{"id":21,"date":"2021-10-31T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/?p=21"},"modified":"2023-01-07T17:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:42:59","slug":"october-and-skeleton-crew-challenge-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/2021\/10\/31\/october-and-skeleton-crew-challenge-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2021 &#8211; Skeleton Crew Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around the middle of the month I noticed a new arm was available for the RowERG that allowed a tablet to be placed below the performance meter, this was being sold as a standard part with all new RowERGs and was also available as a <a href=\"https:\/\/shop-uk.concept2.com\/accessories\/699-device-holder-retrofit-kit.html\">retrofit<\/a> item for existing machines for $25.00 from the US shop or \u00a323.00 from the UK shop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/device-holder-retrofit-kit.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/device-holder-retrofit-kit-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Device Holder Retrofit\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/device-holder-retrofit-kit-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/device-holder-retrofit-kit-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/device-holder-retrofit-kit-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/device-holder-retrofit-kit.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had wanted one of these since I first noticed them but had to wait a while until they were available in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as they were available I ordered one, along with a <a href=\"https:\/\/shop-uk.concept2.com\/accessories\/165-deluxe-seat-pad.html\">deluxe seat pad<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/shop-uk.concept2.com\/clothing\/645-men-s-perfect-tri-crew-t-shirt.html\">Crew T-Shirt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fitting the arm in place of the old one took no more than 10 minutes while using the very easy to follow instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Hot on the heels of the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/ftc\">Fall Team Challenge<\/a> was the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/skeleton-crew\">Skeleton Crew Challenge<\/a>, where you need to row more than 31,000m between 25 and 31 October to claim the certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Most of my entries for this involved a 2K warm up, a 10K row whilst watching an episode of something on my iPad secured in the new device holder streamed from my Plex server and then a 2K cool down.<\/p>\n<p>In total I rowed 66,668m for the challenge, I was aiming for 66,666, but ended up just slightly over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-01-at-19.05.51.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-01-at-19.05.51-300x232.png\" alt=\"Skeleton Crew Challenge\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-01-at-19.05.51-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-01-at-19.05.51-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-01-at-19.05.51.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the month of October I managed a total of 63 hours of exercise, walked 485km climbed 283 flights of stairs, cycled 0km and rowed 387km.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the month my weight was 15 Stone 4lb (214lb\/97kg), a loss of 6lb (2.7kg).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around the middle of the month I noticed a new arm was available for the RowERG that allowed a tablet to be placed below the performance meter, this was being sold as a standard part with all new RowERGs and was also available as a retrofit item for existing machines for $25.00 from the 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