Many experts state that rowing is one of the better exercises that you can do for aerobic activity. They say this because rowing will not only help with your cardio, but it will also give your muscles a pretty decent workout as well. Rowing machines are unlike other well known cardio machines in that a rower will workout your upper and lower body at the same time. In general when you are on a rowing machine, you will work with seventy five percent using your legs and the other twenty five percent you will be using your arms. Rowing sometimes may also be better that other exercises like running or jogging. Some say that running and jogging will put unnecessary pressure on your joints and bones. Rowing when done the proper way will get rid of almost all of the pressure on your body.
If you are in the market for a rowing machine, you should know that there are basically four main types of rowers for you to consider and they are piston based, magnetic, water and flywheel. The best rowing machine is the one that you can afford. If you are looking to go the cheap route you are probably considering the piston based rowers. Thees types of rowers will be the cheapest of the four and operate from the tension that is present in a cylinder. This tension is able to be adjusted on most models of this type of rowing machine. The downfall with the piston based rowing machines is that some don’t allow you to pull in a straight line which gets away from the true rowing technique. This is not really ideal because you want to have as close to the proper rowing form as possible when using an indoor rowing machine.
The air rowing machine gives the user a really close similarity to true rowing. The resistance of an air rowing machine is provides by the flywheel that is attached to the machine and also comes form the wind that is created through your rowing motion. A home rowing machine can be an excellent gift for family. As opposed to the piston rowing machine where you have to adjust the piston for resistance, the air rowing machines resistance is adjusted by the user pulling harder or softer. If you compared the piston based rower with the air rower, the air rower gives a move natural movement and therefore mimics rowing better.
The magnetic rowing machine is another rower that mimics the movements of a professional rower very well. In addition to doing this, the magnetic rowing machine is also more silent than the piston based rower or the air rowing machine. Unlike the other two versions, the magnetic rower uses a magnet system to build up resistance. The best rowing machines are the ones your can afford. The magnet will act as a breaking system for the machine. The magnets used in the magnetic rowing machine produce almost no resistance and this is why the machine is pretty much silent when users are using it.











