The Slider Exercise On A Rowing Machine Video

Learn about the sliders workout on a rowing machine and what the sliders exercise works in this free exercise video on using a rowing machine for health and fitness training.

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Anna-Marie de Zwager has been a Canadian Olympic rower for more than five years. She comes from an athletic background, participating in such sports as field hockey, soccer, basketball, track and field, and cross country running. She has been a member of the following rowing teams: Double Skulls (2003), Athens Olympics Women

Hi! I'm Anna-Marie; I'm a Canadian Olympic Rower. I'm here on behalf of expertvillage.com. We're going to talk a little bit more about a more advanced technique to training on the rowing machine; they're called the sliders. Using sliders can actually make you feel more like you're rowing on the water. The trick is if you have one rowing machine, you'd need two sliders. If you have two rowing machines that you want to link together, you'd need three sliders. When you're setting up a rowing machine on a slider, you want to make sure that on the two consecutive sliders that your rowing machine will be on, you've got the legs of that rowing machine on the same platform. For example, on this one, the back leg of this rowing machine is on the furthest back platform, while the front leg is also on the furthest back platform. In this way, the platform in front is available for my friend's erg, where the back of that erg will be on the furthest forward platform. The front of their erg will also be on the furthest forward platform of the third slider ahead. I'm just going to demonstrate this without a partner to show you how both machines will be working together. Strap yourself in sting up at the catch and row. Once you get two people, you'll really feel like you're flying. That'll make you want to start to learn how to row really quickly.

The Slider Exercise on a Rowing Machine Video

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