. 
