Stressed? Find time to row, difficult? Here is how I look at it:

Hello Everyone & happy holidays,
This morning I watched our baby Reid. He is so cute, our family loves him to pieces. I happened to be awake first and was planning to row my WaterRower in front of Good Morning America, when my wife opened the bedroom door and asked if I could come get Reid, since he woke up. No problem, I responded. I carried him in his electrical swing to the living room right next to the WaterRower. He gave me a whole half hour of happiness. I did not push the envelope and row until he would get bored. I stopped at a point at which I felt would be good for Reid and me to have a change of scenery. I changed him and dressed him with fresh clothes. He was totally happy. We walked back to the living room and I set him in his bouncer. I looked up on our DVR one of the stored baby shows and turned on Classical Baby and proceeded to row another 10 minutes. Had he stayed asleep I would have rowed 90 minutes at a leisurely pace. As I was rowing I started thinking of all the people who may not have rowing ingrained in their brain. People, to whom it must not be so easy to chose to exercise when things are not all perfectly in order with their schedules and lives. 
We hear in the news of all the financial and holiday stresses that exist and need to be coped with. How can anyone find time to move their body for their health and mental break. Here is how I see it. When you make the decision to exercise, start out easy. Be gentle to yourself and pick a low level of intensity. Let your body temperature rise slowly, no need to shock the system, at this point of the year, it already is with all that is going on in our world. Consider the exercise as therapy and not a ball busting workout from hell. With this attitude you will be more likely to repeat your exercise routine for a lifetime.
Fighting stress is done by finding peace and that is why I LOVE THE WATERROWER. I like to row the WaterRower leisurely. The resistance is evenly spread out through the stroke and the swishing sound of the water, totally therapeutic. While I was rowing, no one was woken up. The belt mechanism is sound free and the wheels of the seat whisper quiet, only the sound of water, just like rowing in a single scull. 
Believe me, I have found rowing nirvana with WaterRower. I break a sweat and feel rejuvenated. If you are on the fence about acquiring a fitness machine, give the WaterRower a good luck and a test row. Take my word for it, I am an addicted rower, and I need to break a sweat without losing love for working out. Me too, I need to find peace and quiet in my life! Cheers everyone!
Xeno

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.