JillFlorio

This fitness tool was somewhat disappointing. I was looking forward to using it for a rowing workout but the resistance is very slight. I am 5′4, so maybe this piece of gear is intended for taller people. If that’s the case, perhaps a choice of sizes should be offered, or at least an indication in the product description of who the target audience is.

After messing around with the rowing exerciser, I was able to figure out a few core moves that work, and was able to do some arm extensions as well. Nothing extremely satisfying.

Basically, this isn’t as intuitive a product as one expects. Eventually I gave up trying to wrangle how to use this on my own, and read the included fitness chart suggestions. There are six photographed exercises, all for the abs and core:

1. Rowing (lats)
2. Scooping (abs)
3. Double Leg (obliques)
4. Legs Side to Side (rectus abdominus)
5. Curl Up/Roll Up (rectus abdominus)
6. Boat/Teaser (lower abs)

Each exercise description shows a small black and white photo of each start and end position, with descriptions of how to safely perform the move.

I have the sense this product could be quite nice if the resistance was tight enough to use for actual *rowing*. Some of it’s well-thought out: the handles are a thick black comfortable neoprene. The foot straps are a soft, comfortable black and gray. My feet fit nicely in them (I have a woman’s size 9 foot) and they feel secure. I don’t have the sense the band part will fly back and smack me. However, there is a warning on the chart page about placing your sneakers completely in the stirrups and not just partly. I think this is so your feet don’t fall out, rather than a worry about the resistance band flipping back.

Overall, this product fails as a rowing exerciser, but can be used for a general, non-impact ab workout tool. This is fine if one is prepared for that and not expecting the cheap, portable equivalent of a real rowing machine.

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