Product Description
Our rowers are designed by professional rowers to a commercial grade that lasts a lifetime, and they are optimized for recreational rowing enthusiasts. Whether you are very fit or new to fitness, you will find our rowers deliver one of the best low impact, fun, total body workouts with a touch of that real on-water sensory experience. Oh, and yes, we offer our patented Adjustable Fluid Resistance too.
Capture the sensory and physically demanding aspects that make outdoor rowing one of the most fun and effective workouts ever, now totally realized in the comforts of home. Experience an outstanding cardio, endurance training regime in one incredibly easy to use piece of equipment. When all you hear is the sound of water – like waves on a beach – and see the water swirling as you workout, your total experience is in harmony. No whirring noises, no cables, no dead zones, no maintenance – just the joy of a great workout.
a) Adjustable fluid resistance: adjusting from MIN to MAX delivers a broad range suitable for any fitness level, at the turn of a dial.
b) Height adjustable footplates and straps to ensure optimal foot placement and comfortable rowing position.
c) Improved pulley system greatly increases the range of resistance with no dead spots, whilst retaining constant tension and recoil action.
d) Applies fluid resistance technology: water – nature’s perfect resistance.
e) Ergonomic handle: designed to prevent strain on arms, wrists and hands.
f) Built-in transit wheels. Light and easy to move around.
g) Super comfortable seat running on precision bearings and rollers.
h) Highest quality anodized aluminum seat rail for smoothness, appearance, strength and durability.
i) Simple assembly and virtually maintenance free.
j) Computer displays: time, distance, 500m split time, strokes per minute, calories per hour, watts, interval training and optional heart rate reception.
k) Durable belt drive: smooth, clean, quiet (no whirring noises) and built to last.
l) Solid construction makes this perfect for home gym applications.
m) Tank shells are tough polycarbonate with a triple-bladed stainless steel impeller.
n) Stores upright in just 21” x 20”.
o) Length: 77.8”, width: 20.9”, height: 20.1”
p) Maximum user weight: 300 lbs.
q) Home use Warranty: Frame 5 years, tank and seals 3 years, mechanical components 2 years, All wearing parts 1 year.
| List Price: | $1,199.00 |
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #112012 in Sports & Outdoors
- Brand: First Degree Fitness
- Model: Pacific Challenge AR
- Released on: 2011-01-09
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 20.10" h x 20.90" w x 77.80" l,
Features
- New! Adjustable Resistance
- Water resistance
- Ergonomic handle
- Heel support system
- Variable water volume
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
By Robert Bissett
First, a little background. I'm going on 67 and I've been interested in sports and fitness since high school, more or less continuously. Non-stop athletics as the USAFA, then after pilot training in 1969 starting with the original Aerobics book by Kenneth Cooper. I stopped running to preserve the joints and switched to biking about twenty-five years ago. Also, a bike on a stationary trainer, a ski machine, weight training, etc. I wore out a rowing machine once, the kind with hydrolic pistons. About three years ago I integrated the Tabata Protocol into my workouts. That's a kind of interval training. You can look it up. Really works better than aerobics and takes much less time. The down side: it is anaerobic, in the red zone, pure agony if done right. My hope was this rower would work for TP. It does. I was surprised to see a review here that said it didn't work for intervals. My guess is it was a technique problem since he mentioned arm fatigue. It takes a while to learn the correct rowing motion so that you can efficiently exert max force. I'd suggest beginners watch videos on youtube or get some personal instruction.
Pro: Solid, smooth, quiet, well designed. The sound of water is very nice. Have it out on the porch now. It's portable enough to move fairly easily. Resistance depends on two things: 1. volume of water and 2. how hard you push. Mine lacks any knob to adjust resistance.
Con: I started out with short sessions. One day row; one day bike. After a few days I worked up to 2,000 meters. Everything seemed fine. The next row day I was thinking 3,000 meters. I sat down to row. After a stroke or two I had to stop because of a sharp pain in that part of the anatomy that interfaces with the seat. Took a while to figure out what had happened. The seat has a raised center ridge which rubs a part of the bottom which does not normally experience rubbing or any seat contact at all. Visual examination confirmed two small areas rubbed raw. It's been five days and I still can't bear to sit on that seat. Other seats are fine. After trying several pads I found some foam that works well. See my photos at the top of the page showing the ill considered ridge and the foam fix.
Conclusion: Worth the money even with the seat issue which may not bother anyone else. Rowing is great exercise. I'll continue outdoors until freezing temps at which time I'll replace the water with Vodka. Just kidding. I'll bring it in.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
By J. Romain
I bought this to get a more "whole body" workout while doing interval training than I got on a stationary bike and with less impact than a treadmill. It was well built and operated very smoothly. There seemed to be very little difference in resistance between max and min, and I could never get my heart rate where I wanted while trying to do interval training. My legs never felt like enough resistance and my arms and shoulders tired too quickly. It wouold probably be a good choice for steady state aerobics but it did not work for me for interval training. I returned it and bought an elliptical exerciser. For what it's worth, I'm mid 60's.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By mk Gypsy Frix
This is a nice looking machine. Easy to put together. If you are looking for a machine with strong resistance, this is not the machine for you. Resistance is nice though and it will have you sweating and feeling a work out. I love the machine.
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