Not everyone wants to be the next gold medal winning rowing olympian. Some just want to get fit.

And it must be said, a lot of the videos I make are based on performance improvements, tweaking technique to get that last tenth of a second out of your 100m row or getting a PB in a 2000m row.

But I know that there are millions of gym users out there that just want to row, and need a little bit of inspiration for how to mix things up, and maybe a tiny tweak or two to make sure they ARE in fact using most of their muscles to row.

In this row, I take you through a simple 10 minute workout. You row two minutes at a steady intensity. Enough to get your heart rate up, and breathing rate up - and then 30 seconds faster and with more power.

Repeat that 4 times. And you're finished!

Hopefully, the time will fly by. And by varying the way your body has to work, it'll help get you out of a training rut when it comes to the rowing machine.

You don't have to be on a Concept2 either. Any rowing machine will do.

Check out the "Rowing for Non Rowers" playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8ookhrQKwvKvR__orYQbQpMsl6aA8bvn


🔵🔵🔵 SHOWING SUPPORT FOR ROWALONG 🔵🔵🔵

I've been asked a few times about the best way to support what I'm doing. Honestly, the best way is just to watch and subscribe using this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYcAoZ9WTJriM9jZkXxoPg?sub_confirmation=1)
More views lead to more views - and I'm really just interested in getting more people on board to RowAlong with. (Make sure to click the notification bell to be alerted when I upload new workouts)

That said, I know that there are some people who want to show their support financially, and as much as I've shied away from giving out links to this before - I've been advised to at least provide the links - to stop someone spoofing me!! So....

Patreon: https://patreon.com/rowalong
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=WJ3Q8X6J4FFC6

But seriously - just keep watching, that's all I ask!!

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This workout is provided as usual WITHOUT MUSIC. If you want music, why not load up another YouTube tab, or maybe Soundcloud and pick your own tunes. As always, follow me for stroke rate. And I'll keep you company for the row with training tips, technique tips, and my usual general waffle.

For more information about drag factor, the plans and what this is all about, head to https://www.rowalong.com For more about indoor rowing in general, go to www.indoorrowinginfo.com

See you in the next video.

ℹℹℹℹℹℹ - 2K training paces are based on your current best performance to row 2000m. Set your monitor to 2000m and row it as fast as you can. When you're finished either look at the memory screen for that row, and note the Average /500m pace - or just divide your time by 4 to find that out.

For instance - if you rowed your 2000m in 8:20 - the average pace for 500m is 2:05. It doesn't matter if you started at 1:50 and then slowed down to 2:20 by the end - your average across the whole row is 2:05.

So when I give a pace guide saying "2K + 18 seconds" - that means that you take your 2K time, and add 18 seconds to it (in the above example, 2:05 + 18 = 2:23 pace.) Just be sure to set your monitor so it displays your /500m pace so you can stay on target.

Every time you think you're getting faster, rather than just arbitrarily changing the pace guide - do another 2000m test to find your current 2K average time - and then work from that. ℹℹℹℹℹℹ

==================What I use==================

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*for info, RowAlong used to be PDP - but the name was changed to RowAlong in 2020.