| There are so many options when it comes to fitness | | | | of rowing is that it's a low impact activity. Unlike |
| workouts that sometimes it's difficult to know where to | | | | activities such as running, rowing puts very little stress |
| start. If you're training with specific goals in mind then | | | | on any part of the body. It's also an all-body workout. |
| certain types of workout will be tailored to suit your | | | | A session on a rowing machine works your arms, |
| needs, but for the average person simply wanting to | | | | shoulders, back, chest, abs, hips and legs. That makes |
| "get fit", lose a little weight, improve their stamina and | | | | for a well balanced workout that will leave you feeling |
| tone their body, rowing is considered one of the best | | | | energised and full of life. |
| types of workout. | | | | Rowing can be both aerobic, and anaerobic. If you row |
| While most people don't have the facilities to row on a | | | | at a slow, steady pace you increase your heart rate, |
| river each week, a good rowing machine working is | | | | build up a sweat, and get a good aerobic workout. |
| just as effective (without the cold and the wet!) | | | | Turn up the resistance however, and really go for it, |
| Their design has come on leaps and bounds in the | | | | and you get a strength workout to really pump those |
| past ten years. While even the old double piston | | | | arm and leg muscles! |
| hydraulic rowing machines offered a good workout, | | | | The best thing is is that even decent quality machines |
| modern air or water rowers are in another class. They | | | | are relatively inexpensive. Compared to a treadmill for |
| are smooth, efficient, quiet and offer a superb workout, | | | | example, rowing machines are a real bargain. They are |
| with many benefits. | | | | small and compact, extremely versatile, and offer a |
| The first, and some would say most important, benefit | | | | great all-round workout. The perfect gym equipment! |