12 Rows of Christmas - 12 x 5 mins (60 mins with no rest) Rowing Workout

Row for 60 minutes, changing stroke rate and pace every 5 minutes.🚣A MID INTENSITY WORKOUT on the Intensity Pyramid🚣‍♀️

Although the pace and rate is mostly in the LOW intensity range, due to the duration of this row, the total workout lies in the MIDDLE of the pyramid.

Change stroke rate though 18/20/22/24/18/20/22/24/18/20/22/24

➔Pace Guide: 18spm at 2K+20-24   20spm 2 seconds faster than 18spm22spm 2-3 seconds faster than 20spm24spm 2-3 seconds faster than 22spm➔Effort = 5-8/10 (It will drift up through the hour)➔Speech = Should be ok. Maybe a little tough in the 24's

❗ You'll see from the pace guide that there's a large starting range. Depending on how your energy levels are sitting, that's where you start. Tired? Start at +24 - Lots of energy? Start at 2K+20.  Each time you go back to 18spm, assess how you feel and adjust that starting pace if neccessary. ❗

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.

🚥You can use Ergzone to program your Concept 2 PM5 monitor, look for 12 Rows - Day 12 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 Introduction03:01 4 Minute Warmup9:37 Main Session1:11:18 Cooldown then stretching

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.

As 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. 

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ℹ - 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.  ℹ

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