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Hi all,

Some of you will already know me from my marathon blogs and frequent visits to the forums, and to some of you I'll be new.

To give a brief personal history, I've had an interest in the keep fit lifestyle for as long as I can remember, but it all fell apart a few years ago as I, my wife, and my daughter all had our seperate issues with different ills and ailments, and I got fat sitting around in hospitals the whole time.

Then in 2007 there was this moment, a shock moment, that changed everything. I made up my mind to run the Flora London Marathon in 2008, and started building up towards it. I fell so much in love with running and keeping fit that now it has kind of taken over my life. I've set my heart and mind on leaving my dead end job and building myself a career in fitness as a Personal Trainer. I'm working on it, I'm now a REPS level 2 qualified Gym Instructor and building up from here.

I decided a few weeks ago to start posting these form guides because of the things I see when I go to the gym, in fact any gym. My intention here is to 'demonstrate' how to exercise safely and effectively, nothing more and nothing less than that, and I hope that many of you will find it useful.

I welcome any and indeed all feedback (good or bad), so please feel free to comment, and I wish all of you success in whatever it is you are aiming to achieve.

Rob.

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The Rowing Machine

I'm having technical trouble, so this will be brief:

How many of us avoid the rowing machine because we've used it in the past and it's been quite painful on the lower back?

What a shame it is to be missing out on one of THE best aerobic workouts available to you, recruiting muscles from the whole body and really challenging the cardiovascular system to deliver blood to all parts of the body.

Easily fixed though, it doesn't have to hurt, maintain neutral spine!

RIGHT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrz4phuBJkI&feature=related

WRONG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLO1XAOwzMo&feature=related

Did you notice how much work the lower back is doing in the second video? Did you notice too how the instructor says "remember your posture" then doesn't?

It may well be good technique on the water (I don't know, I'm not a rower), but in the gym, neutral spine every time!

 

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