# Gym Machines You No Longer See **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719 "2022-08-15T23:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719/21 "2022-08-17T18:43:39Z")
Just did today. This is how I do them: You start sitting up. Partner tosses the ball to you, aiming maybe 1.5’ above your head. You catch the ball, with outstretched arms, and let the momentum tilt you back. You continue all the way back, keeping your arms outstretched, then do a situp, and toss the ball back. All the time, trying to keep your arms extended. The extra weight and leverage with the ball makes the situp harder. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719/22 "2022-08-17T19:04:08Z")
Thanks! I kinda like the images of my version better, but either way, avoiding concussion from my head bouncing off the floor would be my biggest concern. I think I will dig out my no longer seen exercise machine that raises my heart and respiration rates by watching scary movies in a recliner with beer and chips to hand. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719/23 "2022-08-20T07:37:07Z")
Do rowing machines still exist in places that aren’t just dedicated gyms for rowers? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Terrific](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tom_terrific/32/342_2.png) [@Tom\_Terrific](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Terrific)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719/24 "2022-08-20T12:48:42Z")
Yep, I go to a cardiac rehab place that has 3 of the rowing machines. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719/25 "2022-08-20T19:32:16Z")
What happened to those huge ab rocking rolling things? My first university gym was and likely still is an embarrassment, but they had a few of those… ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719/26 "2022-08-21T01:13:44Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > Do rowing machines still exist in places that aren’t just dedicated gyms for rowers? I have one in my home gym upstairs, next to my exercise bike and resistance equipment. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719/27 "2022-08-21T01:18:13Z")
Every crossfit gym has multiple rowing machines. All the campus gyms and GoodLifes I have seen have one or a few. They are small and flat and easy to not see. Most dedicated rowers train outside, though I am sure they use machines as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gym-machines-you-no-longer-see/969719.md?page=1)