| Rowing is a great exercise that is often overlooked as | | | | works on more of your body that you can impact on |
| an alternative to regular monotonous cardiovascular | | | | a single workout then, generally speaking, that exercise |
| exercise such as walking or jogging on a treadmill at | | | | is much more beneficial and efficient than those |
| one speed. It is not common as a treadmill or an | | | | exercises that cannot do that. Rowing works on the |
| elliptical trainer in a gym, but the rowing machine works | | | | legs, arms, back, and core. When your arms are close |
| on the whole body not just the legs. Not many cardio | | | | to your body, you can contract your core to get a |
| exercises can work on your whole body like rowing. | | | | great workout to firm your core. It can take a lot of |
| Why is it more effective and efficient than treadmill or | | | | energy to row efficiently and quickly. Look at the |
| elliptical trainers? Because you get a total body | | | | rowing (or crew) team in the Olympics or in college. |
| workout on your legs, core, arms, etc. and you can | | | | The good rowing teams have members who are lean, |
| vary the resistance, these are a few reasons on why | | | | muscular, and defined. Their rowing workout is |
| the rowing machine is a viable and effective alternative | | | | conducive to a trim and fit body. |
| to a treadmill and elliptical trainer. Here are some | | | | Rowing can be done in an interval way. You can vary |
| specific reasons about why rowing is a great exercise. | | | | the resistance by rowing faster or rowing slower. |
| Rowing is a non-impact cardiovascular workout. | | | | When you sprint on a rowing machine for a short |
| Although you are using your knees, waist, and elbow, | | | | duration (about a minute), it takes a lot of energy. Then, |
| you are not impacting those joints. If you have pain in | | | | you can row normally for a minute. Then, sprint again |
| your joints, this is great that you get to do a | | | | for another minute. That is interval training for your |
| cardiovascular exercise without impacting those joints. | | | | entire body. You will burn fat faster and become |
| If you run on treadmill, then you have to be particularly | | | | physically fit and trim. |
| careful and cautious when your knees and ankles start | | | | Rowing is a great alternative for your cardiovascular |
| to hurt. You may consider switching (at least | | | | workout. It can burn fat quickly and efficiently especially |
| momentarily) to a rowing machine. Although the elliptical | | | | when you do interval-like training on it. With rowing, you |
| trainer is low impact, the rowing machine works out | | | | are connecting and engaging in your workout- not |
| more body parts. | | | | reading a book or watching television (or, at least, it is |
| Rowing works on your whole body. If an exercise | | | | best not to watch TV but concentrate.). |