[tyl]

I had an Infiniti Elleptical Cross Trainer which died recently. I was looking to replace it with another Cross trainer, but someone suggested I look at rowing machines instead.

I use it for cardio obviously and did between 40 and 120 minutes / 4 or 5 times per week.

Are there any particular advantages to a rowing machine over a cross trainer?

If you had to choose between a decent rowing machine and a decent cross trainer, which would you go for?

Cheers,

-tyl

[Welshy_Pete]

I had an Infiniti Elleptical Cross Trainer which died recently. I was looking to replace it with another Cross trainer, but someone suggested I look at rowing machines instead.

I use it for cardio obviously and did between 40 and 120 minutes / 4 or 5 times per week.

Are there any particular advantages to a rowing machine over a cross trainer?

If you had to choose between a decent rowing machine and a decent cross trainer, which would you go for?

Cheers,

-tyl

Hello it all depends on your exercise goals. Each machine will do diffrent parts of the body.

[tyl]

Hello it all depends on your exercise goals. Each machine will do diffrent parts of the body.

I just use it for cardio m8.

[Welshy_Pete]

I just use it for cardio m8.

Hello these are the advantages of both machines listed below.

Cross trainer
http://www.novafeel.com/fitness/fitness-eq...rosstrainer.htm

Rowing machine
http://www.novafeel.com/fitness/fitness-eq...ing-machine.htm

[tyl]

Hello these are the advantages of both machines listed below.

Thanks for that Pete

So, for cardio exercise, which of the two would you go for?

[Welshy_Pete]

Thanks for that Pete

So, for cardio exercise, which of the two would you go for?

Hello both machines are really good. JJB sports you can try them out or even go to the gym for a day. Its really hard to say which I would go for cause I use Olympic weights with weight bench also exercise bike. My self I would try them both out see which you like best.

[runswithdogs]

Hi

if I had the choice it would have to be the eh, eh umm, yes defininatley the, no no it's going to be the, umm, heck get both they are both good machines, but for sure the...........

[benji]

I've got both but if I had to choose one or the other, I'd pick the rower everytime.. lets face it, you can go running or walking, or run up and down your stairs, which is basically all a stepper does.

[tyl]

I've got both but if I had to choose one or the other, I'd pick the rower everytime.. lets face it, you can go running or walking, or run up and down your stairs, which is basically all a stepper does.

Do you find you can use the rower for around 1+ hour without problems benji? The principle reason for my getting a machine is non-impact indoor cardio. Picked up cartilage injury some years ago; can jog but not too much.

Anyway, as long as I can get away with 1 hour long workouts on a rower, itll be welcome bonus to work out all the major muscle groups along the way

[M101]

Hey man,

I too like you have problems jogging or running due to medical issues. I have Arthritis in my left hip as well as some other problems. I really like the cross trainer (actually at my gym it's an arc trainer which is like a cross trainer but without the arms).

I can do and hour, an hour and a half on the cross trainer. The great thing is, is that it burns a lot of calories in a short amount of time. Something like 700 per hour. My main goal being weight loss. As yours is cardio this may be irrelevant to you.

I also was using the rowing machine, and I would do it for a warm up by doing 500 metres at the start of my session. By the end of this I was nearly blacking out (literally). My vision went dark. That can't be a good thing so maybe I was going too hard or something.

I don't think I used to get it in my old gym, perhaps I was going much faster recently.

They're both excellent, but I think one of the previous posters had a good idea when he suggested trying them out.

If you belong to a gym it'd really pay to go and try out a rowing machine if you haven't already. You could find you hate it, and it'd be pointless to buy it.

Even if you don't belong to a gym, you could join one on a pay each time scheme just to try it out, and it'd be a bonus that you can always go there for other machines. Assuming you are able to join a gym.

Another thing, I'm not sure if it'd make a difference, but as your doing a lot of pulling exercise on the rowing machine, would you need to counteract that with some pushing exercises so as not to get a muscle imbalance? Or is it not high enough resistance?

[d4ead]

i like the x trainers myself

no real reason just prefer them, so im more likly to use it.

[AJB]

Personaly I'd go for the XTrainer.
I just feel more comfortable using one for long periods, I think if you are going for cardio only, the Xtrainer would be my choice.

Alex

[tyl]

Cheers guys, appreciate your comments...

[benji]

Hmm I'm not sure a rower is a good idea if you've had ligament damage, depends on what your ligament is like now..

[Fitness Experts]

Cheers guys, appreciate your comments...

Hi Tyl,

If you need further advice, get in touch via email - I sell both cross trainers and rowers, as well as ton's of other CV/weights.

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[dwbfitness]

I had an Infiniti Elleptical Cross Trainer which died recently. I was looking to replace it with another Cross trainer, but someone suggested I look at rowing machines instead.

I use it for cardio obviously and did between 40 and 120 minutes / 4 or 5 times per week.

Are there any particular advantages to a rowing machine over a cross trainer?

If you had to choose between a decent rowing machine and a decent cross trainer, which would you go for?

Cheers,

-tyl

Hi well, it really depends on what you are looking for. A rowing machine is very good at exercising the shoulders, arms, chest and upper leg. A cross trainer provides a more "all over" training experience. Rowing, if used excessively can be extremely strenuous on the back and top of the shoulders whereas cross trainers appear to not course as many repetitive strain injuries. There are many great cross trainers on the market and it appears that you use 1 very often so atleast a semi-commercial one would be recommended. I supply Bcube high quality commercial grade cross trainers as well as many other cardio equipment, please take a look at our cross trainer and at least use it as a bench-mark to compare with other cross trainers. Hope this helps!

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