[floridaorange]

I'm all for erging! Fantastic full body workout, obviously!

But I am also keenly aware of how grueling it can be. So for this reason, I would just advise, erg daily, weekly as much as you want. Just make sure that once you get into better shape, you switch it up so that you STAY in that zone. And allow for the next season of life to look different, just don't stop being erg level active, that's the key.

Often humans will get a wave of motivation and decide to run 5 miles a day or ERG 5,000 meters a day, only to burn themselves out because they don't eat and rest and recover. Or because what they chose is super tough and not sustainable.

If you are able to integrate the erg, and stair climber, and treadmill and machines and walks and protein shakes and sleep etc into your life for the rest of your life, that is the goal.

Don't be all or nothing, and don't let the difficulty of the ERG make you decide working out is not for you, when the day comes that it loses its allure.