Would tebata on a indoor rower be as benficial as tebata front squats?
An who do I go about doing it?
thanks
I might be wrong… But isn’t the tabata method supposed to use total body movements? I remember in the article the two suggested exercises were squats and some sort of o-lift.
I have seen it using a rower on a couple websites. Just looking for more adivce.
[quote]ViciousDelicious wrote:
I might be wrong… But isn’t the tabata method supposed to use total body movements? I remember in the article the two suggested exercises were squats and some sort of o-lift.[/quote]
A rower is a full body movement…
Ive done them on a rower, they are BRUTAL.
Only one way to find out 
[quote]dankid wrote:
ViciousDelicious wrote:
I might be wrong… But isn’t the tabata method supposed to use total body movements? I remember in the article the two suggested exercises were squats and some sort of o-lift.
A rower is a full body movement…
Ive done them on a rower, they are BRUTAL.[/quote]
I was always under the impression that a seated row (I’m assuming that’s a rower?) would work the back, lats, and biceps?
And I’m not trying to pick a fight or anything. Hell, tabata could be hard with tricep kick backs…
Its a rowing machine… The kind with the big fan and the cable with the handle on it. The seat slides…
Its definately a full body movement.
Sure you can. Tabata can be used with any big, compound exercise. Rowing definitely constitutes a big, compound exercise.
wow was that painfull…
[quote]dankid wrote:
Its a rowing machine… The kind with the big fan and the cable with the handle on it. The seat slides…
Its definately a full body movement. [/quote]
Oh oh oh wow okay. Sorry I thought you meant the weight movement. Now I feel like a complete dumb ass.
I do two 15-20 mins of HIIT a week. usually rowing sometimes running. Would it be too much to add in once more day of tabata rowing or heavy bag work?
Think I will give it a try.
Tabata intervals on the Concept are brutal, but awesome.
Another interval variation on the erg is the “30/30”. 30 seconds all out, 30 seconds very easy or rest. Repeat for 10 total ‘sets’.
I did 60/60 like that on my rower already. Very hard.
For the record it’s called an ergometer…
And yes doing intervals on one is a great and miserable workout. Try doing Dirty Dozens (workouts that actual rowers do when being punished by coaches)
Dirty Dozen = 12x500 meter sprints 90 second rest all out. Normally coaches will put a ceiling on it and say you can’t go above a certain split. The coaches that really are pissed will make the ceiling really low and make you keep going until you throw up (usually after 7 or 8 if you really know how to push yourself).
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
LiquidMercury wrote:
For the record it’s called an ergometer…
Technically, any machine used to measure work output (including treadmill, bike, etc) is an ergometer.
“An apparatus - such as a treadmill, stationary bicycle, or steps - used to measure the physiologic effects of exercise”
Sorry to be picky 
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In the sport of rowing, it’s referred to specifically as an erg or ergometer. You don’t hear cyclists or runners or climbers referring to any of those as an ergometer.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
You are absolutely right, which is why I used the word ‘technically’
Rowers (I used to be coxwain) have adopted the word, though I don’t know why. Probably just because ‘erg’ is quicker and easier to saw than ‘rowing machine’ or ‘rowing ergometer’.
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Where’d ya cox at? I’m currently back on training for trials next year (missed out on speed orders this year due to injury).
WTF are “Toyota” Front Squats?