Advantages: Great machine for developing fitness and losing weight Disadvantages: Repetition of movement, boredom
The Concept2 is the best rowing machine available and can be found in nearly every gym around the world. It is used by people looking for some light exercise and rowers around the world to train for their sport, even at the highest Olympic level.
Benefits of the Concept2 rowing machine
Rowing strengthens upper and lower body with a smooth powerful motion. The movement is impact free and uses nearly all muscle groups, hence teaches co-ordination and elevates the heart rate more easily than other activities. Training on the Concept2 rowing machine is great to lose weight (see examples at bottom), gain fitness and build muscle. The machines last forever and do not break unless they are treated really badly, you are more likely to break than the machine. The low impact form of exercise enable recovery from injury and self ...
Advantages: Ease of use and worlds best Disadvantages: Huge! Very costly.
I am what you would describe as a fitness freak and have used many pieces of gym equipment. The Concept2 Rower is bar far the most superior rower I have used. I use the Model E which is a newer version of the rower and immediately recongised by the frame being higher off the ground allowing a raised seating position which in my opinion is a far more natural and comfortable position.
This rower is fitted with a performance Monitor known as PM4, simply the key pad you enter the distance/time and so forth. Being wireless enabled allows you to actually race another rower using a concept2, as well as wireless heart rate monitoring.
The rower even has a game function which allows you to actually add some enjoyment into your workout, it consists of a simple fish game where you must avoid the larger fish and eat the smaller ones ...
Advantages: fantastic quality Disadvantages: expensive and need alot of space
Boaties. Honestly, all those hours sliding up and down inside a boat, being shouted at by a small person with an attitude problem, sweaty, in pain... and loving every second of it. And then when they get off the water, what do they do? Hop on a ConceptII until their hands bleed and their legs turn to jelly. Something decidedly un-human about that.
Oh look, what's that gathering dust at the end of the room? My testament to my days as a lycra clad boatie. My Concept II. This is the most expensive thing I own. It's worth more than my car, and really I should use it more often than I use my car, but at the moment that is just not the case (I smoke, I drink, I eat too much these days)
But I wouldn't get rid of it. No chance.
I got hooked on rowing when I was at uni. I rowed Women's 1st VIII for my college, and a huge part of our ...
