 Work this time for this interview I appear to be on a rowing machine and I'm talking to Becca Wesselman from Hydro. How you doing today? I'm good how are you? I'm doing good. I'm impressed. You bet I think I'm supposed to be holding on to something but I don't know if I could do that too we'll see. The equation let's see here you go. You might have to hold the mic. That's fine I'm prepared. What am I on here? You're on Hydro which is a live outdoor reality. It's a connected fitness device so you are rowing it's a state-of-the-art erg so it's much like the other ergs that you might be used to in a gym but it's entirely different in that it's a totally interactive experience so you are rowing these are our athletes we have 13 professional rowers some are former Olympians some are gunning for the national team some are gunning for this Olympic cycle and they row live every single day on different bodies of water around the world so right now they're in Miami and they row live you can row live with them in exact time which is awesome because you're seeing what they see so if there's a dolphin in the screen you're getting that too and then you're also getting this fantastic workout. Wait till it's live? Oh yeah absolutely we're live we've got film crews down in Miami right now they're in Miami but our home river is the Charles River in Boston then we travel around the world around the country to different rowing load destinations so you can experience that so it's really exciting it's a it's a totally different experience. What happens if I want to row like right now and they're not actually in Miami rowing right this minute? Then you've got an on-demand library with hundreds and hundreds of workouts that they've done in different locations so you can select where you want to go so right here you just head on over to the library and you can customize what you're looking for so you can filter by athlete you can say I want a 20 minute hit workout and go from there. Do people start having a favorite favorite like I want? Oh for sure. Danny Hansen is my favorite so I want the 10 minute pop hit row? Absolutely we get people who are super they it's everyone it's very personal people kind of decide what they want to do based on the type of workout they want exactly but then they say you know I always work out with Sarah I want to work out with Sarah Sarah's my girl and that's what they do so it's been really cool to see what people get into and what they end up doing and look at man Danny's arms are amazing. Oh my god Danny's amazing so she's a Paralympian she's absolutely incredible and she has more energy than I think was possible to have in a human being she is a firecracker you want to try it out? Danny's the best right so she can go? Yep. Oh there she is. Oh I supposed to slow down and go with her. So you're going to follow her hands. So follow you're going to she's going forward and pull back. Okay there you go. So I'm not just going as fast as I want I'm supposed to do what she's doing. Absolutely so the goal is to match her and so that's part of the discipline of growing right so you're not and there's certainly people on the leaderboard who are just gonna sprint sprint sprint and they're not gonna pay attention to the workout but she'll tell you as you go all right here's my speed right now here's my split and that's what you're gonna want to mirror while you workout so it's a really great way even if you've never rode before to get your feet wet like I had always seen the roller in the gym and I knew it was good for me but I didn't know I didn't want to get on it was a little bit intimidated just because I didn't want to look like I didn't know what I was doing. Oh yeah. It's a little you know so it's and then I was able to get on and with their instruction you're able there's see there's coconuts behind her in the water you never know what's gonna be on there but you really just follow their motion and you feel like you're in the boat with them and it's a really incredible experience. I can feel the wind in my hair right now. Right and next we just need to spritz you and then you'll be it's like you're there. All right you need a fan right here. All right so I'm gonna stop rowing for a minute so okay she's gonna take that back it's got a really nice smooth motion it's really pleasing. So a lot of rowers use either a chain or they use like it's a water and it's loud and it's funky and it's a little bit jerkier this is this patented electromagnetic resistance so it's really smooth and it feels really similar to being on the water. It's really really nice so when is Hydro gonna be available? It's available now so we launched in May and so you can purchase through Hydro.com and we're also in Best Buy. So you can right and can I ask the price point on this? Sure can it's $21.99 and then there's a $38 a month membership. Okay yeah that makes sense that you're watching live videos of people and you're working out with them. There's new workouts every single day. And another thing about having it be timed like saying okay 5 30 a.m. I'm gonna be rowing with her in Miami I have to be there at 5 30 I don't get to say I'll do it tomorrow because she's rowing right now. That's such an enormous part of what we're doing it's that accountability and so people look at rowing and think oh it's an individual sport but it's really one of the most team oriented sports that's out there like if you're in a boat with someone the way that you communicate with them and the way that you move with them is everything and so the idea that you're part of this team and we hear that a lot about the leaderboard so people and you know I feel it as well when I get on there I know the names that are in my 7 o'clock row like I recognize them oh nice I feel like oh I let my team down and so it's really great for that accountability piece like you get on there and you know that you're gonna be a part of something so it's awesome. Very very cool so this is hydro.com h-y-d-r-o-w.com. Yep you got it. Thank you very much. Thank you so much great job.