| Are you looking for a piece of exercise equipment to | | | | Are You Overweight? |
| add a new dimension to your workouts? The rowing | | | | If you are carrying some additional weight, you will hit |
| machine can offer you an intense low impact workout | | | | the gym to try and lose the fat. The greater your body |
| to offer you training variety while minimising potential | | | | mass, the greater the risk of receiving injuries when |
| for injury. The rowing machine allows you to get a | | | | running. This is due to a relatively larger stress on the |
| great cardiovascular workout, quickly bringing you | | | | legs. If weight loss is your goal you want to remain |
| heart rate up to a high level while also working the | | | | injury free. The rower does not discriminate with |
| pulling muscles in the upper body. The rower can be | | | | regard to body mass; it simply is not a factor. |
| set at varying resistances, from 1 being least to 10 | | | | Are you recovering from an injury? |
| being the greatest. | | | | Many sports injuries are due to overuse and stress |
| There are not many pieces of training equipment in the | | | | and rehabilitation has to be performed carefully to |
| gym which can develop functional upper body strength | | | | prevent further injury. Professional athletes push the |
| while maintaining the same level of work on the lower | | | | body to its physical limits so continually pounding the |
| body. The benefit many people find in a rowing | | | | pavement will bring increased injury and potentially |
| machine is that it is a non impact system. The force of | | | | shorten a career. |
| your body weight is not being placed on any of your | | | | A non impact form of exercise such as the rowing |
| joints. | | | | machine can allow athletes and gym goers alike the |
| When you are running, every stride is taking you closer | | | | opportunity to exercise at a high intensity while |
| to a repetition or overuse injury. The stress on your | | | | avoiding injury. It is no secret that Olympic rowers are |
| knees and ankles is approximately 10 times you body | | | | one of if not the fittest types of athletes experiencing |
| mass and after time your legs cannot cope with | | | | careers well into their forties, such as Steve Redgrave |
| repetitive stress of these forces. This results in shin | | | | (UK). |
| splints, runners' knee and a multitude of running related | | | | The rower can be applied to intervals really easily, |
| injuries. When rowing, however, your body weight is | | | | simply perform a sprint of say 250 metres and rest |
| not a factor and these injuries are avoided. | | | | for 30 seconds, and repeat three further times. |
| Rowing can be especially important if you are | | | | Performing 5 sets of this routine will give you an |
| overweight, recovering from injury or recovering from | | | | amazing high intensity interval training program. |
| another intense physical activity. | | | | |