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When the WOD calls for rowing easy pieces between the main pieces how is that set up on the PM5?

Normally say the workout is 5 x 1000 w 2 min rest I would just program intervals with 1000 row the 2 min rest. Simple

But when it calls for say 5 x 1000 with 2 min easy row between how do i program that? If I program the 2 minutes as a "rest" and just row easy I dont actually get "credit" in my logbook for those meters.

Anyway just wanted to see if im missing something. I thought I just program variable intervals with Distance, 1000m no rest, then Time, 2 min no rest etc. Is that right?

You still get credit for rest metres in your logbook. Look at the end of the intervals and there is an extra interval labelled rest "or maybe just r". This is added to your logbook metres as well.

JerekKruger wrote:You still get credit for rest metres in your logbook. Look at the end of the intervals and there is an extra interval labelled rest "or maybe just r". This is added to your logbook metres as well.

Ok thanks so then just do intervals of 1000m / 2 min rest and then today id just row 5 x and that would be fine to row easy through the rest period.

Use variable intervals, 5min, 0 rest, 2min, 0 rest, etc..

MrHollick wrote:Ok thanks so then just do intervals of 1000m / 2 min rest and then today id just row 5 x and that would be fine to row easy through the rest period.

Ah, I misunderstood your original question.

If you program 1000m intervals with 2 minutes rest, and you do easy rowing through the rest periods then at the end you'll get a score for each of the 1000m intervals and then a total for the rest metres. However you don't get any other information for the rest metres (no average split, no stroke rate, no heart rate data if you use a monitor), just the overall total number of metres.

If you want that extra information (for example if you've got a specific target splits for the rest periods) then, as Henry says, you can use the "Intervals: Variable" setting to set up a workout consisting of 1000m/0rest/2minutes/0rest which will then record all the data for 2 minute rest periods as well.

In short: if you're only concerned with recording the total number of metres you row on the log book then you can continue using the standard "Intervals: Distance" setting and simply rowing lightly through the rest periods (ErgData strongly recommended for this), but if you want more data on your rest rowing then using "Intervals: Variable".

New Rower here:

To piggyback on this, is there a right or wrong way of doing these WODs, in terms of rest?

Today's WOD (medium) is:
"Pre-set the monitor for 35 minutes. Row seven intervals in a pyramid of 2-3-4-5-4-3-2 minutes, with two minutes of rest in between each piece. Two minutes hard, two light, three hard, two light, four hard and so on. "

It says "rest" and then says "light". In just about every fitness discipline I've done in the past, rest means rest, not slow or light or easy.

Is the norm on these WODs (or other programs) to stop rowing completely and get up during the 1-5 minute "rest" period, or is the norm to row slowly? Is this subjective to the athlete?

And when it says "hard", does that mean training at AN? AT? UT2? Or is it just subjective to the athlete?

Thanks!

The "hard" and the "rest" are up to you, depending on your fitness and experience. There are no WOD "police"

For example, most people row the shorter intervals at a faster pace (AN, TR) than the longer intervals (AT). In the harder pieces, the rests are static and/or light paddling. For the others, it's active rest - easy paddling.

Sometimes a heart rate monitor is used to determine the "hard" and "easy" parts of the workout.

Have fun!