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Home > Rowing Machines Buying Guide
Rowing Machines Buying Guide |
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Cardio Kids Rowing Machines — International Youth Fitness is the leading developer and manufacturer of Youth Fitness Equipment. Since 1999 IYF has developed more than 60 different fitness products for children. Each products' foremost goal is to "Motivate Kids to Move"! At IYF they are determined to provide the tools for children to grow and mature in all areas of their life. They are working diligently to develop balanced active healthy lifestyles for children of all ages.
Aerobic exercise equipment similar to what Mom and Dad use but utilizing a modified design for children.
Top pick: Cardio Kids Children's Rowing Machine
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Concept 2 Rowing Machines — Perhaps the most important feature of the Concept2 Rowing Machine is the company that stands behind it. Concept2's commitment to customer service is outstanding, so when you purchase a Concept2 Rowing Machine, you get a lot more than just an exercise machine. Concept2 provides training information called The Update - Concept2's twice yearly newsletter that includes motivational games, Million Meter Clubs, competitive racing opportunities, online logbooks, rankings and forums and an international community of fellow rowers. Publications are included as part of your purchase of a Concept2 Rowing Machine.
Top pick: Concept 2 Model E Rowing Machine
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H2O Fitness Rowing Machines — HealthCare International, has elected to offset all carbon emissions associated with its manufacturing, packaging, transportation and operational aspects of their business. This commitment places HealthCare International, Inc., as an environmental leader in the fitness industry and demonstrates proactive steps being taken in the fight against global climate change. They monitor all phases of their production, packaging and shipping to insure that they minimize their impact on the environment. They have eliminated Styrofoam and bubble wrap from their packaging. In addition, they are sourcing cardboard that is made from recycled material. Certain aspects of the business are more difficult to control such as steel manufacturing and shipping emissions. To offset the impact of these components they have teamed up with Carbonfund.org. For each product that they manufacture they purchase carbon credits through Carbonfund.org. These credits are then used towards building renewable energy sources, reforestation and energy efficiency research projects worldwide. Health Care International is a small company but they set a good example for others to follow, after all we only have one world.
Top pick: H2O Fitness ProRower H2O RX-950 Club Series Rowing Machine
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Kettler Rowing Machines — Heinz Kettler founded a small enterprise in his home town of Ense-Parsit, Germany, in 1949, and the company has since grown into a world-wide manufacturing and marketing organization that employs over 3,000 people to serve customers in 60 countries.
Kettler has always remained true to its Made-in-Germany quality principle, which remains the central pillar of the company's management philosophy.
Top pick: Kettler X-Row E3 Rowing Machine
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LifeCore Fitness Rowing Machines — LifeCore Fitness was established in 1991 and has made its niche by specializing in the market's most bio-mechanically correct equipment. LifeCore's line of home gyms, rowing machines, and elliptical trainers, including over 100 patents worldwide, have won a slew of awards for their chic European designs and their small footprints, designed to fit in the most convenient spaces in homes or fitness facilities.
Top pick: LifeCore Fitness R100 Rowing Machine
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LifeSpan Fitness Rowing Machines — Since its founding in 1994 in Park City, Utah, PCE Health and Fitness (PCE) has established a reputation of innovation, quality, and community responsibility. In 2001, the company introduced the LifeSpan line of fitness equipment to target the over-55, value-conscious consumer.
LifeSpan's award-winning line of exercise equipment is more strongly focused on treadmills and stationary bikes. LifeSpan introduced its rower in an effort to round out its fitness equipment line. Their focus on the senior user has provided a unique take on the rowing machine: an easy-to-read monitor, solid yet lightweight construction, and compact storage size.
Top pick: LifeSpan Fitness RW1000 Rower
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PFS Rowing Machines — Performance Fitness Systems is a subsidiary of PFS, Inc. Source Plus was founded in 1998 by three professionals, each with their own specific areas of expertise. The uniqueness of the company lies in the ability to provide all of the three major areas of getting new products to the market under one roof: (1) Product concept and design; (2) Engineering and Testing; and (3) Marketing and Sales.
Top pick: SmoothFlow R80 Rower
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Phoenix Rowing Machines — Established in 1998 as a wholesale distributor of fitness equipment, Phoenix Health and Fitness offers a complete line of high-quality exercise equipment for the in-home and light commercial markets. Phoenix Health and Fitness works directly with its sister company, Reflex Design, to develop new concepts and products for the ever-changing fitness equipment market in the U.S.
This partnership has produced a patented permanent magnetic resistance system for the MR900 Rowing Machine, along with its unique 4-window LCD display that eliminates the need to scroll through functions. And Phoenix didn't stop there, they gave the MR900 a compact storage size and casters for easy moving. All at the lowest price for a full-size model.
Top pick: Phoenix MR 900 Power Rowing Machine
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Stamina Rowing Machines — Stamina Products Inc. was founded in 1987. Their focus has been to supply quality and value to the fitness and leisure markets.
Stamina, which has made its mark as the forerunner in the Pilates and Gyrotonic markets, is also quite a player in the Rowing Machine markets. They bring their unique sense of whole-body exercise to the design table, offering up three combination rowers; the GlideMaster 1210, the Conversion II Row/Bike, and the Deluxe Conversion II Row/Bike.
Traditionally, Stamina has put out some of the most reasonably priced models in piston and air sistance rowing machines. But their newest release, the Deluxe Conversion II Row/Bike, marks their entry into the magnetic resistance field, where we expect great things.
Top pick: Stamina ATS 1400 Air Rower - FREE FedEx Shipping!
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WaterRower Rowing Machines — The WaterRower has been designed to set it apart from other fitness equipment featuring an attention to detail unseen in other exercise equipment. The WaterRower has been made to a quality point, not a price point. While they could make it cheaper, it simply would not be as good, and customers expect the best not the cheapest. In replicating the dynamics of rowing so accurately, the WaterRower is unrivaled in replicating not only the superb physiological dynamics of rowing, but much of the aesthetic pleasure as well. Most rowing machines replicate rowing mechanically and in so doing miss the true essence of the sport, the calming feel of a boat gliding down the river.
Top pick: WaterRower S1 in Brushed Stainless Steel (S4)
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| Workout Programs | | Depending on who you are, a rowing machine's performance monitor is either a confusing distraction with a lot of numbers or the absolute key to a quality workout regimen. We offer machines to accommodate both types (and everyone in between). You can buy anything from a gorgeous, high-performance machine with no monitor whatsoever to a mid-priced rower with enough computer-adjusting, cutting-edge, pre-set workout programs to make your favorite elliptical trainer blush. |
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| Resistance Type | | Bells and whistles aside, resistance type - air, air/magnetic, magnetic, piston, or water - is actually the most fundamental way of breaking down the rowing market. All five types offer the same workout benefits - more defined musculature, improved cardio health - but each has its own benefits and its own devoted following. |
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Air Rowing Machines — Air resistance uses a fan to create resistance - which means it responds to your pace, increasing resistance according to your stroke rate for a great simulation of real rowing. Air models are generally long; they provide more full extension and take up more space, although some fold for easy storage. The fan, while cooling for users, makes air rowers far and away the loudest option.
Top pick: Concept 2 Model D Rowing Machine
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Magnetic Rowing Machines — Magnetic resistance - as found in many exercise bikes and elliptical trainers - uses powerful electromagnets to provide a variable system of resistance. Like piston machines, magnetic rowing machines are virtually silent; they're also longer and smoother, which allows fuller, more fluid extension. The variable resistance settings are ideal for those seeking specific workouts; many magnetic rowers offer versatile monitors that give you custom-fit workout options. Serious rowers in training, however, will prefer air or water resistance, both of which vary according to stroke rate.
Top pick: Kettler Coach M Rower
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Piston Rowing Machines — Piston resistance uses hydraulic cylinders attached to dual arms. Piston models are the smallest and least expensive options - they provide a great intro to rowing and its benefits without making a lot of demands on your space or budget. They're compact, quiet, and the only rowing machines that can work each arm independently. The big drawbacks: they're not as smooth as the other types, their frames are often too small for taller users, and their rowing simulation is least like the real thing.
Top pick: Kettler Favorit Rowing Machine
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Water Rowing Machines — Water resistance rowing machines are similar to air rowers in their mechanism. They accurately emulate real rowing; resistance increases according to your pace. Water rowing machines allow you to increase or decrease the pressure by changing the amount of water in the resistance tank. They're not nearly as noisy as air resistance machines, but they're louder than magnetic and piston options. They're the heaviest - and generally most expensive - rowing machines; they're also the most aesthetic models and offer the highest maximum user weights.
Top pick: WaterRower Oxbridge Rowing Machine - Cherry Wood
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| Combination Machines | | If you need variety in your workout regimen, and you don't have the space or budget for a full home gym, you'll love our selection of Rowing Machines with a little something extra. Choose a rower/bike combo or pick a model with strength-training exercises or ab exercises. |
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| Heart Rate Measurement | | A great cardio-based training tool that challenges you to train within customized zones, heart rate monitoring has lately become one of the most popular training techniques of the fitness industry. Heart rate training includes two components: a monitor, which is commonly a chest strap, and a receiver, which provides console readouts when the monitor is plugged in. Our machines come in one of three categories: Built In/Included, Requires Accessory, and Not Supported. |
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| Your Fitness Level | | Just breaking into fitness? Looking for the next step in a solid workout program? Going from good to great or great to world-class? We have rowers for every fitness level, and rowers to help you move through the fitness ranks. If you know the fitness standard you would like to achieve, we can help you find the rower that gets you there. |
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