The WaterRower Classic rowing machine is handcrafted in solid American Black Walnut. Like all woods, Black Walnut may vary in color from a rich brown to purple-black.
Each rowing machine has been hand-finished with three coats of Danish Oil giving a deep luster and warmth to the wood.
Wood has been chosen due to its marvelous engineering properties, primary amongst these is its ability to absorb sound and vibration enhancing the WaterRower's quiet and smooth operation.
Black Walnut, like all woods used in WaterRower rowing machine construction, is a premium hardwood with incredible longevity and dimensional stability.
For reasons of ecology, all our woods are harvested from replenishable forests.

Key Features:

• Instant Resistance:  The WaterRower’s unique WaterFlywheel design uses a specially formed paddle to cup the moving water, reduce slippage and produce an unrivaled simulation of the benefits of rowing.
  
• No Jerking or Jarring: There is no jerkiness or jarring which is often associated with conventional mechanical rowing machines making the exercise unpleasant. Only smooth even load, kind to the body, and relaxing to the mind.
  
• Smooth Connection: There is no "solid" connection between a user and the moving water, simply an immersed paddle which dampens out any detrimental mechanical feel Providing some "give" is essential for accommodating bad or developing technique, lessening the risk of injury.
• Even Stroke: A uniform stroke is essential to spreading the work more evenly over the muscle groups, working for the muscle groups in proportion to their strength, optimizing exercise benefits while reducing the risk of injury.
  
• Burn up to 1000 calories per hour: Maximize Gain, Minimize Time - rowing does so with a far lower perceived level of exertion than other aerobic exercises. Many exercise machines claim to be King when it comes to calorie consumption rates.
  
• Joint Friendly: Rowing is the best exercise for arthritis. Rowing moves the joints through a full range of motion and does so with minimal impact and no body weight on the joints. Making it one of the best exercises for joint pain sufferers. Rowing is a seated exercise removing the weight of the body from the injury-prone joints of the ankle, hip, and knees. The load placed on the joints is controlled by the user's effort when rowing, not their body weight. Rowing is suitable for all, young or old, male or female, big or small, fit or unfit.
• Low Impact: Rowing moves the joints through a full range of motion, from legs totally extended to totally contracted and arms totally contracted to totally extend. Moving the joints through a full range of motion aids joint lubrication, joint mobility, and overall Joint Health. Rowing is a smooth, flowing action involving little to no impact on the joints. Note - Many mechanical rowers are jerky and jarring on the joints, and fail to emulate the smoothness of rowing and the WaterRower.