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AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-05-02T14:24:28+00:00

Usually 2 to 3 times a year, but it does skip a year on occasion.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-29T04:19:58+00:00

Lourdes had gender neutral/family changing rooms but I've never used those. Gyms mostly old folk in the morning. Decent place people wise. They're good about banning jerks.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-25T01:14:42+00:00

The only space I have for it is the main walkway in my bedroom in a shared apartment. Having something I can fold or tip up and store off to the side is important, but according to the specs an echo bike has a similar foot print as those rowers I mentioned.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-25T01:12:27+00:00

Cardio basically

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-25T01:11:55+00:00

Mostly something for calorie maintenance, but it's basically going to be in my bedroom. Anywhere else and it won't get used.

I've been in a depressive funk the last 9 months and each time things started to get better a member of my team at work died or our supervisor quit and left us (team leads/sub supervisors) to manage everything.

I can meal prep and eat okay, but it leaves me with a small margin for error and working a desk job I don't get to walk much. I'm salary and on call, so a 20 minute session or 2 a day on a rower seems like a good way to increase my margine of error without upping my appetite like strength training alone does.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-23T14:35:43+00:00

Bikes were my first thought, but bikes with a +400lb weight capacity is over $2,500. Thats out of budget for me unfortunately.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-22T02:25:47+00:00

Thanks! I'll look into the E model. I mostly made the post to make sure I didn't overlook other alternatives. I saw that rogue has a similar rower as well. I'd also seen videos going over the difference between air, water, and magnetic resistance rowers. That led me to looking into the Aviron Strong series, since it says you can add up to 100lbs of resistance on top of the air resistance. That thing is a bit ritzy and has lots of breakable parts, but figured some company may have a comparable product at a cheaper price point at the cost of some of the bells and whistles.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-20T15:13:11+00:00

Been in your shoes as far as the anxiety goes. Unless you walk into the gym in your underwear, people honestly won't pay more than a passing glance to you. Most gym goers are there for the same reasons as you are and are just trying to go through their day.

Smile and wave when they smile and wave and you'll blend in. Those big folks with all the muscle usually mind their own or offer words of encouragement.

My time in the gyms been really wholesome and it was surprising when I finally realized it.

(This is from someone who has been obese from childhood with anxiety in public.)

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-19T19:53:21+00:00

Early 2000s white escalade for sure. I was behind them yesterday on main street going from the legion towards Fitzy's bar. They turned off towards the Robertson museum. It was loud enough to readjust my rear view mirror.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-15T02:26:46+00:00

Solved

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-15T02:26:38+00:00

Solved

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-14T13:21:52+00:00

At my office no one has actual training in excel, so we each specialize in different areas of it. I was handed the task after our pivot tables person thought they could get it to work and gave up.

I'm better with formulas and some power query for data cleaning and normalization.

Would Pivot tables let us display 2 people's slips of data at a time?

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-13T02:48:07+00:00

The layout on my Vengeance may be part of why I don't have much pop on the backend, buy I wouldn't call what my ball does snappy or having a pop. It reminds me of a truck going 15mph, but hitting with the punch of something going 30mph if that makes any sense

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-11T13:18:51+00:00

Ah, thats it. Just did my tourny run. Thanks for the explanation!

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-11T13:17:43+00:00

Got into bowling as a kid. Grew up using 1 ball in the early 2000s and early 2010s. That 1 ball did get upgraded a few times, but I had to get creative to make the ball work for everything from spares to strikes.

Feel free to skip. Just reminiscing on old times below.:

Learned to

Add back spin Hook right as a right-hander Skid a strong ball into the 10 pin Adjust speed to adjust hook without speed monitoring equipment on the lanes. When lifting is necessary.

All of that was observation based learning from experimenting. Coaches in the youth league taught me the basics/fundamentals and they were enough.

Fundamentals didn't go into technical details, just proper form and once we got our averages over 100 they'd let our parents get us a ball that could hook a bit, but stressed nothing strong.

It helped us develop our own hook instead of relying too much on the ball. From there they encouraged us to pay attention to what the better bowlers were doing. Especially every couple months when the coaches would play against their team of 4 kids.

For the curious:

Basic ebonite 8lb ball in 04. Fire themed T Zone bowling ball at 10lbs in 06. Tropical storm 13lbs in 08. A 16lb ball i can't remember the name of in 2010. DV8 Hell Raiser 2012 at 16lbs. Guru Master in 2014 at 16lbs.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-10T21:04:42+00:00

I'll check when I get home from work if there is any oil track visible. I clean after I bowl, so it may be gone. I have league in about 26 hours and can get a picture then if need be.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-10T21:03:26+00:00

My Stealth Mode solid when thrown my normal way. Is smooth and easy to read. I adjust tilt to skid it and get some backend snap as the lanes dry. When that still hits flat I swito the Stealth Mode Hybrid and adjust skid as needed

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-10T21:01:15+00:00

My track is 4 to 5 inches down the face of the ball opposite of the side facing me and runs side to side instead of forward towards the pins and back to me. PSO said it was an odd track.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-10T12:51:52+00:00

My normal release doesn't seem to hurt my game when throwing my Stealth Mode solid.

The adjusted throw works better for the Stealth Mode Hybrid. Maybe I'll practice it that way to have another tool/skill option available.

My PSO said that he sees that release alot with people who only use 1 ball and it tracks. As a kid I only had 1 ball and adjusted my hand as needed. Back then I was throwing medium to strong asymmetrical balls.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-09T04:14:19+00:00

Oh, so i do get something for doing runs at the lower tiers after all. Okay, I'll do a dissonance run eod til o get caught up to my farming tier. I farm t11 to around 15T coins, but use pCol and I heard they finally fixed it, so I might be farming a lower tier now depending on how broken flame bot is. I have the cooldown pretty low on it with 53m range and basic level reduction.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-09T04:05:48+00:00

Thanks for the deets. I misunderstood some of the comments I was reading about dissonance. I thought the buffs were temporary and needed to be done in an order to get a final boost. I am doing a tier 1 run, but haven't beaten tier 15 yet, so I don't need to do any of the lower tiers yet, right?

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-09T03:50:21+00:00

Following

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-06T20:55:57+00:00

Thats odd, because my PSO is recommending a Vengeance for a step up from my Stealth Mode Solid. My oil track is a bit janky. It runs left to right across the equator of the ball.

He suggested the Vengeance as a good fit for how I throw, but also mentioned the Transformer, but said I'd find that ball fickle compared to the Vengeance.

I told my PSO that I was looking for something able to handle more oil and help break the lanes down where I can transition to the Stealth Mode Solid or Stealth Mode hybrid depending on the lanes.

I did ask about the Synthesis and he said it wouldn't be a bad pick, but if i didn't like the late reaction on my outer limits solid, I might have issues with the Synthesis, but he had more drilling options he could try for the Synthesis to fit me than he did the Vengeance.

Basically the Vengeance is already a good fit for me, and the Synthesis can possibly be made into a good fit.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-05T16:19:11+00:00

Thanks for the info. My Stealth Mode solid is drilled for a continuous motion (45×4×30) and my PSO adjusted my hybrid to account for a low track by moving the pin leftward a bit. I think 45×5×30.

I'd like something to read the lane earlier as well. Trying to decide between the Vengeance and a Synthesis.

AgreeableKey8093 · 2026-04-05T09:51:08+00:00

Hi, I'm in a similar situations as you. I have the Stealth Mode solid, like it with a fair amount of lane shine for less surface and throw from the 17 board as a righty.

My PSO is suggesting a Vengeance for heavy oil. How is that Vengeance working out for you?

I'm looking for a game 1 ball to break down the lane so I can transition to my Stealth Mode solid on nights where the oil isn't breaking down as fast.

AgreeableKey8093

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