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Rowing is a great form of exercise, not to mention a highly efficient means of traveling across the water, but … you’re facing backwards the whole time. The RowVista system changes that, getting rowers facing in the direction they’re headed.Continue Re… Continue reading No more shoulder checks – RowVista gets rowers facing forward
Rowing machines are one of those things that many fitness-conscious people want but don’t get, due to their high price and large size. The RowBro is designed to address those problems, as it’s ultra-compact and should ultimately sell for just US$599.Co… Continue reading RowBro minimizes the size and cost of rowing machines
Keeping fit indoors can be a challenge, though the challenge with many home fitness devices is maintaining motivation. So-called smart rowing machines can help keep you engaged, and Peloton has now put its long-rumored Row up for pre-order.Continue Rea… Continue reading Peloton looks to motivate with premium-priced home rowing machine
Rowing machines provide a great workout but they do take up a lot of space, which is why many fold in half. The King Smith WR1 takes things a step further, by folding in thirds to form a wheeled wood-sided cube.Continue ReadingCategory: Sports, Lifesty… Continue reading Wood-sided rowing machine folds in thirds to become a box
We’ve seen bikes that are powered by both the arms and legs, plus we’ve seen ones that are rowed instead of (or along with) being pedaled. The Varibike Extreme, however, combines both types of exercise in a unique new fashion.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Varibike Extreme gets riders’ arms and/or legs rowing and/or pedaling
Although there already are exercise machines that simulate nordic skiing, rowing and other activities, they’re usually separate devices that are all fairly large. Whipr takes a different approach, consisting of a small base unit that works with multipl… Continue reading Whipr combines three types of resistance training in a portable system
While rowing machines certainly provide a good workout, they do require users to keep their hands on the handle at all times – this makes it quite difficult to control a smartphone’s music playback function. The ergRemote, however, puts a Bluetooth rem… Continue reading ergRemote gives rowers quick control of their music
If you’re a member of a rowing team, it’s not just your stroke that’s important, but also how well you coordinate that stroke with those of your team-mates. With that in mind, Idaho-based rowers Mike Schaefer and John Balint invented the conn… Continue reading Connected rowing machine makes users part of a team
If you’re a fan of endurance racing motor vehicles, there’s one that puts the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Dakar Rally, and the Baja 1000 to shame, and the race doesn’t even involve cars. Indeed, the vehicles used for this massive trek from France to China are electric bicycles, powered only by solar panels. This is the epic Sun Trip endurance race, and one of its competitors built a unique tandem bike that is powered both by pedaling, rowing, and the solar panels.
The tandem bike is interesting on its own since the atypical design uses a back-to-back layout …read more