The Amazing Waterrower

I’m a little short on photography news right now folks, so bear with me a while while I sidetrack to give another piece of equipment I own some long overdue praise and publicity. Anyone who knows me, will know that I’m not the biggest fitness freak out there, but since I enjoy eating, I have to keep moderately active, so some time back I bought myself a rowing machine, but not just any rowing machine, I bought myself “The WaterRower” which, if you’ve never seen before, you should take 10 minutes to look at. It’s cool for a few reasons, firstly like any exercise, it helps to keep away coughs, sneezes and other diseases, keeps us healthy, lowers cholesterol, and all the other stuff people go on about, but we already know that. Rowing is cool because it takes a bunch of impact away from your joints that other exercises don’t, so it’s great without screwing your knees, etc. and exercises 84% of your body in one go. But the WaterRower takes the whole thing to another level for me, ya see the resistance method of this piece of kit is water, so while you’re exercising, you’re able to calm the mind too (unlike Concept C2 rowers which sound like a tread mill or something) with this wonderful “swooshing” noise every time you stroke. Additionally, for the home models they’re made of beautiful hardwood (I picked Cherry wood), look wonderful as a piece of furniture, they store upright if you wish to do so. You get free chlorine tablets to keep the water clean, and like any good piece of gym kit, you can hook your Polar HRM into it, to monitor heart rate on the on board computer if you so wish. What a fantastic piece of equipment, highly recommended to anyone!!