Makina opalasa ndi chida chophunzitsira chomwe chimatengera kupalasa m'madzi. Kupalasa m'nyumba kwasintha kukhala masewera akatswiri. Makina opalasa m'nyumba amadziwikanso kuti ma ergometers (omwe amadziwikanso kuti Ergo kapena ERGO m'maiko akunja), omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyeza mphamvu zomwe othamanga amagwiritsa ntchito pochita masewera olimbitsa thupi [1].

Makina opalasa amathandiza kulimbikitsa minofu ya m’miyendo, m’chiuno, kumtunda kwa miyendo, pachifuwa, ndi kumsana. Sitiroko iliyonse imatha kugundana kwathunthu ndikukulitsa miyendo yakumtunda ndi yapansi, m'chiuno ndi pamimba, ndi kumbuyo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti thupi lonse likhale ndi thupi lolimbitsa thupi la aerobic. Kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi pamakina opalasa kumakhala kopindulitsa makamaka kwa anthu omwe ali ndi mafuta ambiri m'chiuno, pamimba, ndi m'manja.

Popalasa, muyenera kulabadira kusasinthasintha kwa mayendedwe anu. Sitiroko iliyonse ndi kukulitsa ziyenera kuchitidwa pamalo ake, popanda kupuma. Minofu yomwe imakhudzidwa ndi kayendetsedwe kake sichidzatambasulidwa bwino kapena kugwirizanitsa ngati matalikidwe ali ochepa kwambiri. Imafanana ndi kayendedwe kachilengedwe ka kupalasa ndipo ndi yoyenera kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi komanso masewera apanyumba, kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi a manja, miyendo, m'chiuno, ndi mbali zina, kuchita bwino minofu yotambasula, makamaka m'munsi kumbuyo, komwe kumatha kuthetsa zizindikiro za ululu wammbuyo.