Concept2
Whether you already row or are considering rowing to keep in shape, lose weight, cross-train for another sport, compete on the water or rehabilitate from injury or surgery, rowing may be the complete exercise for you. Concept2 is the premier manufacturer of indoor rowing equipment, and most recently a new piece of equipment called the SkiErg.
The following is taken from the Conept2 website:
Rowing is:
* Low-impact (easy on the knees and ankles)
* High calorie burner (because it uses so many muscle groups)
* Great for joint health (joints move through a wide range of motion)
* Upper body (completes the stroke)
* Lower body (the legs initiate the drive)
* Works the back and abs too!
* Superb aerobic fitness (great for cardiovascular fitness)
* Relieves Stress (for overall health and well-being)
This is different from the rowing you may have done as a kid in a rowboat. The difference lies in the sliding seat. Your legs compress and extend with every stroke—in addition to the more obvious work being done by the back and arms.
Legs: You begin each stroke with your legs compressed and your shins vertical. You initiate the drive with the powerful muscles of your legs, and finish with your legs fully extended. Rowing promotes both strength and flexibility through this wide range of leg motion.
Arms: At the catch, your arms are outstretched; at the finish of the stroke, they have pulled the handle into your abdomen. As with the legs, this range of motion promotes both strength and flexibility.
Core: chest, back, abs: At the start of the stroke, the power of the legs is connected to the handle by means of the arms and the core muscles of the body. Then the back is more fully involved as it swings open through the middle of the stroke. Finally, the body is stabilized at the finish by the abdominal muscles.
Your Mind: Customers tell us that the rhythmic nature of rowing helps clear the head and ease the stress of the day. Or you may be the kind of person who is fascinated by the data produced by the Performance Monitor. If motivation is what you need, you will find it in our Online Challenges, Million Meter Club, and Online Ranking. We think you’ll also find peace of mind in the improvements you make to your health and fitness.
History of Concept2:
Concept2 got its start in 1976 in the back of a bread truck when Dick and Pete Dreissigacker, fresh from Olympic training, started making composite racing oars—now the oar of choice among the world's rowers. They went on to create the Concept2 Indoor Rower, now used worldwide by Olympic athletes, cardiac rehab patients and every caliber of rower in between.
Since then we've grown to over 50 employees, and our product line includes the Indoor Rower and Dreissigacker Racing Oars. Though much larger than we once were, we remain dedicated to providing the most innovative rowing products and programs to our customers.
Concept2 Today:
Rowing: Rowing is our reason for being. Our first goal is to promote and encourage the growth of rowing, indoors and outdoors.
Quality and Value: We strive to design, manufacture, sell, and service unique products of the highest quality and value for the benefit of the Concept2 community. Our customers, employees and their families, suppliers and neighbors comprise the C2 community.
A Special Workplace: We are committed to creating a positive healthy culture that fosters both individual initiative and teamwork, and where employees take pride in their work.
Ethics: Our actions and relationships are characterized by honesty, fairness and integrity.
Customer Support
Concept2 offers the Online ranking, an amazing database of over 10,000 active rowers all over the world, a personal online logbook for tracking your rowing workouts, an online training forum, online Workout of the Day, rowing software, marathon rowing, rowing challenges with prizes and acknowledgment at the end, and distance clubs with incentive prizes. Concept2's technical support can't be beat. We offer in-house rower and oar service technicians, technical support at major worldwide rowing events and the C.R.A.S.H.-B.s, and video mail-in technique critique. We offer a host of literature, free for the asking, in order to help our customers achieve their fitness goals.
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