12 Rows of Christmas - 1 Spicy Start - RowAlong Rowing Workout

Row 5 x 8 minutes with 2:30 rests. Broken into a 5 minute section and a 3 minute chunk. 🚣A MID INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️➔Pace GuideRow 5 mins at 20 strokes per minute and 2K+18 pace  Row 3 mins at 24 strokes per minute and 2K+5 pace  (See below for 2K Pace info) ➔Effort = Starts at 6/10 - then 8-9/10➔Speech = Comfortable - then tough❗ Burn some calories over the Holiday Season by rowing along with me in this 12 Rows of Christmas series. You don't have to do 12 days in a row - just fit them in when you can. ❗The first 5 minutes is a good start for you to settle into the rhythm and get your technique locked in - then 3 minutes you push a LOT harder with the legs to get the rate and pace up. The intensity of that 3 minutes will get tougher for each interval. In the final interval, if you want to REALLY push and row as hard as you can (keep to the 24 stroke rate though) - then please do! 🚥You can use Ergzone to program your Concept 2 PM5 monitor, look for 12 Rows - Day 1 under the RowAlong track which has the main session pre-programmed. I've not programmed in the Warmup and Cooldown however, so you'll need to add them in yourself (I have some on the track, with the label "Bookmark These" so you can just bookmark them for future use)  🚥00:00 Introduction03:16 4 minute Warmup08:37 Main Session1:00:43 Cooldown and time to stretch while I sign off.If you would like to RowAlong to the video version of this, please go to: https://youtu.be/ktHLWOj9gv0As always, follow me for stroke rate. Anad I'll keep you company for the row with training tips, technique tips, and my usual general waffle. If you enjoyed this workout, and want to Support RowAlong - then why not subscribe to this channel - maybe even leave a review of this Podcast? But I know some people want to do more - in which case, I've decided to start letting people know about my Patreon account, rather than have it hiding in the background. If this is something you'd like to be part of, please go to: https://patreon.com/rowalongℹ - 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.  ℹFind more indoor rowing workouts, training plans, and rowing technique guides at rowalong.comWatch the full video versions on YouTube: youtube.com/@rowalong Join the community: facebook.com/groups/rowalongInstagram: @rowalong_workouts RowAlong is a free follow-along rowing workout podcast for indoor rowers of all levels. Every session is time-based and works on any rowing machine — Concept2, WaterRower, Hydrow, NordicTrack, or any gym rower. Press play. Strap in. Let's RowAlong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.