Erolina and Finnish Poling Machines

Does anyone have experience using either of these poling machines?
I'm wondering about price, performance, and reliability?

On Feb 6, 11:37 am, ADK Skier wrote:
Does anyone have experience using either of these poling machines?
I'm wondering about price, performance, and reliability?

Doug-

Ask Bernie Gardner next time you see him. HFL used to have an ercolina
in their wellness center. My daughter used to train on it. All reports
were positive when first purchased- maybe 6 or 7 years ago. Not sure
if it is still working or not.
I remember talking to the Italian that sold them- If I remember
correctly, he was into roller ski racing. A nice guy to deal with and
the machine arrived in a reasonable time. Bernie can give you a first
hand report.

Joe

I can't find the link offhand, but if it's the Italian one, the Erolina
is expensive, somewhere towards $2K I think. It looks well built. The
old Exer-genie, now know as The Trainer, does much of the same for a
little over $100. The problem with any of these exercise machines and
gizmos is motivation. It's hard keeping it up over time at home, alone.

RM

ADK Skier wrote:

Does anyone have experience using either of these poling machines?
I'm wondering about price, performance, and reliability?

On Feb 6, 9:37*am, ADK Skier wrote:
Does anyone have experience using either of these poling machines?
I'm *wondering about price, performance, and reliability?

http://www.skiroll.it/collavo/ercolina_english.htm

On Feb 6, 11:37*am, ADK Skier wrote:
Does anyone have experience using either of these poling machines?


About a year ago, someone posted up about buying the "Arm-It", which
is the tubing arm exercise program developed by Doug Garfield.

Has anyone used this religously and how has it worked out?

- Bob

On Feb 7, 8:03 am, highpeaksnordic wrote:
On Feb 6, 11:37 am, ADK Skier wrote:

Does anyone have experience using either of these poling machines?

About a year ago, someone posted up about buying the "Arm-It", which
is the tubing arm exercise program developed by Doug Garfield.

Has anyone used this religously and how has it worked out?

- Bob

I've used max-strength TheraBands tied to a tree for years. I recall
they cost about $20 from a PT online catalog.

One year I used innertubes every day for 5 minutes to actually boost
my performance---when we only had black ice for speed-skating but no
ski-snow---and I still kept good DP arms in this way for top 10
Michigan results.

In general I like using elastics as a boost for core strength. In the
fall, I do a quick 5 minutes on them as a supplement to bike riding
errands on days when I don't RS or when RS isn't very hard.

My routine is that I do SP, DP, and rigid-arm crunches then turn
around and do SP and DP *recovery*. I do 20-40 easy reps then 10-20
max reps. I also do chopping motions somewhat like V1 at max
resistance.

So I use the bands in a definite but very limited role---real easy to
do, takes no time---I feel it gives me a nice little power/core boost
at a time of year when I need a little touch-up.

I've also used them for a week or two to get myself better prepared
for seakayak rolling season. A little boost is better than nothing.

--JP