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Biggest Loser Rowing Offer: Home Users, Buy an Erg, Get Trained Free

January 7, 2013 Diet and weight loss

After a long hiatus the Concept2 rower is back on The Biggest Loser for the current U.S. season.  And this season you’ll be seeing the SkiErg as well. Great news!  For the most part… If you saw the first episode you saw some rowing (not on Concept 2 machines), but unfortunately virtually none of it with [...]

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Candlelit Rowing, Hurricane Sandy Style

November 1, 2012 Fitness

Guest post by Shoshana Pritzker, RD, CDN of ShoDelicious, Superstorm Sandy survivor and a new Concept2 indoor rower You know what really stinks about storms like Superstorm/Hurricane Sandy? Being stuck in your house without power, light, or cable entertainment. Back in my Florida days we’d have hurricane parties to pass the time. Friends would bring [...]

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Sweat This (Rowing), Not That (Other Cardio Stuff)

August 28, 2012 Latest News

Great to see Men’s Health magazine and the terrific Eat This, Not That series recognizing the calorie torching benefits of rowing in a Sweat This, Not That post.  ”Rowing burns the most calories and works the most muscles, including muscles in your back, and also improves posture,” the magazine notes, and it even references a Brazilian [...]

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Bob Harper’s Six Weight Loss Rules

May 15, 2012 Fitness

Say what you will about The Biggest Loser (and we’ve definitely got our opinions about the show and the extreme levels of exercise it prescribes, along with the quality of the rowing training), trainer Bob Harper has had great success helping people on and off the show lose weight over the years. He’s out today with [...]

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Biggest Loser Rowing: Get Certified and Be the Biggest Winner

February 29, 2012 Fitness

It was a big night of rowing last night on The Biggest Loser.  It’s about time!  First the contestants had to row a 10k piece for their challenge, then the last chance workouts included a number of meters, too, most courtesy of recent CrossFit convert and Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper. This kind of exposure [...]

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Is Using Calories to Track Your Workout a Good Bet?

January 31, 2012 Fitness

  We often hear people say they go into the gym with a goal of burning X calories on the cardio equipment, be it on the treadmill, rowing machine, elliptical or in a CrossFit WOD.  And we often tell them, that’s great, as long as you’re a 5’10″, 150-lb. man.  If not, you’re probably getting [...]

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