New Waterrower user
Steve
assembled by the store and I used it for the first time tonight (with
16 l water). Had a few questions:
- Should the right foot rest be an inch or two higher than the left ?
- I was experiencing some aching in my hips, that subsided when I
slowed down considerably. Is this likely due to technique or just a
need to build up the muscles?
- I have pretty hefty thighs (I weigh approx 240 lb.), and found the
foot rests to be too close together. Is there any way to adjust the
spacing?
Nick Suess
"Steve" <sgro...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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Hi Steve
I'm a WaterRower distributor, so I'll try and answer your points.
1. No. The foot rests should normally be adjusted to the same height,
assuming your legs are of equal length. They are independently adjustable in
height increments of 15mm. Just press the long oval button between your feet
which releases them, and while holding the button depressed slide them up or
down to suit.
2. Hard to say. But if you are a non-rower my guess is that it's principally
due to unfamiliar exercise for the muscles. Work your way into it over a few
weeks.
3. No again. Unfortunately the spacing between the two footplates is fixed
at 135mm between their centrelines. That will be the spacing between the
centres of your heels in the heel cups of the footplates, but the angle
between your feet is not fixed, and you can of course splay your feet
slightly outwards so your toes are at the outer edges of the footboard,
which is 255mm wide.
I hope this is helpful
Nick Suess
Scull Success
WaterRower distributor
Bayswater, Western Australia
Ph +61 8 9271 0466
Jonny Taylor
>> foot rests to be too close together. Is there any way to adjust the
>> spacing?
> at 135mm between their centrelines. That will be the spacing between the
> centres of your heels in the heel cups of the footplates, but the angle
> between your feet is not fixed, and you can of course splay your feet
> slightly outwards so your toes are at the outer edges of the footboard,
> which is 255mm wide.
>
If you are saying that you feel the foot rests are too close together
because your thighs are rubbing against the central bar the seat runs on,
then it might be possible to improve things by raising yourself up higher. I
assume you can't change the height of the handle, but you can raise the
height of your feet in the way Nick suggested and you can raise your seat.
For this you can either use seat pads that you can buy for that purpose, or
you can just use a folded-up towel or something similar. That will make it
harder to balance, I suspect, but I have seen it done. You will probably
only be able to get an inch higher before you start slipping off the back of
the seat when you push, but that might make a difference.
On second thoughts, though, maybe you just mean they are rubbing against
each other...
Hope this helps
Jonny
Nick Suess
"Jonny Taylor" <jonatha...@nospam.university-college.oxford.ac.uk>
wrote in message news:ane5er$pm8$1...@news.ox.ac.uk...
> I haven't used a Waterrower, but have done a few ergs over the years ;-)
>
> If you are saying that you feel the foot rests are too close together
> because your thighs are rubbing against the central bar the seat runs on,
There is no central bar on a WaterRower. The seat runs on nylon tracks atop
a pair of parallel timber rails, and the footboard fits between these. If
you need pics of this system and/or any other info, please checkout
www.waterrower.com
And if you're in Australia and interested in WaterRower, I'm your man.
All highly informative and on topic, wouldn't you say, playmates? No breach
of etiquette there!
Nick Suess
Scull Success
WaterRower distributor
Bayswater WA
08 9271 0466