Row for 32 minutes, but change stroke rate every four minutes.

🚣A BOTTOM INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️

Changes are: 18/20/22/20/18/20/22/20

➔Pace Guide: 18spm = 2K+20, 20spm = +18, 22spm = +15 (see below for 2K pace info)

➔Effort = 5-6/10

➔Speech = Comfortable

❗ This is a very simple row. By changing stroke rate every 4 minutes when rowing, it keeps this workout interesting, and gives you a chance to feel the control of your stroke by increasing and decreasing your power. Not only will it help technique, but this easy row will really improve your fitness.❗

At the end of the row, while I say goodbye, I've put up the basic stretches that I do when I've finished rowing.

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Row fast and strong right from the start. Sprint 1 minute intervals 7 times with 75 seconds rest.

🚣A TOP INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️

➔Pace Guide: Start at 1K pace (around 2K-5) but go faster if you can!

➔Effort = 10/10

➔Speech = Don't even try

❗ There are only 7 intervals here, so you NEED TO GO FAST. Start at 1K pace (around 2K-5) and if you think it's too easy, speed up. If you don't end up in a similar state to me by the end, you've not put in 10/10 effort.❗

I've tried something new at the end of this one when I'm saying goodbye. I've added in a split screen of the basic stretching that I do after each row. I'm going to film it again - and do a standalone video too - but I'd love to know what you think about it.

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A simple 30 minute row holding stroke rate and pace throughout. But can you keep all the splits the same in this RowAlong?

🚣A BOTTOM INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️

➔Pace Guide: 2K+18 at 20 Strokes Per Minute (see below for 2K pace info)

➔Effort = 5-6/10

➔Speech = Comfortable

❗ If your monitor lets you set splits (chunks of time) for this row, set them to 5 minutes. Your aim is to try to get all splis identical for this row. I failed. No two of mine were the same! (See the Community tab if you want to see the actual results).❗

This is just about consistency. And the slower pace / lower stroke rate allows you the chance to work on technique and aim for that consistency.

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Row 5 x 10 minute intervals with 90 second rests between in this RowAlong workout.

🚣A MID INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️

Row intervals at 18/22/18/22/18 stroke per minute

➔Pace Guide: 18spm at 2K+20 and 22spm at 2K+15 (see below for 2K pace info)

➔Effort = 5/10 and 6/10 - overall probably 7/10 due to duration.

➔Speech = Comfortable

❗ Both of the pace guides are in the Low Intensity region for rowing training - but because you'll be rowing for a total of 50 minutes (+ warmup and cooldown) the duration on the erg means this will slide into a Medium Intensity workout. Your fitness levels on the rowing machine will be HOW intense it'll be. If you're really fit, it'll be the top of a bottom, or the bottom of a Mid. If you're not used to rowing this long, it'll probably be a good solid MID intensity row.❗

(I know, the title says Intervals, the Thumbnail and video says Pieces - but no one is going to search YouTube for 5 x 10 minute Pieces!)

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Row for 30 minutes - every 3 minutes, take 4 POWERFUL rowing strokes.

🚣A BOTTOM INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️

➔Pace Guide: Main pace = 20 strokes per minute / 2K+18 pace

➔Effort = 5-6/10 (more for the power strokes)

➔Speech = Comfortable

❗ A very simple low intensity row - but broken up every three minutes with these power strokes. How hard you want to push this, is entirely up to you. After Day 3's Tabata row, I was certainly feeling it in my legs, and was really only pushing the pace of the row by about 5 seconds when doing the power strokes. ❗

🚥You can use Ergzone to program your Concept 2 PM5 monitor, look for 12 Rows - Day 4 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 Introduction

02:48 4 minute Warmup

08:18 Main Session

40:11 Cooldown and time to stretch while I sign off.

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Row 20 seconds MAX EFFORT then 10 seconds rest 8 times. Rest 3 minutes and do this all again 2 more times.

🚣A MAX INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️

➔Pace Guide: MAX Effort - High rate, High Pace

➔Effort = 10/10

➔Speech = Don't even try

❗ This is the first of the MAX effort rows in the 12 Rows of Christmas Rowing Workout series. And you need to go full speed from the start. Try to be controlled, so still proper technique and strokes - but put everything you can into this. I row this at around 38spm and 2K-10 pace. ❗

The reason it says HISS or HIIT workout in the title is that really, because you can't recover before the next effort, this is more of a High intensity steady state (that steady state being maximum effort). A true HIIT session will give you more recovery before the next effort.

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Row 2 x 16 minutes with 1 minute rest. Slow and easy this time.

🚣A BOTTOM INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️

➔Pace Guide: 18spm at 2K+20 (See below for 2K Pace info)

➔Effort = Starts at 5/10

➔Speech = Comfortable

❗ After a tough start to the 12 days, use this row to regenerate your energy levels and spend some time thinking about your technique. It may not be a row that people will write books about, but it's the one that will give you the fitness and technique to be able to row fast when the time comes. ❗

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After a short introduction to the 12 Rows of Christmas, I get into the first row. " 1 Spicy Start "

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 Guide

Row 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!

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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.

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Hopefully you'll have noticed that this jumped to S5 - as S4 should have been your 10K Time Trial!

Spice up a 30 mins at 20spm row by throwing in 10 power strokes 6 times through the duration of the workout.

🚣4:30 at 20-spm / 2K+18 pace - then 30sec at 20spm full power x 6 🚣‍♀️

➔Pace Guide = 2K+18 then full power (x 6) (see below for 2K pace info)

➔Effort = 6/10 then 10/10 for 30sec (x6)

➔Speech = Comfortable - then a bit tougher (x 6)

❗ This is just about adding a bit of zing to a standard 30 minutes at 20spm. It probably shifts it out of the typical Bottom Tier Workout, and closer to the Mid Tier (which is why both Chillis are on the thumbnail image). But you'll still get the fitness benefits of this workout, and a chance to concentrate on how you're putting a LOT of power into the machine over those 30 second power strokes. ❗

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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.

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Get ready for a time trial by rowing this session two days before - then a rest day - then hit that time trial hard!

🚣Row 3 minutes at 5K Stroke rate and pace - then 17 minutes at 18spm 🚣‍♀️

➔Pace Guide = Start at 2K+10 and then 2K+20

➔Effort = Starts at 8/10 - then 5/10

➔Speech = Tough - then (after a minute or so) easy

❗ This session may not make much sense if you're not using it to "Stir the tanks" ahead of a time-trial. But if you're tapering, ready for the big show, then doing this two days before, with a rest day inbetween should mean that your 'gears are greased' nicely after this row, and you won't have tired out your muscles or energy system. Then take that day off to fully recharge - and get ready for your time trial! ❗

This row is designed more for longer TT's (6K and longer) but it still works for a 5K or a 2K.

And to be honest, it's a good row for those who aren't used to rowing for that long either. 3 minutes hard and then 17 minutes easy will give you a great workout if you're new to rowing.

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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.

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