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I want to purchase a piece of cardio equipment to use for when the weather and/or pollen are bad so that I can do LISS. Anyone have any recs? I'm leaning towards a rower, but I'd also like to be able to have a screen to watch in case I want to watch some TV. I don't care about it havinf programs, classes I can join, or any of that stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I own a water rower. Looks stylish enough for a living room (you can store it vertically) and I believe you can buy a tablet holder for it as well. The store offers plenty of replacement pieces in case you need them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've used a water rower before and liked it. I'll look into that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

A treadmill is going to be the best bang for your buck. Your probably sit all day, so sitting while your exercise isn't going to be the greatest thing in the world. You can run when you want to run, and walk when you want to watch tv.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A jumping rope? But I don't know what LISS is

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Low intensity steady state cardio

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like rowing since it's lower impact than running and involves more muscle groups than biking. Although I feel like it's better for HIIT than LISS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what I was thinking, more muscles involved. I can't see how a screen would work with that, though, unless I rowed in front of my TV.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet you could mount a tablet on one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Probably so 🤔

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We bought a bike trainer - a Kicker Snap (it might be kick'r). It's nice because our own bikes attach to it so we never have to change seat height, etc. Just pop off the back wheel and snap it in. We use the bkool app with it for fun, but you don't have to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks! We have something similar, but it doesn't let you track mileage or anything like that. So does the app let you do that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. It's fun because you can choose trails all around the world and the resistance adjusts to the terrain. Sometimes i ride around a lake near our house. Sometimes, when i want to get more miles than my husband, i ride down a mountain in France and i can get up to 43 mph! Without the app you can shift gears and it adjusts. There are a bunch of available apps for phone or tablet, some free and some pay. I downloaded about 5 free trials to choose the one i liked best.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's really cool! I'll def check that out. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have an Assault fan bike. Its screen can’t be used to watch TV (if I want to do that, I put my iPad on top of the screen), but in my layman’s opinion it’s versatile enough for LISS and HIIT workouts. I used it to help rehab my elbow and shoulder last year and I use it for cardio on days that running outdoors isn’t a good idea. I’ve had a rower, but I could never get into rowing like I can with running.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you have a bicycle already, you could look into getting bike rollers.