1975, Tantelli of northern Europe invented the world's first rowing machine with electronic watch function. It is a great pioneering work to install electronic watch monitoring on rowing machines, which points out the direction for the future development of rowing machines all over the world.
1985, the world's first heart rate training rowing machine was born in Tantelli, Finland, Northern Europe. Installing heart rate monitoring in rowing machine is a great innovation in the world, which points out the direction for the future development of fitness equipment in the world. Why is it so important? Heart rate is the best index of human body state during exercise. In Europe and America, it is a very popular concept to monitor heart rate, reasonably control one's exercise intensity and exercise scientifically, and heart rate fitness has also become a very important fitness index. In China, only a few athletes are aware of monitoring their exercise intensity. Controlling your heart rate when rowing within a reasonable target value can easily achieve the effect of losing weight and avoid the injury caused by exercise transition. And more importantly, exercise can exercise people's cardiopulmonary function, and long-term moderate exercise can reduce the occurrence of various diseases.
Indoor rowing machine is an innovative fitness equipment, inspired by kayaking, similar to rowing. Its birth moved rowing from outdoor to indoor. Considering that outdoor rowing is affected by weather and other factors, 1976, Dyke and Pete Dreissigacker began to make an instrument that is more convenient for trainers to use, and will not be restricted by any venue or weather. This machine has been favored by rowers and fitness enthusiasts since its invention, and has been widely promoted in Europe, especially in Germany. This instrument is the prototype of indoor water resistance rowing machine.