rowing machine question?

Question

I'm a 14 yo. boy, ~90kg I used to swim a lot and have very strong arms (I can beat just about anyone in my year of 293 students at arm-wrestling) but little leg power. I'm going to a gym now,(not for weights, i stay away from them, but use treadmills, stairmasters, cycling machines once on a while. However, I have fallen in love with the ROWING MACHINE and I now row 3-4 times a week, 10km per time, around 45min (i did 43.34min today, slowest was 46mins something...) Its the C2 rower, I've joined the community and update me log book regularly. But my membership is about to expire and they're not going to charge me as a kid anymore cuz i'm 14, which will costaround $1000 US per year WITHOUT trainers. SO, I'm thinking of changing to california fitness, around $200U.S. a year. But they only have life fitness rowers, which doesnt have a whole community. SO i want to know if I can use life fitness BUT still class it as rowing on the C2 to maintain 2nd fastest 14yo boy to row 10k on the C2? x

Answer 1

life fitness and water rower are pretty lame and are no where the industry standard...they dont have any bearing on C2 results. CII ergs are balanced to a high degree of accuracy.

if you like erging that much you should find a local club and try rowing- club dues are usually reasonable. If you stay with it and are good, you'll be able to find scholarship money for college.

Answer 2

If I had that much upper body strength, I would want to join a wrestling team. Team sports are a lot of fun and give you a chance to develop skills that are useful in life.
Good luck!