Introducing Rowing

Hi,

I had an adventurous day at the gym. I warmed up with my recumbent bike and then did two rounds across all the upper body weight machines, including the tricep curler, which baffled me in the past. (The handles did not make intuitive sense to me). I am still having a lot of trouble with shoulder exercises (especially the shoulder press), but I included those and made sure I did as many reps as I could with good form.

I then tried the rowing machines for the first time. I read about them on my phone and there was even a digital manual on the display of the rower.  I think I should mix the rowing machine in with the bike, maybe alternating back and forth to decrease bordom... the rower may even be better if we think the AIDS ride is financially unlikely this year. My upper body and core are WAY less strong than my lower body, so it makes sense to do a form of cardio that engages those parts too. What do you think? Have you used rowers? Is it too much upper body to do strength training and rowing on the same day? (I feel hella sore now).

Well, goodnight! I had a pretty relaxing day including a great workout. I will update again tomorrow!