The rowing exercise machine - what muscles work?

The rowing exercise machine - what muscles work?

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For the last years it is possible to observe the pleasant phenomenon: more and more people want to play sports, to strengthen the health. Through the whole country the set of fitness clubs and gyms in which fans of physical education train is opened.

But how to be if on visit of gym there is no time or money? Or the person only began to be engaged and hesitates of the fact that at him badly it turns out to carry out exercises? In this case the home gym in which it is possible to place two-three exercise machines can come to the rescue. It is possible to be limited also to one if there is no place on several, and then it is necessary to think well what exercise machine to choose that the training was most useful.

In such situation it is possible to advise the rowing exercise machine, what only it does not study group of muscles! In this plan it favourably differs from such home exercise machines as, for example, the racetrack or the stepper. Other cardiovascular machines usually train only the lower half of a body. But the rowing exercise machine of group of muscles covers in full. However, 65% of its influence are the share of muscles of a press, a back, hands and shoulders, only 35% - of the lower half of a body, but nevertheless hips, calves and buttocks receive loading.

What muscles work on the rowing exercise machine?

There are several types of this adaptation, but anyway the rowing exercise machine is a seat on which the athlete settles down; he picks up the "oars" or handles attached to a cord and imitates movements which are made by the person doing rowing by the boat. At the same time the mechanism approximately the same, as at working off of thirst of a bar for a belt, that is in work all muscles of the top half of a body, including a press.

When such "rowing" what muscles work is carried out, depends on whether direct hold is executed (when hands are turned down by palms) or the return (when hands, on the contrary, palms up). In the first case muscles of hands and a back, in the second – a breast, a press and shoulders and too hands, namely bicepses will train.

One of important pluses of the rowing exercise machine: muscles on it can train including the people suffering from the excess weight or joint and back pains. At the correct performance of exercises the load of a back and knees has to be minimum. Besides, when performing exercises the weight training is not basic, it does not press on legs and, respectively, in this regard the possibility of a trauma is minimized, unlike the same racetrack, for example.

Certainly, as well as on any cardiovascular machine, on rowing the aerobic training so also cardiovascular system practises is carried out.

At the same time, before beginning occupations on this exercise machine, it is necessary to consult to the doctor because there are many contraindications, for example, a hypertension with pressure 160/100 and above surely.

Now, when it became known what represents the exercise machine rowing and what muscles work at trainings on it, it is worth paying attention to different models of this adaptation. They enough considerably differ not only at the price, but also on a configuration. The simplest and cheap – mechanical, with "oars" - take a little place and do not demand connection to the power supply network. But they noisy also load not all muscles. Magnetic is more expensive, more bulky, but it is more convenient in use and more effective. There are both even more expensive and convenient models, but they, as a rule, the bigger size also are used in gyms.

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Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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