I had inquired privately of one of my superhero canoe types here on QJ as to his workouts which sound quite grueling. He informed me that part of his workout includes a rowing machine. Naturally I had to get one (of course I did). As I tell my wife....."Well baby cakes we don't have a retirement but we have a nice rowing machine" ;D.

What struck me immediately, and should of been overtly obvious, was how much it mimicked paddling. I mean, DUH, it is called a R-O-W-I-N-G machine after all isn't it? But yea, you sit and pull resistance toward your body. Perfect!

Anyway......I'm pretty high on it. My knee is loving it and has reacted quite positively. I am hoping to use it to strengthen my core to help protect my lower back which did poorly at Isle Royale last summer. It is a low impact full body type machine however and seems to help back, arms and legs as well. The low impact aspect is good for those of us who are approaching old geezerdom (or those who have already arrived ;) )

Look around and perhaps you could find a used one. If you want to get a new one do what I did and say your getting it for "her". My wife is not typically into workout machines and instead relies upon good genes but I have convinced her that if she wants to stay lookin good she needs to have one of these. Worked like a charm!!  ;D