Would you reccomend a rowing machine at home?

[SouthernComforts]

Just that really. I've lost a stone now through healthy eating and now I want to tone up at home.

Do you have one? If so which one? And would you recommend it for general toning?

Thanks

[SqueezyCheeseWeasel]

I would recommend it but only if you can afford a good one - a concept 2 or a water rower.

The cheaper ones just don't give enough resistance and are too small to get a full length stroke, I have had both ends of the market. I soon replaced the £300 Argos machine with a proper concept 2 because the cheap one was pointless. I bought the concept new, about 6 years ago. It's a model D, I don't know if they still make them, it was about £900 but has done well over 3 million metres now and is still going strong with no issues. The results are great, it is fab for your core. In fact, it works lots of muscle groups. If you do intervals, it's fab for stamina too.

[SqueezyCheeseWeasel]

Just to say, make sure you have the space though. The concept2 is 10 feet long!

[contortionist]

The Concept 2 is great, but not cheap and takes up a lot of room. I had to give mine away to a local rowing club when I moved to a smaller flat. And then I bought another as soon as I moved somewhere big enough to have one again!

[gincamelbak]

We had a fairly cheap (

[ErrolTheDragon]

We've got a concept 2, it's an excellent piece of kit - much better imo than elliptical or bike. But as people have said , it takes space - most of one half of our double garage has become our exercise machine room. If you don't have that much space then a good bike might be a better bet than a smaller but less good rower.

[SouthernComforts]

I've looked at the concept 2 but it is out of my price range tbh! I've been looking at ones reduced from 400 to 200..

Which model was yours gin? (Although I want one that won't attack me after 18 months ha)

[gincamelbak]

It was one on amazon, can't remember the brand sadly. Nothing flash at all, had a seat that went backand forth on the runner, a belt rower and a digital display that showed time/distance/speed/calories. It folded up on a hinge with a pin that held it in place.

That description is possibly of no use :-D