If you’ve been spending your days sitting on your backside staring at computer screens and you are noticing a little increase in girth, or if you are becoming conscious of your (retrograde) level of fitness rowing may be the perfect exercise for you, especially if you’re getting a little older and aren’t about to strut around the local gym like you would have in the “good old days.”

You work all major muscle groups including legs, arms, back, abdominals and buttocks while rowing. Rowing also provides aerobic conditioning and strength training – all the cornerstones of physical fitness – muscle endurance, strength, and cardiovascular health – in one compact package that doesn’t take up half the room.

You can read more about rowing exercise equipment here or jump right to the write up on the Kettler Kadett rowing machine, which is German made and considered the top-of-the-line of hydraulic rowers.

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The rowing machine provide a complete, full-body workout along with aerobic training. Rowing machines are one of the few pieces of exercise equipment that work the abdominals and the back muscles in a regular session. There are hydraulic, fan, and water type constructions in price ranges from a couple hundred to a couple thousand. Each type provides the same training effect and differeniates on manufacturing method and the closeness to achieving the sensation of actual rowing.

Aerobic exercise keeps mind and body sharp.