https://www.nordictrack.com/rowing-machines/rw600

Many people fail to realize it does not have to be expensive to get "fit". (north) Americans have the bad habit of buying expensive equipment long before it's required for their task / sport, opting to spend their way into an image before earning their way by doing.

To paint an analogy, people have bought >$1000 sport bicycles they ride a few times a year, effectively lowering their resistance and making the work out they need ~easier~ (physically) than it otherwise would have been.

Of course, it's not my place to dictate how people choose to spend their money, but marketing is not helping people who think they have to buy an expensive piece of equipment, as a pre-requisitite, to achieve a goal.