Body Xtreme Fitness ~ Tri-Base Heavy Duty Rowing Machine, Home Exercise Equipment, Fitness, Lose Weight, Training, Arm Workout + Bonus Cooling Towel

I had this rowing machine in the past. It gave me a nice workout.The only issue I had was that it gave me a constant resistance regardless of how hard I was pulling.If you have ever tried water rowing machines or magnetic rowing machines with a flywheel combination, thenyou'll understand what I'm talking about.I had to return it.I bought Sunny Health & Fitness SF-RW5856 Magnetic Rowing Machine instead.I like it much better.Sorry, but it's my own opinion.Peace.

Let me start by saying this was a really good purchase. I'm happy with the product. So the purpose of a review is to let your fellow consumers know what they're getting into. That said, I will tell you I had to take the box up to a second floor and it took a hand cart to do it. It was quite heavy even with a hand cart. I'm a five foot five female of normal weight. But I am pretty darn strong. I did get it up there in less than 5 minutes though. Thank God I have a split staircase. I thought I wasn't going to be able to pull it up that last step. My thought was oh s***. Tenacity won out. There was no way I was going to let this beat me on the last step. It would be interesting to disassemble this and put it in the box 6 weeks after I've been using it to see if it would be easier to pull up the steps because I was or was not ripped at that point. I'm not that bored so I won't be doing that. Plus I'm not crazy. Once I got the ton of bricks upstairs, it was easy to put together. I didn't read the directions, because apparently I like a challenge, but I would suggest you make sure you're putting it together in the correct order or you will aggravate yourself. I was able to map out the steps in my head so I didn't have that problem. But, I can definitely see that it could be aggravating. Once I put it together I could tell the quality is excellent. I've been using it for a few weeks and I'm glad that I chose this one for the incline of the seat. I don't think it would have been enough to work my legs if I hadn't. I'm not sure if this is going to be enough of a leg workout for me but if anybody has any tips I'm open to hearing them. I can feel this work the muscles in the front of my legs especially near my knees. As for an ab workout, excellent. I just lean back as I'm doing the exercise and it does work the abs. It's a really good arm and back workout as well. It's got the love handles covered as well. A lot of it is technique. If you're looking for a rower that well made and a decent price this fits the bill. It also stores in an upright position if needed. I don't see how you could slide it across the room and into a closet since it doesn't have wheels. I don't get why that wasn't covered in the design.