What does asensei do? A guide.

New to asensei and want to know more about the asensei Connected Fitness platform and what you can do?  If it's your first time you might wish to try our Quick Start Guide to just get going and give it a try.  If not, read on and find out a bit more about what to expect.

Challenges and Goals

Did you know that asensei will adjust the difficulty of workouts according to how hard you push yourself?  During workouts you will be set challenges and the targets will be based upon the rowing that you have done. If it ever feels too hard, log out and back in again to reset your baseline - asensei will learn fast and adapt to your current performance levels.

Coaching

During workouts some of the challenges you are set will be about improving your technique, your power or your speed.  There are drills, exercises and challenges to help you improve.  All the while asensei is tracking every stroke ready to provide you with insights into your performance.

Coaches - Meet Eric Murray, Johan Quie, Shane Farmer, British Rowing and more. 

Programs

Our wide range of programs allows you to choose from structured multi-week programs that set you goals, such as training for a 2km or a 5km race, or develop your strength, endurance or speed; you can simply row along with one of our coaches as if you are in a group fitness class or do a one-off session and hear about their experiences and learnings from a lifetime in rowing.  Had enough of coaching?  You can turn that off and focus on your rowing.

Music

we know that music is an important part of the workout for many athletes, it helps with motivation and flow.  That's why we offer a range of different options for music; under your control or leave it to asensei. If all you want is row along with the tunes you can turn down the coaches and turn up the music.

Did you know you that asensei can play music from our partner feed.fm or your playlists from Apple Music?  If you prefer you can play music in the background from your favourite app such as Spotify or Pandora, or you can mute the music all together

To find out more check out this article: Can I listen to my own music when working out?

Connect, Integrate & Analyse

asensei saves a Session Summary of your session each time you workout and you can review the data from the Session History page.  Hit the arrow in the top right of the Up Next conversation screen or swipe down to bring up your Session History.  Tap on an entry to see the data. 

Sync your data to your favorite services - did you know you can connect to Apple Health, the Concept 2 Logbook and also the likes of Strava, Fitbit, Garmin Connect and more.

When you are connected to the Concept 2 logbook you can jump straight to a view of that data, stroke by stroke from within the Session Summary by scrolling down and hitting the Concept 2 Logbook button.

Find out more about asensei's connectivity here: What does asensei connect to?

Plan Your Workouts

Did you know we have workbooks and training planners for you that help you plan your workout schedule with Eric Murray, Shane Farmer or British Rowing.  You can find an example plan that covers the (RE)COMMIT free trial here.  Full versions of the plans are available for members. 

Picking your default program - did you know you can pick a coach or program for asensei to guide you through. But if you want to add an extra workout at any time, you can do so by going to Hey asensei [+] then Workouts and choosing a program and workout from there.

We have dozens of workouts for you to choose from and we are always adding more.  

Community

Checkout the asensei youtube channel for coaching tips and weekly Livestream workouts. 

Head over to our Member-only Community and share experiences, recommendations and motivate each other.  You'll even find our coaches watching and contributing from time to time.  In there you will also find our workout planners and other resources to help with your rowing.

We hope this has given you a flavor of training with asensei, why not give it a try through our free trial, or to find out more see: What do I get when I become an asensei subscriber?

As always if you have questions or suggestions hit us up at [e-mail]. 

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