From a fitness perspective, the WaterRower S1 works 84 percent of your muscle mass, helping tone and strengthen your muscles while burning far more calories than most other aerobic machines. The exercise is also low impact, as it removes all the body weight from the ankles, knees, and hips, but still moves the limbs and joints through a full range of motion--from completely extended to completely contracted.
The WaterRower S1 is outfitted with a Series 4 performance monitor that's designed to balance technical sophistication with user-friendliness. The monitor--which includes six information and programming windows, six QuickSelection buttons, and three navigation buttons--displays your workout intensity, stroke rate, heart rate, zone bar, duration, and distance. Plus, the monitor is compatible with an optional heart rate chest strap and receiver, which helps you optimize your workout and achieve your exercise objectives.
The WaterRower S1 is made from brushed stainless steel designed to add a sleek, high-tech look to your home, gym, or office. Functionally identical to all the wooden WaterRower models, the S1's modern materials are still remarkably easy to clean. While other rowing machines require cleaning, oiling, vacuuming, and part checks, the WaterRower's intelligent design and quality components--smooth nylon strapping instead of chains, a pulley-free bungee cord, and an enclosed tank that prevents dust buildup--will save you valuable time and money.
Other details include dual rails with four corner wheels that increase seat stability and reduce the amount of sweat buildup; a frame that flips upright for handy storage; and a weight capacity of up to 1,000 pounds. The WaterRower S1 measures 84 by 21 by 22 inches (W x H x D), weighs 143 pounds (with water), and carries a one-year warranty on the frame and components (WaterRower will upgrade the warranty to five years on the frame and three years on the components with the completion of a registration form).
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Many people feel more comfortable in their own homes exercising and thus the need for every kind of home fitness equipment on the market. You have equipment for the stomach, upper body, lower body, and the entire body.
Although some of the equipment makes be a little bulky, home fitness equipment usually stores always nicely. You can find equipment that costs some money or you can find just as nice equipment that does not cost you a fortune. Not one piece of equipment is better than the other. It all becomes a matter of personal preference. Most of the fitness equipment comes with instructions on how to use the equipment for the areas of the body. This is supplied with either written directions or a DVD.
Some of the home fitness equipment includes weights, stairs stepper, exercise bicycles, treadmills and weight benches. With all these innovated designs and styles, you should be able to find equipment that you can use at home.
Looking To Flatten Your Stomach
If you are looking to flatten your stomach, the home fitness equipment has many different machines that help you with this task. Have you heard about the AB Rocker, rolling machine and the AB Lounge to name a few? These machines aid you in working the stomach muscles to tone and flatten while strengthening the muscles as well.
If you choose to use the AB Lounge, you can purchase this home fitness machine at stores like Wal-Mart and Sears. The thing to remember about the AB Lounge, your weight has some considerations when using the machine as well as your height. Therefore, trying a floor model in the store, might give you a better idea if you can us ethe device.
The AB Lounge gives you no motivation. Many of the home fitness equipment you use has a plan, with the AB Lounge you have nothing to keep you motivated while performing the routine. If you need something to keep you motivated, this might not be the correct piece of equipment for you.
A Cardiovascular Workout
For a full upper and lower body workout, you might consider a treadmill. This not only works the entire body, but helps with burning calories while toning the entire body.
If you need something a little trendier, a stair stepper gives you a good cardiovascular workout while toning and burning calories as well. You have more options for resistance with this type of home fitness equipment. You will receive a great workout with this equipment.
Another type of home fitness equipment that most people do not even know about is the Elliptical trainers. It has been said that this equipment provides the ultimate workout. It has the resistance of a stair stepper and the motivation needed and received from the treadmill.
You should no problem planning an exercise routine with any of these home fitness equipment devices and to build a perfectly toned body. You can choose which piece of equipment best suits your needs and level of motivation.
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I got my Favorit about 5 days after I ordered it and when I went to put it together I realized that a piece was missing (the bar to hold the foot pedals on). So I called customer service and they sent me one free of charge the next day. I was a little disappointed because I was excited to use it but couldn't without something to put my feet on. So I waited another 5 or so days and I got that part.
After using it I realized the right shock absorber wasn't working correctly, and it started losing more pressure within a few day to where it was unusable. I emailed customer service this time and they sent me a new shock right away.
Since then I haven't had any problems, the machine works great and I've been using it about 3 weeks daily with the new shock. The customer service was really great, which is why I decided not to take off a star. I think I might have gotten a returned machine. It was obviously a dud either way, everything else about the experience was so high quality it's hard to believe this sort of thing would happen regularly.
I wanted to respond to the other review about the resistance adjustment too (because I was worried about this when I was reading them). When I was talking to the customer service lady on the phone the first time, I told her that I had gotten two of the wrong bolts. There are a set of bolts for putting the arms on with tooth that goes all the way up the bolt (this is also used for the resistance knobs), and another set for the arms that only has tooth about a third of the way up. I hadn't gotten any of the second type, but I had two extra of the first type. She said that they replaced those because people were accidentally using the the bolts without the full tooth on the resistance adjustment, which wouldn't work because you can't screw it down all the way. So the people who were complaining about the resistance just didn't follow the instructions.
Also, people seemed to make a big deal out of the instructions but they're very clear with good pictures, diagrams of the bolts you need to use, etc. Seems to me they must never have had to partially assemble anything. All you have to do was bolt the arms, legs, and foot pedals on. It's mostly assembled when you get it. Be careful to put the arms on the correct way, though, the bend should face forward like in the picture.
Overall I'm very glad I bought this machine. I read a lot of reviews on a lot of the cheaper (0 - 0) piston rowing machines and they were all complaining about their machines degrading within a week of two of getting it, like broken wheels on the seats and shocks leaking oil and loud squeaks and that's why I decided to pay a bit more. The Favorit is really quiet, and obviously build to last. The resistance is good too, at its lowest setting it's pretty easy, so you can do an aerobic workout, and on it's highest setting I can hardly pull it back. I have it set around the middle right now so it's like a weight machine. You can even sit on it backwards and do a bench press. And if you have problems with it, you'll have a really great support center to work with.
The Favorit is outfitted with a training computer that provides info on time measurement, number of oar strokes, speed of strokes, distance covered during training session, total distance, energy consumption, and pulse rate. You can program settings for desired distance covered and stroke speed and receive visual and audio signals when you've reached your goals. It has a 250-pound weight capacity and measures 49 x 31 x 10 inches.
Rowing is an especially balanced form of exercise that involves all the main muscle groups and increases the efficiency of the heart and circulatory systems. it also encourages the metabolism and raises the ability of your organs to absorb oxygen.
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