Weight training and keeping fit at the gym /fitness center at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud

The weight training  at the gym /fitness center at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud is going really well - especially using the new seated row machine.

It's hitting my back in the same areas as would dead lifts, the middle back and traps but without the risk to my lower back.

Muscles worked during the seated row.

We bought some new 20 kg plates just for the seated row in order to increase the amount of weight loaded, just using the initial pair of 20 kg plates followed by 10 kg disks I was limited to 100 kg now with 4 20 kg plates I'm up to 130 kg now on the machine and loving the feeling I get when training.

Its also increasing my grip strength and like dead lifting my forearms are getting bigger also due to holding the weight.

My back work out now consists of:

6 sets of ultra wide grip pull downs to back of head
4 sets of narrower pull downs to front of head
6 sets of seated rows

We can now load a bar up to over 200 kg so I'm sure we can cater for any level of person staying for a holiday in either La Forge or La Veille Maison.

Weight training at the gym / fitness center at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud

Back weight training at the gym / fitness center at our Brittany holiday cottage near Baud yesterday after a 2 day rest to train back and biceps.

Every year we try to expand the facilities within the gym and this year we purchased a dip station and a seated low row.

So hitting back yesterday I started of with 6 sets of wide grip pull downs to the back of the neck, then 4 sets of narrower pull downs to the front, followed by 6 sets on the new seated row.....what a great exercise - very similar to the seated cable rows I grew up using in the commercial gyms in hitting my middle and lower back.

The new seated row within our gym located at our Brittany holiday cottage

I went up to 100 kg yesterday on the seated row and loved the movement, my back is feeling it today!

The gym is available to use for all our guest staying in either La Forge or La Veille Maison.

Last minute bargain at our Brittany holiday cottage with heated swimming pool near Baud

We have a last minute bargain at our Brittany holiday cottage with heated swimming pool near Baud for the month of June and July in La Veille Maison.

10th - 24th June now just £499 per week
24th June - 8th July now just £649 per week.


We also have week starting 26th August available for just £999 reduced down from £1195.

In La Forge we still have 2 weeks available at the start of October with the heated swimming pool offered on a private basis for just £399 per week.

Our Brittany holiday cottage with pool near Baud