[sebbie]

To be sure, Josh has never before ridden a stationary rowing machine. This is an all-new experience for him, and one that he will not likely soon forget. Clad in the forest green asics singlet “on loan” from Dylan, Josh looks the part of a college rower. Of course, he doesn’t yet have the muscles of a competitive college rower, but that is where the machine comes in.

Stationary rowing is an interesting exercise in all sorts of different ways. The college rowing team looks at stationary rowing as simply a way to build strength and muscle in the absence of being able to actually get out on the water and participate in an intercollegiate sport. As exercises go, rowing, either on a machine or on the water, has a lot top recommend it. Much like swimming in this regard, it is a full-body workout, capable of building both strength and stamina. And, for the indoor rowers, you don’t need water or a pool in order to get a good workout.

There are Web site devoted to comparing various forms of exercise and their benefits to the athlete-participant. Swimming is very good, of course, on a variety of different levels, but so is rowing, stationary or on the water. Each form of exercise yields particular benefits. Distance runners tend to burn a lot of fat and end up with very low Body Mass Indices (BMI). But distance running is tough on the feet, ankles, and even sometimes leading to stress cracks near the ball of the hip. Cyclists tend to develop huge quadriceps, but cycling, being largely an exercise done with the legs, does little to build upper body strength. Swimmers develop both the upper and the lower body. But for building a triangular chest and upper body, rowing is really tough to beat. The combining of strength-building and aerobic exercise is tough to beat. And rowing in general will not damage your feet or ankles like running can.

Is there a down side or caution to rowing as an exercise? The biggest problem is that rowers starting out frequently end up injuring their lower backs? Why? Largely because they have not yet built up enough shoulder strength and musculature, and, as a consequence, they start by making the resistance too strong. (guys have a tendency to do that in any sport involving strength, and this is a bug problem/issue for young weight lifters.). What happens is what should be handled by a guy’s shoulder muscles ends up getting transferred to the lower back.

Worse, in order to cope with the resistance, the guy just starting out will often bend backward in the lower back, putting stress on lower back muscles. The poor guy will wander around for three days bent over with severe lower back pain and unable to stand straight. Fortunately, the pain usually subsides in about 3 days.

The solution to avoiding this is to use only light resistance when you start to row, and to not make each stroke equivalent to lifting too much weight. Then, with lighter resistance, Josh can work on getting his form down, in particular, not pulling each stroke using the muscles of his lower back. If you have to use your lower back muscles with each stroke, you have the resistance set up too high.

Deep down, guys like to go for any exercise that involves repetitive back-and-forth strokes, ans stationary rowing is made to order for this. It helps also to wear clothing that stretches and moves with you on each stroke. The wrestling singlet that Josh is wearing is a near ideal garment for stationary rowing.

Of course, Josh has not forgotten the little Desmiit® thong he is wearing UNDER the singlet. That felt good from the moment he first put it on. Josh is becoming accustomed to the feel of the thong back cinching securely between his glutes, and the feel of his penis and balls being securely contained within the pouch. The upward pressure on his perineum which is pushing vital organs upward and forward just adds to the sensations he is experiencing. This is then combined with the repetitive strokes of the rowing machine. Josh thought this all might be boring, but the entire experience is turning out to be anything but boring.

Now Josh is neither really big nor really hard. He is just far enough along such that each stroke of the rowing machine is just a bit more “interesting” than the last one. What fun! One of the secrets to not getting bored engaging in any exercise is to make sure that you are at least a little horny while you are doing it. Josh is in that situation right now for sure.

To be continued…