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[robblok]

I am making a thread here about the concept 2 rower model D. I have heard reports that it costs 80.000 upwards here to buy in Thailand.

But because there is no importer in Thailand you can buy it straight from concept. Its all quite easy and straightforward. Terry the guy over there is a great help.

I have imported one myself it just arrived today, I will give as much information for others as possible and later in the post give some of the advantages of the rower over other forms of cardio that you can buy.

The concept rower costs 1050$ with ipv4 monitor. shipping is 310$ if you pick it up yourself or 420$ if they bring it at your door. If i did not already had asked a lot to the shipper and agreed to use him i would have gone for the door to door option. But that option only became available after that fact. Also its quite possible that fed ex will charge extra clearance costs as i have seen them do that with other shipments too (on top of the import duty and vat)

1050 + 310 = 1360 $ however the customs office said the rowers price was 1250$ not 1050 (invoice does not matter for them its a set price. Dont ask my why but my shipper (who is a mod here at the forum and who i trust) told me so. I paid 8642 bt for vat and import duties

it goes something like this

(1250 + 310) x 10% = 156
(1250 + 310 + 156 ) x 0,07 = 120
156 +120 = 276
276 * 31 (that is the rate they used) 8556 (so pretty close to what i paid)

I just put this here to give people information about cost, I also have to pay my shipper for clearing 4000-5000 bt.

so in total i got the rower for 54556 baht.

That is a great price for such a professional machine. It will help me a lot working out because its intensive and not as boring as riding my exercise spinning bike. For that amount of money you wont find a professional machine (eleptical or anything with gymroom quality)

I will have to learn how to row as there is some technique to it and i want the correct movement. The rower has as advantage that you can race against yourself and you will see boat that is you in a previous session. There are also millions of other things for the rower out on the concept forum. There you can learn how to get the most out of the rower.

One great thing about it is how easy it is stored. once your done you can put it away in 2 halved and store it vertical. That is great for my home gym or else i cant fit it all. I already have a well filled room with gym equipment. (power rack with olympic barbel, spinning bike, triceps dips / ab construct, adjustable bench, 3 sets of of dumbbells witch changeable weight, 250 kg of weight plates, and a triceps pull down / lat pull / pec deck machine that you see for sale with extra weights. I have been using all this stuff for years already and it kept me in shape. I inmagine the rower will help me a lot with keeping in general shape and loose the last bits of fat. (i might have gone to a gym if they were closer. But the closest pinkloa is at least half an hour or more away) its just too much for me as i train 4-5 days a week.

Maybe a little bit too much info but its mainly about the rower. I hope others benefit from this and start working out too. Its not only for fat loss its good for your health.

Edited by robblok, 2012-05-23 21:10:10.

[robblok]

I started working out on it slowly but i have noticed it will really work my back a lot. I can handle it just have to build it up and hope it wont interfere to much with my normal workouts.

I must say im impressed with the rower, but you really need a little bit of time to study it and watch instructional video's and read about it to work out on good intensity. Soon ill be making full use of it and using the heartrate monitor and memory card.

So far im not recording anything because im still trying out how it works. I had my first morning session today. It was only 20 minutes but quite intense, i was drenched. I like it and hope my will to do this in the morning will stay. Then at night i can do my normal workouts.

I am still loosing weight and think im getting closer. But like so many every time i loose some weight i see my goal is still far away.

[tropo]

I started out on the model B in the 80's and then moved to model C. Both of them had short straight handles and it was easy to get blisters if you rowed hard and long enough. The B model had a fixed angle foot board with no plastic slide to adjust and allow for foot movement. The D model is certainly a big improvement.

Did you have a good look at model E? It looks really slick.

[robblok]

Hi,

Yes i had a look at it they said it was more made for heavy people and people who have problems getting on rowers. But honestly i just did not want to spend the extra money.

I really love the rower, did an early morning session on it. Out of bed no food first, music on then on the rower for 5000 meter. Took me something like 24.09. Sweating like crazy.. and true to my word i cleaned it right after.

Yesterday i trained back and i rowed.. today i feel my back.. but it was not so bad that i could not row. I really hope i can keep this going. Motivation for cardio has always been my problem. But i do like the rower and breaking training up in 2 seperate workouts is good. But who knows i might row after my workout too. But on the other hand if i overdo it right from the start i might start to hate it.