Make sure you're not overdoing it, especially with the lack of sleep. You don't want to burn yourself out, everybody needs some downtime.

I don't exercise enough for sure, but an autistic 5 year old with no off switch is enough to run me ragged most days so I don't feel like I'm not getting any exercise at all at least. If there is room when we move house next year I might consider putting in a rowing machine somewhere as that's about the only convenient form of gym exercise I enjoy and its a full body workout pretty much. I don't like running particularly even on a treadmill and I'm not nuts enough to go out all seasons doing it.

Make sure you're not overdoing it, especially with the lack of sleep. You don't want to burn yourself out, everybody needs some downtime.

I don't exercise enough for sure, but an autistic 5 year old with no off switch is enough to run me ragged most days so I don't feel like I'm not getting any exercise at all at least. If there is room when we move house next year I might consider putting in a rowing machine somewhere as that's about the only convenient form of gym exercise I enjoy and its a full body workout pretty much. I don't like running particularly even on a treadmill and I'm not nuts enough to go out all seasons doing it.

A rowing machine does a lot with fitness and muscle growth so if you do get one and use it - You will notice a difference.
I feel you with the kid. 2 Boys just keep each other going non stop and now near 1 baby...


I think I am at the point where sleep and the lack there of is just a constant.

Started cycling to work when i'm in the office. Had to build an e-bike mind as tried cycling out of the hill of where i live now and practically died by the time I summitted it. It's only a very slight gradient but at over a mile it just grinds away at you and yeah i am woefully unfit, and it practically killed me.

E-Bike though, i'm up it no problem, still an effort like but nowhere near as difficult and the following 10 miles after it to get to work is a nothing burger, same for the trip back.

I also rock a concept 2 at home, but at the moment it's an expensive and terrible clothes airer. Plan on getting back into it. My father currently rows 12km every other day, he's a pensioner and is putting my fat ass to shame

I've been skiving off work about 6 weeks now, and my gf has been over more making proper meals (instead of my pre-made and frozen pasta I eat night)

I got fat really quick... like the rest of me is normal but I look pregnant


need to get back to graft and work it off a bit, shocking how fast I piled it on

I've got a concept 2 rower, got it not long before the COVID scam, I could have sold it during said scam for a fortune as they went through the roof!

If you get one they're all pretty much the same as it's based on a big RSJ let's be honest but just ensure you get a PM3 monitor or above, you can link these to PCs and stuff (if you cba)

Obviously budget for floor space, I use mine for half a year as I like to cycle in the summer. (You can split it in half and it takes up a lot less space vertically)


Maintenance on the concepts are cleaning the rollers under the seat and oiling the chain (takes months to be required) It's an RSJ and they're built to last to the extreme, we have the same handle from when it was made in the late 90s I think, it's made of wood and the more modern ones are plastic, it's been in a gym and a school prior to me having it, it's not breaking any time soon!

A lot of the stuff like weights, etc still haven't come down in price, it's pretty sickening tbh. But these rowers are never on offer as far as I have seen, so I might consider a second hand one if they are built so solid.

I got mine off eBay, the concepts are like tanks.

Thanks guys. I doubt I would be interested in the workout tracking/racing your mates kind of stuff as I'm the sort that likes to rock up, do my time and then forget about it, so I'd probably skip the monitor. But assuming I have room when I move house to make a gym room this will definitely be on the cards now.