“I can only describe it with one word “Exellent , I was a little bit concerned that I will never get the product on time ( especially in these difficult times ) But we got it, if you like indoor cycle and I am riding as an instructor for a long time, Keise is Your bike!
Thank Recovery !
Guicho”
“I haven’t had time to even unbox my new rower but can brag on this company. They were very responsive to my order and quick to ship with great communications during the process. Glad to deal with a small and responsive company where the experience is outstanding. And I didn’t need to pay a premium for the product either. Win-win. Now to get unboxed and rowing...”
“The company was reccomened to me by the manufacturer of the product that I've purchased and they were truly great! Very happy with the entire experience!”
“This is my first purchase from this company and I couldn’t be happier that I took the leap to order from them. The whole process was fast and easy. They kept me up to date with my order status every step of the way. My order went out the same day! Their pricing is extremely competitive and hard to beat. It’s important to support our smaller merchants and these guys are worth your trust.”
Cam,
Thank you so much for the kind words and for being a great customer! We truly appreciate your support in our family-owned business during these tough times. Happy Rowing :)
“Recovery for Athletes is a great company. My initial order was out of stock and they upgraded me for fee and shipped the item immediately. The rower we bought is of great quality and everyone in the family enjoys using it. Recovery for Athletes has great customer service and I would recommend them to anyone.”
“I am absolutely in love with this model. I have already told so many people about it and the incredibly fast shipping provided by recovery for athletes. Any other gym equipment I get will come from recovery for athletes website. I also used their chat feature and they got back to me immediately. Overall 11/10 would recommend the rower and using this site!”
“It was heavier than expected. But after charging used it on my shoulder area....I can raise my arm again. Would pay $40 1/2 hour to have a therapist use it on my shoulder.”
“I'm really enjoying the rower (Viking 3 Plus). Thank you very much for the free upgrade when you realized the Viking 2 was temporarily out of stock. Greatly appreciated. As far as the rower is concerned, I have the perspective of a long time C2 user. However, living in an apartment where efficient storage matters and aesthetics matter (since there's no place to hide the rower when its not in use), the more attractive and easy to store Viking won the day.
As far as the rower, first the pros: you will feel an immediate "catch" when you reach the catch position, regardless of your experience or form. On a C2, it takes almost perfect positioning at the catch to engage the flywheel similarly, otherwise you "leak energy". For anyone more accustomed to single rail rowers, the slide and the four wheels make this the smoothest tracking rower I have ever been on. The "pull" on resistance levels 3 and 4 are adequate...levels 1 and 2 don't serve much of a purpose as far as I can tell. I'm 6-2 and it feels like there's another inch or two on the rail, so maybe height limitation is up around 6-4.
The only real complaint I have is that the monitor needs an upgrade. I understand that on a water rower, that means an entire additional layer of manufacturing expense ("the Fluid Ergometer") but there are probably ways to tweak the monitor to make it more useful. In the meantime, I am using the Fluid Rower app, but the fact that it can't run on a phone needs to be changed. Luckily, I had a 10 year old laptop around that I have re-purposed to track my workouts using the software. The other software... the racing simulation...can't connect to the rower. The software and patches loaded to my computer properly, but that's as far as I got.
But the bottom line is that the rower delivers as promised...the quality of the workout is the main thing and in that respect I give it 5 stars.”
“Response upon ordering my rower was almost immediate. Delivery was within 5 days as promised, even with Covid-19 restrictions impacted most businesses on some level. The Viking III is all that is was advertised to be! Easy assembly, smooth movement and transitional resistance.. Excellwnt experience all around! Thank you”
