About us

Concept2 is the world leader for indoor rowing machines. Born from Olympic and world class rower’s minds, Concept2 has set the standard for off water training since 1981. With a need to replicate the movement of on water rowing, Concept2 decided to develop the indoor rower. After years of designing and building the best rowing machines in the world, Concept2 is used by most everyone that rows, including Olympic and world class rowers at some point in their training cycles.

After creating the most effective rowing machines in the world Concept2 took a path into the other love of the founders, cross country skiing. They developed the SkiErg for the same reasons they developed the indoor rower, living in Vermont USA you cannot row or ski all year round. Skiers from around the world have embraced the SkiErg with the same passion that the rowers have for the indoor rower.

The best part is that the same indoor rower or SkiErg used by the elite athletes can also be used by anyone looking to get an efficient full body workout. The indoor rower and SkiErg use most of your muscles either in a direct recruitment or from a stabilizing effect.  The Concept2 indoor rower and SkiErg are both well-engineered pieces of exercise equipment. With few moving parts the maintenance is simple and can be done by most anyone at a club or in their home. The other benefit of an efficient design is that it keeps the cost down, therefore Concept2 indoor rowers and SkiErgs are priced way below most other high quality equipment. That makes them the best choice for both the club setting as well as in the home environment. As a matter of fact lots of people purchase an indoor rower or SkiErg for their home so that way they will not miss out on a workout when they cannot make it to the club. Since the Concept2 indoor rower and SkiErg are so simply designed it will last years, even in the most harsh club use conditions, so think of how long it will last in your home.

The Concept2 indoor rowers and SkiErgs have a performance monitor, the PM5 which gives you details on how your workout is going. This is where the Concept2 indoor rower and SkiErg really excel over other exercise equipment. Since the PM5 is based off measuring watts, a true unit of energy, it gives you real data to track your improvement. For a person to see if they are getting more fit you need to know a few things, time you worked, the load or energy you worked at, and your heart rate. The Concept2 indoor rower and SkiErg with the PM5 supply all this information and more in an easy to use format. All you need in addition to the indoor rower or SkiErg with PM5 is a heart rate belt transmitter since the PM5 is compatible with Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ heart rate equipment. The PM5 powers up automatically when the flywheel starts moving so you can row or ski a workout without ever touching a button. The PM5 provides stats for watts, speed, distance, pace, and calories for every workout and is backlit to improve visibility. It has built in memory, plus a port for a usb stick to archive even more workouts, or when you are not working out on you own machine.

Why to buy from Rowline s.r.o.

Concept2.cz is part of Rowline s.r.o. company and this is the company name you will be buying from. Concept2.cz website was developed for people to be able to investigate the Concept2 indoor rower and the Concept2 SkiErg without having to look at our other rowing based items, however please feel free to check out the other items as well at Rowline.com, if you so desire. So why buy from Rowline? Rowline has been a preferred reseller of Concept2 products since 2008 and employs the owners and up to 2 other people depending on demand. This is partly why we can offer such attractive pricing. The owners, Daniela Nachazelova and Dave Gomez have spent their lives dedicated to being fit and helping others to discover their potential to becoming better athletes. Everyone no matter what their goals are, from losing weight, to looking better or wanting to compete in the Crossfit Games or the Olympics is an athlete.

Dave has been a coach of Athletics (track and field), Rowing, and other sports for over 30 years. He holds coaching certifications from US Rowing, USA Track and Field, ACE, Spinning, C2 Indoor Rowing and National High School Federations. He is the only reseller that has worked at Concept 2 in Morrisville Vermont, doing so for 21 years before venturing out to live in the Czech Republic. Dave also still does some regatta service each year for Concept 2 which helps to stay in touch with what is going on in the company.

Daniela is a world class rower. She has medaled at world cups and has placed 5th at the world championships twice. She was the under 23 world champion in the light weight single scull, was second at the Head of the Charles and Champion in the women’s open single scull at the Canadian Henley. Daniela has coaching certifications from Czech Rowing, US Rowing and C2 Indoor Rowing. In addition Daniela has attended many rowing coaching conferences in the US, Canada and the UK.

Both Daniela and Dave have participated in many activities including, biking, skiing both downhill and cross country, snowboarding, running, weight training, wind surfing, kayaking, water skiing, wakeboarding, athletics, rowing and the list goes on. They feel it is important to do multiple activities to help keep the body in the best state it can be in. They also feel it is important to constantly seek more knowledge no matter what that might be, since the motto “sound of mind, sound of body” resonates so highly with them.

Unlike a lot of companies, the only training machines Rowline sells are the Concept 2 indoor rowers and SkiErgs. Rowline does sell other rowing related products as well, but we do not get into all kinds of other machines since we know that we are selling the best indoor rowers and ski machines in the world. We use what we sell and we are fortunate to be able to share our passion with other likeminded individuals.

In this era of globalization you can buy products form a lot of faceless companies that sell all kinds of things. However rest assured that purchasing your Concept 2 indoor rower or SkiErg from Rowline will be a great step toward meeting your goals and will help to keep us strong, so we can continue to bring world class products to athletes of all kinds at an affordable price. I feel fortunate to have been a part of such a great company for almost the last 3 decades and counting. The indoor rower and SkiErg are still made in Morrisville Vermont, USA in some of the same buildings as when I worked there. The best part is that they are still built and inspected by people that I worked with, so I know that the quality is still the best the world. So when you buy your Concept2 indoor rower or SkiErg from Rowline you are working with someone that knows what it takes to make the highest quality, longest lasting training products in the world.