Do You Know How to Use a Rowing Machine?

It's one of the coolest looking, and sounding, machines in the gym. Rowing, as Tom Foutsitzis will tell you, is a great workout on the this machine called the ergometer ("erg"). 

Foutsitzis, marketing manager for the Shrewsbury Health and Racquet Club, says in his blog, "I love seeing people use the machine, but 9 times out of 10 I have to prevent myself from being 'that guy' and offering my 200 cents."

Here, he shows Patch readers and workout buffs the proper way to erg it up.