Joan Claybrook is the former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and president emeritus of Public Citizen.ey highway legislation is scheduled to be considered this week on the Senate floor. Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., want to have the Department of Transportation evaluate these longer trucks instead of recklessly allowing Congress to mandate them.
Save. You won't burn many calories if all you do on a rowing machine is scoot the seat back and forth. But with proper technique -- a strong leg drive, paired with body and arm engagement -- you stand to burn more than 700 calories per hour, depending on your body weight.(Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak Media/Getty Images).or example, Harvard Health Publications estimates that if you weigh 185 pounds, you'll burn about 311 calories in half an hour of moderate rowing. If you weighed 135 pounds, you'd only burn 210 calories in the same amount of time.
The rower is a good choice for weight loss. It is low impact on your joints, and uses your whole body to move back and forth which increases calorie-burning potential. On a rowing machine a 155-lb. person can burn 260 to 316 calories in 30 minutes exercising at a moderate to vigorous pace.he role of intensity is an essential component of all exercise, including the rowing machine. If you want to lose weight aim for at least 250 to 420 minutes each week at a moderate to vigorous pace, according to the American College of Sports Medicine.