Intro to Rowing Program
Hey! Welcome to the Intro to Rowing Program! This is a 10-workout series that guides you through everything you need to know about rowing workouts, warm ups, recovery, and how to push yourself!
Join me as I take you step by step through getting comfortable and confident on the rower!
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Intro to Rowing: Your First Row (#1)
Welcome to the Intro to Rowing workout program! This program is designed to help you get started with your rower with all of the tools you need to be successful over the course of 10 workouts together! If you're brand new to rowing, this is the place to start!
For our first workout, we'll be goi...
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Intro to Rowing: Post-Workout Protocol (#2)
Welcome to the Intro to Rowing workout program! This program is designed to help you get started with your rower with all of the tools you need to be successful over the course of 10 workouts together! If you're brand new to rowing, this is the place to start!
For our second workout, we'll actua...
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Intro to Rowing: How To Row "Hard" (#3)
Welcome back to the Intro to Rowing Workout Program!
For this third workout, we're going to practice what it means to row "hard"! There's a bit more to it than it might seem, but we are going to learn exactly what rowing hard looks like compared to "easy" rowing!
WORKOUT:
Pick Drill x 3
1 min...
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Intro to Rowing: Rowing with Intensity (#4)
Welcome back to the Intro to Rowing program!
For this fourth workout, we're going to learn exactly what it means to "row with varying intensity". This is one of the most IMPORTANT concepts to learn on the rower and will help you perform better for every workout to come!
WORKOUT:
Pick Drill x ...
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Intro to Rowing: Building Stroke Strength (#5)
Welcome back to the Intro to Rowing program!
For this fifth workout, we're going to practice rowing at lower stroke rates with added intensity to build up the foundation of "stroke strength". When we learn how to row hard and heavy at low stroke rates, it allows us to conquer ANY stroke rate!
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Intro to Rowing: Building Stroke Rate (#6)
Welcome back to the Intro to Rowing program!
For this sixth workout, we're going to practice building up our strokes per minute (stroke rate). We'll work specifically on building intensity and effort through increased rates while trying to maintain good form!
WORKOUT:
Pick Drill x 3
1 min @ 1...
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Intro to Rowing: Subtle Rate Builds (#7)
Welcome back to the Intro to Rowing program!
For this seventh workout, we're going to now work on building stroke rate more subtly than we did in workout 6! This is going to require a lot more control of your form and your ability to build intensity without burning out!
WORKOUT:
Pick Drill x 2...
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Intro to Rowing: Using Stroke Length (#8)
Welcome back to the Intro to Rowing program!
For this eighth workout, we're going to practice "half strokes" which means not bedning your legs all the way for a full stroke! This technique is utilized to master higher stroke rates!
WORKOUT:
Pick Drill x 2
2 minutes Full Stroke - Half Stroke x...
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Intro to Rowing: More Stroke Length Practice (#9)
Welcome back to the Intro to Rowing program!
For this ninth workout, we're going to continue to work with full strokes and half strokes, but in a much more intense workout compared to workout 8!
WORKOUT:
Pick Drill x 2
1 minute Full Stroke @ 20 SPM
1 minute Half Stroke @ 28 SPM
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Intro to Rowing: Putting it All Together (#10)
Welcome back to the Intro to Rowing program!
For our final workout, we're going to combine everything we've learned into one jam-packed fun routine that will test all of your newly found rowing skills! Get ready to end the program with a bang!
WORKOUT:
Pick Drill x 2
1 minute EASY @ 22 SPM
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