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Medical Professional's Comments
(Physiotherapist to Great Britain Olympic Rowing Squad Atlanta 1996 & Sydney 2000) "What impressed me most about the WaterRower was the lack of shock loading at the front end of the stroke.... the athlete must load biomechanical more efficiently to score well - similar to what is required on the water."
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Dr. C Everett Koop,
“We have recently investigated indoor stationary rowing machines and believe the WaterRower to be the best on the market. They were also rated by Consumer Digest Magazine as a "best buy" product. This machine uses a patented WaterFlywheel almost the identical movement of a sliding seat rowing shell... producing a smooth, rhythmic motion and an impact free work out for any level of fitness or age." "One of the main advantages of rowing outdoors or using a WaterRower machine is the sitting position of rowing which removes the exerciser's body weight from the injury-prone hip, knee and ankle joints and therefore reduces the potential of impact injury to these joints commonly associated with aerobic exercise." "Rowing, indoors or outdoors, at any exercise level of intensity, requires a greater exercise expenditure than any other aerobic activity. Calories are burned in relation to the number of muscles used and the intensity and duration of the exercise. Rowing with a sliding seat uses a very large muscle mass since the upper, lower and trunk muscles are used vigorously"
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Mark Edgar, Physiotherapist, London, England 
Former US Surgeon General