Welcome to the RowZone - a class where landlubbers get their chance behind the oars.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go," shouts RowZone founder and fitness trainer Ian Andracchio.
Andracchio designed the 45-minute program that mixes cardio, weights, and flexibility exercises.
"It really uses a lot of muscles that you don't really use if you're doing a regular workout, so you start to really reshape your body," he says.
He says rowers use 23 muscles per stroke, and can burn up to 800 calories in one class.
But you don't spend all your time on the rowing machine.
Student Allen Green says, "It was also, you know, a core exercise, getting on the floor mats, doing crunches and other things like that and then getting back on it for working on cardio."
The workout is geared toward all ages, all fitness levels, and all body types.
And it's low impact, so it's easy on the joints.
Student Meredith Broder appreciates that, "You're not pounding as you would on a treadmill or climbing steps. There's not the same monotony as an elliptical machine or a treadmill."
Classes are small on purpose - to allow for more individual attention.
Andracchio says, "Each class is led by a personal trainer who's going to look at your form, who'se going to tell you what you're doing wrong, who's gonna really focus on making sure you're doing all the exercises right to get the best results."
Andracchio calls to the class, "Pick it up."'
There are 3 RowZone locations in Philadelphia, including ones in Manayunk and on Rittenhouse Square.
You don't have to worry about the weather hurting your workout.
Andracchio says his workout gives the same benefits of outdoor rowing, indoors.
