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ERGATTA WORKOUT EXPERIENCES

Ergatta offers 10 main workout experiences (with more on the way!).

Meteor: Meteor is a single-player, interval-based game with thousands of HIIT, conditioning, endurance, and recovery workouts available. Inspired by classic scrolling games, your goal in Meteor is to vary your rowing speed in order to hit targets that are positioned at different intensities.

Wavelength: Wavelength is a our most dynamic single-player game. Your goal in Wavelength is to collect targets as you navigate your avatar through virtual worlds. With five distinct gameplay themes that tap into different workout science and game psychology. Some themes include object and water obstacles that you have to dodge to avoid losing points. Wavelength offers speed-based workouts, SPM-based workouts, and long, meditative recovery workouts.

Pulse: Pulse is a single-player, interval-based game with thousands of HIIT, conditioning, endurance, and recovery workouts available. The goal is to adjust your pace so that the ball on screen hovers within the highlighted Intensity Zone. Pulse comes in three different modes: Power (with speed targets), Cadence (with stroke rate targets), and Hybrid (with dual targets; the most challenging type).

Echo: Echo is a single-player, interval-based game that teaches you how to control your rowing cadence. Your goal is to align your stroke rate with approaching targets, trying to time your stroke as each target crosses a scanner bar on the screen. Echo is great for building endurance, warm-ups and cool-downs, and recovery.

Race: Multi-player competitive game with hundreds of different courses. Race against 8 other real Ergatta members (never bots) that are intelligently matched with you for close competition. Workouts vary from short sprints to long endurance races, often with rest periods and segments of different lengths.

Push Programs: Dozens of goal-oriented workout programs, varying from 5 to 50+ workouts, all structured around a final challenge. Thoughtfully designed by fitness professionals. New programs released monthly.

Vortex: Multi-player competitive game with dozens of different workout options. In our newest game release, we introduce several new gameplay concepts. Calibrated Competition levels the playing field, enabling fun and effective competition between members of all skills levels. A complex game structure requires both high personal performance and a sense of strategy to be crowned a winner.

Live Competition: Go head-to-head live with 75,000 (and counting) community members in regularly scheduled events. Show up to be intelligently matched with your closest competitors, or sign up in advance with your friends and start a training plan.

Scenic Row: Explore dozens of waterways around the world, from urban rivers to tropical lagoons and everything in between. New locations are added every few months, with both forward-facing and more traditional backward-facing options.

Just Row: For a truly self-directed and meditative experience, simply set a time or distance goal - or none at all - and just row. All workout data will be captured in your dashboard just like all other workouts.

Interval workouts (Meteor and Pulse) on the Ergatta are split into 3 categories:

Endurance workouts: These workouts are structured around building your stamina with long intervals and fewer rest periods.
HIIT workouts: HIIT workouts are structured to challenge you with rapid changes between periods of intensity and rest.
Technique workouts: These workouts are designed to build your pace and power management skills.

Each Interval workout type has a specific focus:

Split-focused workouts: these revolve around hitting and maintaining targets. Intensity targets are defined as personalized split ranges, based on your biometrics, fitness capacity, and calibration results.
SPM-focused workouts: these are focused on hitting and maintaining stroke rate targets; essentially the rhythm or cadence with which you row.
Hybrid workouts: a challenging combination that direct you to hit and maintain targets for both intensity and SPM at the same time.

There are thousands of workouts available on the platform, with more added each week.

Happy I jumped off the fence!

I was on the fence purchasing an Ergatta for a while but when the Lite came out with the $500 difference it was just enough to get me off the fence. The Lite was right in that competitive price range with similar options I was looking at from others but the digital experience, and timeless product design just stood out. We love the broad set of races, workouts, and push programs Ergatta adapts to you and the icing on the cake is that it's a beautiful product that blends into our home. We are addicted to it!

Great rowing experience - sights, sounds, and workout

I have had my Ergatta lite for a couple of months now, and I could not be more pleased with it. Many years ago, I rowed on my college crew in fours and eights. I have tried other ergometers at home or in gyms through the years, but none of them gave me the experience of actually being on the water. This rower gave me immediate sense memories of my college rowing days. The sound and feel of the water are perfect, especially when combined with the open water videos. The games are great and help build confidence in stroke rates, power, and rhythm. I love all of the on-screen feedback on my stroke and the connection to my Apple Watch for heart rate. This is also a beautiful piece of equipment that I am proud to show off in my home both when it is down for rowing and stored upright. I cannot recommend it highly enough. If you are on the fence, please place an order. You will not be disappointed.

Quiet, addictive and challenging

I have had the rower for two months and I am solidly addicted. I have done the classes, challenges, echo programs and free rows with scenery. The echo programs are my favorites. I constantly compete against my last score. I do wish there was an easy way to see on the echo programs the strokes per min I will get up to. I would like to see more 34s but I may have not found them yet. You cannot go wrong by purchasing this machine. My treadmill is being retired!!!

A great water rower

I received the Ergatta rower as a gift. I never did any rowing in my life, but I am addicted to it now. I have been rowing the Ergatta for almost 2 months. There are many things to try such as to be competitive, or just rowing at my own pace, too. The AI coach is great for me to check my form.

Also, the Ergatta Community in the Facebook group is fantastic for support, information on technique and form, and fun events. I am inspired by the Ergatta community. It's just nice to see what others are up to, to keep it interesting.

We had an issue during shipping. We contacted Ergatta customer service, they followed up and solved problem timely manner. The bottom line, customer service is great. The design of the machine is awesome, and USA made!

Amazing and Fun Rower!!!

This rower is so easy and fun to use! With so many options on workouts (from simple to hard and everywhere in between), your possibilities are endless! From rowing with scenic views to games to challenges, there is definitely something for everyone to enjoy while using this machine!