Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #129 in Sports & Outdoors
- Brand: York Fitness
- Dimensions: 14.17" h x
14.17" w x
57.48" l,
39.24 pounds
Features
- Types of materials used:Metal, wood, and plastic
- Compact design
- 12 Levels of resistance
- Computer displays
- Time,strokes,distance,calories,strokes per minute
- Pivoting footplates with adjustable Velcro straps
- 90kg Max user weight
- Ideal starter range rower packed with features in a practical design
- 1 year parts and labour warranty.
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer's Description
| The R501 rower is a compact rower that offers excellent value for money. Rowing combines strength conditioning with cardiovascular fitness, and is great for people of all ages. Not only providing a fantastic aerobic work-out, rowing machines are extremely effective for fat burning and weight loss. Every muscle is exercised while providing a smooth rhythmic movement. |
| York R501 Rowing Machine Features |
 | Types of materials used:Metal, wood, and plastic Compact design 12 Levels of resistance Pivoting footplates with adjustable Velcro straps 90kg Max user weight Ideal starter range rower packed with features in a practical design |
| Why use a Rowing Machine? |
| Cardiovascular exercise is the number 1 way to improve your general health, burn body fat and increase your fitness levels. Assessing your cardiovascular goals is the first step and understanding a little about intensity levels will ensure that the time invested in your exercise sessions returns the greatest benefits, rather than a hit and miss approach. |
Cardio for good health:
This form of exercise is for those wishing to improve quality of life and general well being and is the one for you if you are not out to break any land speed records. Gentle `good health' cardio training will increase your fitness level to a degree, helping you get through day-to-day tasks more easily and with more energy. |
Cardio for weight loss:
To see a significant reduction in body fat, your sessions must be a little more intense (between 60 and 70% of your estimated maximum heart rate) than that required for a good health approach. These sessions can also be performed on most days of the week for up to 30 minutes and should ideally be supplemented with some form of strength training. |
| Time Strokes Strokes per minute Distance Calories (Estimate) |  |
 | York has been one of the biggest names in the global fitness equipment industry for almost 75 years. Their products range from dumbbells, barbells, weight benches and multi gyms to treadmills, cycles, cross trainers, gym balls, and much more. |
Box Contents
Instruction manual, Bag of Nuts and Bolts, foam protection, and the Product.
Customer Reviews
cardio while sitting at my desk
I am a 147cm height female trying to find a good low sit, which will fit under my small camping desk right next to my bed. Because I am small I need to keep myself good fit in my body muscles and weight. It fits me well as a sit and a part of my excercise plan. I do regular excercises and weight lifting 5-6 times a week but do not want to be static while thinking,working at the desk and waiting some responses on the internet. My life seems to be full of inspirations now becasue of this rowing machines.
Don't buy if you are used to concept 2
First impresions were good. Heavy, robust body and decent supports/legs to keep it nicely on the ground & steady when working out. Then i tried to use it. The computer didn't work properly (instructions dont say which lead to connect to which - not helpful!) and the resistance cylinder didn't adjust to a setting that was usable. If this model is typical of non- air resistance rowers and you are used to Concept 2 type gym rowers, you will hate this one. Guess it proves why if you buy cheap, you buy twice!
Great until it breaks
I didn't buy mine from Amazon either, but I'm searching the web for how to source a replacement web strap for my York R501 and Google led me here. So, I need to add my warning to the two others I've just read here: After only a few months of using the rower, the cable-like web strap snapped - It's like that flat long stuff that is used to bind large parcels, and it acts as the cable that goes from the handle, around the pulley and to the cylinder under the rower that provides the tension you pull against. When it snape you can't use the rower (D'uhh). It's dead. And having read the other two comments on here from customers who can't get York to supply a replacement belt/strap, I'm disappointed. Oh, and the computer is indeed too small to be able to work out what it says as you are rowing, as someone else says here. This is a shame, as it was quite a good rower in terms of its action (I used to row a long time ago) - better than the Roger Black one I had, on which the web strapping ALSO broke, forcing me to buy this one. It's only the cheaper rowing machine that have this web strapping thing linked to a hydraulic cylinder to provide the resistance. The more expensive ones have a weighted flywheel or somesuch equivalent. Even so, these machines shouldn't break as easily as they do. Be warned.
