Editing Indoor rower (section)

== Equipment ==

=== Motion type ===
Modern indoor rowers have their resistance provided by a [[flywheel]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mao|first=Helen|date=2021|title=The Best Rowing|website=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/best-rowing-machine?r=AU&IR=T}}</ref> Indoor rowers that use flywheel resistance are classified into two motion types. In both models, the user's rowing movement causes the footrests and seat to move further and closer apart in accordance with the user's stroke. The difference between the two types is that the footrests move or do not move relative to the ground.

The first type is distinguished by the Dreissigacker/Williams mechanism. This design has the flywheel and footrests fastened to a stationary frame, and the seat can slide fore and aft on a rail or rails built into the stationary frame. Therefore, during use, the seat moves relative to the footrests and also relative to ground, while the flywheel and footrests remain stationary relative to ground.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Krishna Prasad|first1=S|last2=Megharaja|first2=M|last3=Abhishek|first3=M|last4=Chandan|first4=S|last5=Prashanth|first5=N|date=August 2018|title=Design and Fabrication of Rowing Human Powered Car|url=https://ijesc.org/upload/640c8a29084ba6f1b008d58a5a1a7a02.Design%20and%20Fabrication%20of%20Rowing%20Human%20Powered%20Car.pdf|journal=International Journal of Engineering Science and Computing|volume=8|pages=18840–18844}}</ref>

The second type is characterised by the Rekers device. With this type, both the seat and the footrests are free to slide fore and aft on a rail or rails integral to a stationary frame. Therefore, during use, the seat and the footrests move relative to each other, and both also move relative to ground.<ref name=":0" />

===Damper type===
'''Piston resistance''' comes from [[hydraulic cylinder]]s that are attached to the handles of the rowing machine.<ref name="guide">{{cite web|url=http://www.rowingmachine-guide.com/types.html|title=Rowing Machine Resistance Types|website=Rowing Machine Reviews 2017|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref>

'''Braked flywheel resistance''' models comprise [[Magnetism|magnetic]], [[Drag (physics)|air]], and [[Drag (physics)|water]] resistance rowers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exercise Bikes and Their Types of Resistance|url=https://www.indoortrainingbikes.com/resistance-types/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=www.indoortrainingbikes.com}}</ref>

'''Magnetic resistance''' models control resistance by means of [[Magnet|permanent magnets]] or [[electromagnet]]s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Palmer|first=Roy|date=2021|title=Types of Rowing Machines - Advantages and Disadvantages of Resistance Mechanisms|url=https://www.rowingmachine-guide.com/types.html|access-date=10 April 2021|website=Rowing Machine Reviews & User Guides}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livestrong.com/article/321644-air-vs-magnetic-rowing-machine/|title=Air Vs. Magnetic Rowing Machine|first=Heather M. J.|last=Emerson|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="guide" />

'''Air resistance''' models use vanes on the flywheel to provide the flywheel braking needed to generate resistance.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="guide" />

'''Water resistance''' models consist of a paddle revolving in an enclosed tank of water.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="guide" />

'''Dual Resistance''' Rower is a professional [[Fitness Equipment|fitness equipment]] with fan and magnetic brake resistance for a variety of intensity levels from warm-ups to [[High-intensity interval training|HIIT]] intervals.

===Slides===
Sometimes, slides are placed underneath the machine, which allows it to move back and forth smoothly as if there were water beneath the rower. The slides can be connected in rows or columns so that rowers are forced to move together on the ergometer, similarly to the way they would match up their rhythm in a boat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Concept 2|date=2021|title=Rowergs - Slide|url=https://www.concept2.com.au/indoor-rowers/accessories/slides}}</ref>

Indoor rowers usually also display estimates of rowing boat speed and [[energy]] used by the athlete.