Sir - I had one for several years, liked it, but sold it. Wish I had it back.

Best of luck to your son.

John

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John H. Post, III, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Charlottesville, VA

Buddy of mine is a swimmer on the pro circuit, just blew out both knees about 3 or 4 weeks ago. He isn't allowed to swim or do anything with his legs, so he's been doing a lot of weights (drop dead sprinter type).

I'm pretty sure you can get a basic home gym for a lot less cash than a VASA, especially if you look on Craigslist. The New Years resolutioners are probably just about done with them.

Nothing against the vasa, just that if you aren't looking to use it long term, then I'm not sure it is worth the investment.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Here ya go!
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=4858114;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

15 min after my post and here you are, Mr. Vasa:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Thanks! I'll read through it today.

And obtaining used weights and such, he's on the Y swim team which includes full gym access hence personal trainer sessions.

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I've a trainer not an erg, I like it, whilst it does not provide the data of the erg, I don't need to know how many watts I'm not pulling to realise with almost any levels of resistance that I'm weak as a result of not having swum or exercised for a decade and its clearly that it is optimised to work on conditioning the pull, in fact you could use it exclusively for the first half / three quarters of the pull and you get the benefit.

I can't speak for the erg, but with the trainer, whilst you can full stroke, with resistance on it, its best to return your arms underhand rather than over due to loads placed on your shoulder.

that said, I also think there would be other ways of working the same muscles groups but I think it would be awkward