One of Skimmer's main goals is to help people become more fit, and increase ones heart strength. Most adults fall off the exercise routine because they don't have time or it's not convenent. Lack of exercise combined with a poor diet and stress from work and family, helps weaken the heart and arteries.

A full-body exercise such as rowing increases cardiovascular fitness, which then helps lower chlosterol and blood pressure and can increase overall strength of the heart. Rowing with a Skimmer also burns more calories within a 20-minute period than any other exercise.

The Skimmer provides the ultimate exercise benefits that can be acheived through rowing. In fact, the Skimmer has been designed so that a person can row forwards for one group of muscles and then row the opposite set of muscles. The Skimmer provides a full body workout that even a rowing machine can't compare.