ROWING MACHINES

Rowing Machine and Treadmill Saga

So I still love my treadmill. And I'm still considering building a spring system to dampen the footstrike to ease the burden of my downstairs neighbor.

however, it strikes me the better solution may be to simply purchase a rowing machine. The idea is simple: I'd like a mindless (yet relatively easy) exercise (caloric burning) activity I can use while mindlessly watching TV. Right now, I can't walk after 10p (per my neighbor) -- and I feel guilty about watching TV without moving. . .

So, instead of spending weeks and $100-$300 bucks trying to build a platform that may not even dampen my footstrike, seems like the better plan may be to simply purchase a rowing machine for $200 to $500. Evidently the C2s are the industry standards. But there's a cheaper (sears like pro forma) version I could buy for like $250 bucks (shipped).

So, we'll see. . .

k