| Some of the oddest machines in the gym are the | | | | real thing, either in terms of how much fun they are or |
| rowing machines and, although they are somewhat | | | | how effective they are as exercise, they serve a |
| rare, it is not uncommon to see a skiing machine, too. | | | | useful purpose, because we can't all go rowing and |
| Many people wonder why these sports have been | | | | skiing every day. If you use both the rowing and skiing |
| singled out as being such great exercise - why is there | | | | machines in one day, you will get an all-over body |
| no tennis machine, or swimming machine, for example? | | | | workout to more than rival the one you might get on |
| The answer is that both rowing and skiing exercise | | | | the various weight machines, and the chances are that |
| your body in a way that other sports don't. | | | | it will be quicker for you too. |
| If you've ever met a rower, you'll know that they have | | | | However, with rowing machines especially, you need |
| huge amounts of upper-body strength, and there's a | | | | to be careful about overdoing it. Because rowing tends |
| reason for that. Rowing is, in many ways, the ultimate | | | | to feel easier on your muscles than it actually is, it's |
| upper-body exercise, comprehensively exercising your | | | | tempting to set too-ambitious targets and tire yourself |
| arm and chest muscles. | | | | out completely, perhaps even pulling a muscle. For the |
| The situation is much the same with skiing and your | | | | sake of your health, take it steady, keeping track of |
| legs. Because of all the leaning and balancing that is | | | | how many repetitions you do on the machine on each |
| needed to ski successfully, almost all of your leg | | | | visit, and gradually increasing, instead of going all-out |
| muscles get a workout from skiing. | | | | one day and doing hundreds more than normal. |
| While rowing and skiing machines are no match for the | | | | |