Patent ID: 8622876

Claim:
An apparatus designed and configured to train a rower on a rowing stroke that includes a catch phase, a drive phase, a finish phase, and a recovery phase, the apparatus supported by a first surface and comprising: a first rowing station that includes: an oar support having an inboard side and an outboard side relative to the rower; an oar guide including a guide surface, said guide surface located on said outboard side of said oar support and elevated relative to the first surface; an oar movably supported by said oar support and including: an inboard end located on said inboard side of said oar support; a handle located at said inboard end and being designed and configured to be grasped by the rower while rowing; an outboard end located on said outboard side of said oar support; and a guide follower designed and configured to contact said oar guide surface during the entirety of the drive phase of the rowing stroke so as to provide substantially no horizontal resistance to movement of said oar by the rower during the drive phase of the rowing stroke; and a resistance mechanism coupled to said oar and designed and configured to resist substantially horizontal movement of said oar by the rower during the drive phase of the rowing stroke.