What do I get when I become an asensei subscriber?

When you subscribe to asensei for rowing you gain access to all of our rowing programs, access to our member-only community and additional member-only resources and benefits such as training planners and exclusive webinar and coach Q&A sessions.

To sign up and train with asensei go to: https://asensei.com/rowing

Choosing your asensei Workouts and Programs

When you subscribe you will see a full range of indoor rowing workout from our coaches such as Olympic Legend Eric Murray, British Rowing, Shane Farmer of Dark Horse Rowing and boutique fitness coach Johan Quie.  Our content comes in a variety of different styles. 

Firstly we have structured multi-week training programs that are designed to be followed in order with specific goals in mind.  (RE)COMMIT from Eric Murray, Be A Dark Horse by Shane Farmer and Master The Basics from British Rowing fall into this category.  When you follow these programs it's best to do the workouts in the order recommended by asensei, since some of the challenges and targets set for you may be based upon specific sessions you have done earlier in the program, for example in (RE)COMMIT you will perform a 1km test at the end of week 1 and that time is used to set targets for other workouts in the program.  If you have missed a baseline workout for any reason asensei will still try to set you a target but it will be based upon a more general analysis of your past rowing.

Next we have loosely grouped collections of workouts, like Johan Quie's SMILE, SWEAT, SCULPT program.  This is a collection of workouts based around the themes of ENDURANCE, STRENGTH and SPEED.  You can follow the whole program in order, or you can jump to the type of sessions that you feel like.  These sessions include some skills drills and some off-erg drills.

Above and Beyond workouts are designed as standalone sessions and can be used to complement some of the other training programs.  For example (RE)COMMIT is 2-3 workouts each week, but some of you prefer to workout more often, if that's the case then you could add on some of the Above and Beyond workouts to your program.  The Above and Beyond sessions don't usually include a warmup but they will still track you and set your goals and some of the sessions include coaching.  The targets that asensei sets will be based on a broad analysis of your previous rowing, whereas within a structured program your goals may well be based upon specific workouts you have already performed (such as a baseline 1km test).  

As part of your asensei membership, we also offer access to a more spartan set of asensei Above and Beyond workouts, these come without coaching or warmups, but feature the same goal-setting and on-screen stats.  These feature collections of 5, 10 and 15 minute workouts and a collection of stroke rate ladders.  These can be great for warmups or as HIIT sessions.

You'll always be recommended a workout by asensei, but if you fancy a change you can select your own anytime, either by selecting and running a workout manually or by switching programs and having asensei walk you through it.  To view your programs: choose PROGRAMS from the main menu button in the top right of the Up Next screen (or on older app versions hit the Hey asensei [+] button in the bottom left of the Up Next Screen then choose Workouts). 

Not sure which program to try?  Feel free to reach out via the asensei members community on facebook, or directly via [e-mail] and we'll do our best to help find one that suits you needs.

asensei Training Planners

Many of our workout programs come with training planners to help you understand what's in each workout, how often they should be performed and to help you plan and ensure you meet your goals.  There's an example training plan detailing just the first 3 (RE)COMMIT workouts here.

There are several ways to access these planners: 

1. Within the app these can be found on the Program listing pages.  Go to PROGRAMS via the main menu, then from the list appears choose the program of interest (e.g. (RE)COMMIT) and on the page that appears you will see the planner icon in the top right hand corner of the screen.  Tap to open the planner.
2. The planners can be accessed through our members community - check out the Files tab on our Facebook Group.
3. You will also receive an email with links to the planners when you subscribe. 

Other Benefits of asensei

Youtube Channel - Tips, Livestreams, Guides

We have a range of content that we make available via the asensei Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/asensei.  On here you will find a collection of short coaching tips, informational videos about our coaches and programs and we also run a regular series of Livestream workouts with Eric Murray.  There's more information, including the timetable for these on this page: Livestreaming Workouts with Eric Murray

Drills

Our workouts include a range of great technique drills that are useful for improving your technique, whether it is racing starts, improving your stroke or increasing your power these will help rowers of all levels improve.  

Community & Social Media

Our primary members community resource is our Facebook asensei members group.  We realise that not everyone uses facebook so if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to us directly via [e-mail]. 

We are also active on facebook.com/asensei, instagram as asensei_rowing and on twitter as @asensei and you can reach us on those channels.

Our periodic email newsletter has coaching insights and tips, workout of the week, details of new app features and special offers, this is a great way to stay connected.

FAQ

These FAQ pages are a resource for you that we are constantly updating.  If there's more information that you would like us to add please let us know via [e-mail]