TRY THIS - PERFECT Intermediate Rowing Machine Workout

[@crowntwig9978]

Another good workout, love Shane’s coaching style. Makes me feel included and comfortable. I don’t pay for removal of ads and that’s my choice that I’ll have to deal with. That said, I really wish the ads would at least come during “off” periods. Just three minutes times four and every time you lose momentum when you have to pause to skip ads and realign video with your own timer. This workout loses quite a bit of its appeal through that. As I said, I live with my choice but if you are going to allow mid-workout ads, please at least put them during rest phases.

[@annakarlsson1857]

I'm so glad i found you, your motivation is amazing 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@rudychavira5558]

I like your videos, dont know anyone that rows, but started rowing , and quickly moved up to intermediate workouts I feel very comfortable, throw a 30 min in there once in awhile. Keep em coming

[@mini2umario]

This was my first guided row ever. I've been a CrossFitter for 12 years and never understood stroke rate and my splits times. I really enjoyed the commentary. It makes time go by faster.

[@leverkuhn67]

I started watching your videos two months ago, when I bought my concept 2 (in France). I really want to thank you for all the help you're giving me. I went through all your beginners workouts, and now I start the intermediate workouts. This video is awesome ! The workout and the motivational speech are just perfect. Thank you Dark Horse.

[@heatherboccio1846]

My husband bought a concept 2 a couple of months ago. I was mad because it didn't have a fancy screen. But I love rowing! I watch your videos over and over, trying to perfect my form. Thank you for the guidance!

[@uzuetad]

I had to write. I found my breathing pattern tonight. I rowed with you for two months and then moved away for a new nursing contract and had two months away. You were so right! It just hit me! You said it would come to me like that in your beginner videos. THANK YOU!

[@espring375]

Man, your videos are AWESOME! Thanks for creating and posting them, I know it takes a ton of time. I feel I hit a gold mine of workout videos when I came across your YT site. I just recently starting rowing on our C2 that's been collecting dust in the basement for years. My wife bought it a long time ago then lost interest. It's dusted off and getting some action now! At 43 I'm easing into things, for a couple reasons: I haven't the first clue about how to row (never rowed a day in my life), and I've never really been athletic (never played any sports, but have done some triathlons). When your first video popped up in my search I previewed it and got pumped to try it out. There are of course other videos that popped up (by not too many, surprisingly) but yours resonated with me and made me want to give it a shot. I love your attitude and approach, and the great technical aspects (video/audio quality, nice edit, visual workout overview, erg monitor setup instructions, timer overlay, stroke count notes when it changes, etc). Doing row alongs with you on the screen keeps me paying attention to my form and technique. I feel if I did workouts from a book I'd be all over the place. I of course checked out your website and see you have training plans but couldn't find anything that showed what's in the training plans. Are they solely rowing workouts or other things? I'd pay monthly for all rowing workouts that are all in one place, organized in an app or whatever, instead of searching through your YT channel, building a playlist then organizing each video for watch to do next, figuring out which one would build upon the previous ones, etc. Do you offer anything like that? Thanks again for the killer videos and great content! Oh one more thing, while doing this workout a couple ads popped up that drove me nuts. I know sometimes YT adds their own ads without you knowing if you have things like unlicensed content, but if you do have control over when the ads appear can you spread them to either before or after the workout session? I don't mind ads popping up to support what you do but it sucks when you have to stop rowing to click out of it. I'd bet this comment has come up from someone else, but I couldn't find it after a quick search, so thanks for entertaining the repeat comment if that's the case.

[@sybilia1874]

Started rowing in January this year, trying to improve my skills on the beginner workout since last week. Jumped in this intermediate workout and felt so good after one set that i did another one after about 5 mn rest. And i did that twice this week. First time I spend more than 20 mn on the rower :-) Thank you for your amazing job, love the story of the dark horse.

[@owendell2161]

A big vote of thanks from me and just to let you know that your tutorials do actually work (as if you ever doubted it...) and I have hard evidence to prove it. I have used/owned various C2s for 30ish years but never really understood how to row until I started your tutorials. My personal best for the 2k (7:41.8) was set around 25 years ago (at an incredibly high stroke rate) and I haven't come close in the last 10 years (always 7:56+). However, the other day I woke up and thought I would just do a steady row aiming for an 8 minute 2k - got on the rower, thinking stroke rate; power into the machine; body position etc and passing 500m was wondering why it felt so good - long story short, my time was 7:41.6 - not earth shattering except for me haha and at 62 years of age I will take this!! A big thank you.

[@DarkHorseRowing]

That's AMAZING Owen! Thank you for sharing, you honestly made my day.

[@georgekulp8424]

Thanks!

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Thank you!

[@chrismoore7580]

Thanks!

[@AnniM88]

This was great and I loved the stories. I really felt the same, like I never used to be good at sports or whatever. In fact I hated it lol. But being an adult now, it gives me so much joy to move my body and feel improvements. I wouldn't say I am a great rower, but I love the challenge now even if it gets tough some days... so glad I found Dark horse

[@corkylona]

Thanks for the workout. I enjoyed listening to your story as I rowed. Well done on changing your mindset earlier in life 👍

[@maricarmenrodriguez1403]

Works perfectly. I have been using this product for a month and I have started seeing the difference in my weight

[@paulspitsen3581]

Shane, another great video to help us all be better rowers and people. I have only been rowing on my model D since July but already my 65 year old body is starting to come around. A lot more work to go and I cannot wait to see myself a year from now. Thank you so much for all that you do!

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Paul, stay on the path it sounds like you're doing absolutely great.

[@kristen4430]

Just finished this workout. Thank you so much. Credit goes to you for helping me push through my quit moments!! No rest for the wicked! No more excuses! I worked hard for too many years & took too many years of a break. Thanks for helping me dive back in!! Love your videos!!

[@chubbylittlefingers]

Thank you Darkhorse, having been into a lot of adrenaline sports and gained a few injuries mainly back actually very bad back , I’ve put on weight over the years due to my back injury and stopping a lot of sport. I decided rowing would be a good alternative for me because of the low impact and finding your channel has really helped me and given me confidence to continue and go for it. THANKS

[@johnanderson2960]

four sports in backwards motion only are rowing backstroke (swimming) Tug of war and ab-sailing (good quiz question)

[@wkboggs5]

This channel helped me to discover rowing as a workout and put my machine to consistent use.

[@JensAGatorFan]

Love your Dark Horse story AND that I got in a nice workout while listening. Thank you for starting Dark Horse so I have a great coach to encourage me!

[@aremom31330]

Thanks so much! Perfect step up from the beginner workouts.

[@francismallard5892]

Thank you so much for these workouts. I tore my Achilles tendon some years ago. I was never a great runner to begin with but it was the only exercise I knew. Although I healed just fine and was cleared to resume running, running was never the same afterwards. Plus, living in the Northeast made running in the winter less and less desirable. Finding rowing has been a godsend: aerobic and resistance training all in one, most efficient, and low impact. Just fantastic. And I wouldn’t be where I am with rowing if it were not for you and your videos. So I appreciate that very much. Might I make one suggestion? I thoroughly get the need for branding and teambuilding, but “let’s Darkhorse“ doesn’t scan. Darkhorse isn’t a verb (obviously) and it doesn’t translate into one well. Might I suggest “Let’s Go, Dark Horses!” Instead? It’s grammatically more correct, makes a bit more sense, and also lends itself team building, allowing your followers to self identify as “dark horses”, thus building brand identity and brand loyalty.

[@OutFoxedMate]

4x3:00/2:00r SR: 18, 20, 22, 24

[@Jess12193]

Love this - it’s part of my weekly rowing videos from Shane! I wish it had one more set at 26. Shane’s videos are literally rowing made easy ❤

[@JzeroSG]

Got comfortable with this so changed SR to 20 22 24 26 (or max) whilst still following along.

[@lordhutchinson8275]

I do not have a Concept 2 but I keep up with you, which makes me happy. I love your stories because it makes the time flly by. Keep it up!

[@meggyVC68]

GREAT quick workout. Fit in just before an appointment, still feel worked out and sweaty. I'm still a novice but I am also deeply in love with rowing. Thank you for feeding my addiction!

[@madelinwesterfeld5097]

Thanks for sharing your story! I learn so much from your videos; so I'm happy that you and rowing found each other because you are amazing at it!

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Thanks Madelin!

[@suzannerogers3215]

2/28/2023 So glad I found the session with your back story--thanks for sharing where you came from! Inspiring!🔥🧡

[@albertovai9871]

Thanks from italy. I discoverd your channel some months ago and now in this quarantine period is fantastic. Good luck 🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@monicalewis2076]

Excellent workout, Shane. I'll be coming back to this one many times ~ one of my favorites! Thank you!!

[@jenna587]

I really enjoyed hearing your story Shane. You are an inspiration, thank you for sharing your light.

[@karmakauffman7445]

Great video! Loved the stories and found them to be really motivating!

[@abagab114]

That was just what I needed. I was in my emotions today. Thanks for sharing your story. The increase in stroke rate I was able to follow along and work on getting those drives in.

[@beccahouston6948]

Great story and workout! This is by far my favorite one thus far. Thanks Dark Horse!

[@fitcavehd3608]

Awesome I’m still going around trying new videos. And already this is the 3rd one from dark horse 3 days in a row after getting over Covid-19 to make me feel like maybe I am a dark horse. Lol. Thanks for these videos!

[@catherinetremerryn]

Happy New Year. Love your stories. Many thx

[@stefankruger1057]

Good row good motivation / life lesson! Thanks! I row on the water rower, so had to modify the stroke rate a bit. But always loads of fun doing your workouts

[@derricktung958]

Great workout. Gonna be part of my regular rotation. Drag 7, 3950.

[@suzannerogers3215]

3/23/2023 Thank you Coach Shane 🎉 Good to row while packing to move...I like hearing your rowing stories - thanks! How do we find your sculling video?

[@anne2021]

Yep - I relate to the things he talks about... Underdog, slightly out of place, different, the "dark horse." Like the message in this video.

[@brads7499]

Been following along to your workouts for the last 3 months - I enjoy your content and thank you for the time you put into creating these. At the same time having an ad right when start and another in the middle defeats the purpose of a follow along. Please consider this when selling your videos to KZbin.

[@jessicaannes]

When I first started watching your videos I assumed ‘dark horse’ was in reference to an erg machine, until I heard your explanation in a later video. I love following your workouts, especially your motivational coaching. It reminds me of my old days on the water 😄

[@DarkHorseRowing]

It's funny, I've heard that a few times and I just realized it was time to start telling the real story.

[@jimshen0308]

Your videos have been very helpful ever since I finally pulled the trigger on a rower

[@erich4710]

Showing up in my basement and getting the job done. Really liked this one, story time was great. Thanks!

[@lesliejacques605]

I really enjoyed this workout (and the story!) 🖤🐎

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Hope you found points you can connect with on the story. It was fun getting to relay it for once.

[@actitud]

i think I started with this one few months ago. I barely made it then. I did once again and it was quite easy comparing with other intermediate ones.

[@janvaniersel3288]

Great Training videos and nice story about the `dark horse` by the way! Just started rowing on our new machine! Thanks you

[@dbelden]

Favorite video from you so far. Loved the workout and hearing your history. Inspiring.

[@cameronaltaras756]

Another great workout! Thank you! And thanks for sharing your story. It’s inspiring. I’m a 60 yr old mother and grandmother and started rowing only a year ago. What I know, I’ve learned from your videos. Thanks for sharing what got you here. Your passion for the sport is evident. And thanks for not including any of that (*#%*&$@) music this time.😉

[@JustinJames1]

Thanks!!!! Much needed rowing and pep 🚣🏻🥇🐎

[@bikeGINNE]

Thankyou for your videos! This is just what I needed to push through my stress today. 💪

[@cathywardwell9009]

Shane I love and appreciate your workouts. i'm learning so much. four commercials brreaks in this workout. it disrupts my rowing and ruins the monitor data when you stop to skip ads. do i have to subscribe to Premium? UGH!

[@77edsmith]

Good stuff. Really enjoy your workouts.

[@kimberlycapretta6703]

Love these workouts, feel as I’m with the TEAM!!

[@GameDeveloperTraining]

Great workout. Shame about the 5 annoying 5 mid roll adverts that completely screw it up.

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Yeah, back when YT auto added Mid-Rolls it really messed with things.

[@grose2961]

Great workout. Thanks for sharing your story

[@brendawatson1487]

Excellent workout, thank you!!

[@karenboles4542]

These workouts are great. Most that I've seen are from a couple of years ago. Are there some from 2022?

[@CAlex-yk5bg]

Friendly reminder to watch on the free adblocker browser on Google play. They still get the advertiser money and you don't get interrupted in the row.

[@h100039]

Another great session!!!

[@ttreevilla-rt6cr]

Thanks that was great ! Bmoremlike beginner ?

[@buccaneeruk168]

Ads spoiling this row nightmare

[@candicejohnson4469]

Another great workout!

[@UtopianChild11]

YOU ARE GREAT LOL! It's Amazing! How we must all learn from individuals like You who push the limits of human capacity to achieve Great Things!!! 💪🏼❤🤨🚀

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Thank you Alexandra!

[@UtopianChild11]

My Goodness. Of Course. The Pleasure is mine! ⭐😄⭐

[@danoconnor7864]

Shouldn’t really have ads in the middle of a real time row-along lol

[@nicholassmith7863]

The $10 a month for a KZbin premium subscription is well worth the money. No more ads from anywhere. Best money I ever spent.

[@CAlex-yk5bg]

@@nicholassmith7863 or you could just get the adblocker app on Google play for free. No more ads from anywhere!!! Best $10/month I ever saved and never spent in my life!!!!

[@MrDanBartonMusic]

No joke midroll ads on a timed workout is pretty bad form lol

[@gabrielriley2388]

@@nicholassmith7863 They can shove that subscription up there @$$. There ads are unbearingly annoying and isn’t it now $14?

[@megsingerhuffman7259]

New to Dark Horse and Concept II rowing. Just began including in my weekly workouts. I have difficulty getting well into zone 3, no matter how hard I push, when controlling my stroke rate as instructed by Shane. At the end of a 3 min interval, I'm breathing a bit, HR about 150. I want to be much more tired at the end of an interval. How can I make this happen? I feel like I am pushing w/ legs and then pulling as hard as I can....

[@cindyscott8470]

Love 🎉

[@jenniferhochman]

What is the app you mention in this workout? Sensay???

[@crossfitbattlefield8437]

Hey great series. You mention beginner and intermediate playlists in this video but when searching your Playlists I dont see any that are named as such. Can you point me in the right direction please?

[@narelletaylor183]

Aah that hurt. Was good. Had a few weeks off...feeling it now. Loved it . 🏖

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Great job!

[@narelletaylor183]

Oh been a while since I did this workout. Noice. 🏖 from Australia thanks Shane

[@seth9418]

The adds were nicely place, 4 in the middle of eat interval…

[@kathrynanderson4433]

Still having "butt" cramping, I see something that my posture is not correct but even as I try to improve still having that. Is that normal, right, wrong still? Kathryn

[@rossmccredy8622]

Hey Shane, I relaly enjoy these rowing videos! Have you ever read the book "The Boys in the Boat"? It was my motivation to get in to rowing and if you haven't, think you'd really enjoy it! Keep the videos coming!

[@sadkingbilly4531]

I love the workout videos. Thanks for doing them! But I *have* to ask... In some other videos you emphasize the need not to lift one's heels. But I see you lift your heels consistently in this video and some others (like the pyramid workout.) How do we reconcile this? -Dale

[@narelletaylor183]

28/10/24 noice! Not the brightest bulb.😅😅😅 baaa. Nice 3.6klm after 1.5hr leg workout. 😬 thanks Shane 🏖

[@Harry-cs2zr]

Good job bro

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Thanks!

[@evileddy9844]

Any rowing workout to decrease my 500 meter row time for an upcoming police physical test I have?

[@DarkHorseRowing]

This one would be well suited. 3 Minutes is the right time range to push hard and learning to apply more power per stroke is a surefire way to improve your speed.

[@07canuck]

High Jump can be successfully performed backwards also!

[@DarkHorseRowing]

HA! Great point and it often is! Would you consider it crossing a finish line?

[@07canuck]

@@DarkHorseRowing yeah for sure!!

[@cameronrussell4984]

I just completed the workout but I feel like it was hardly an exercise. What do you expect I am doing wrong?

[@eleiaandsteven]

5027m Concept 2 Skierg.

[@peggywarr1191]

I accidently turned the bell off now I can't turn it back on. Can anyone help me?

[@aaronj.schmookler7533]

Dude. Dig you. Dig your workouts. Ads in the middle of the workout that break the flow… not so much.

[@jonhull9219]

Are you mindful of your 500 split or watts during these types of workouts?

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Absolutely. I'm constantly watching split to make sure I'm consistent in my power band.

[@HemanshuDas]

Those legs.. wow... Will rowing help me achieve the same?

[@DarkHorseRowing]

You know it! That’s and good nutrition and lots of strength training :)

[@MarcCardwell]

is there a seating on the erg app where it won't assume i'm done after like 30 seconds of rest? sometimes, i'll not see that message come up, and my workout wasn't captured.

[@sadkingbilly4531]

I always hit the "menu" button twice to end the workout. The ErgData app saves at that point for me. In that case I don't get the prompt that asks if the workout is done. If I just start rowing again I get that data in another workout. If the workout is too short (less than 100 meters I think) it won't be stored. I should also mention that during a rest interval, if I stop rowing to get a drink of water I get the prompt about the workout being over. I just ignore it and it disappears when I just start rowing again and the current workout capture just continues. -Dale

[@MarcCardwell]

@@sadkingbilly4531 what's happened w/ me is i start a row, maybe the phone rings or maybe i'm changing music, and any short delay, the app thinks i've stopped. anyway, thanks for your help. the app has only lost a few workouts, maybe be something else going wrong.

[@sadkingbilly4531]

@@MarcCardwell I think that the PM5 has a time out that will stop the workout if left too long. They warn about it if you take long breaks. You may have gotten hosed by that. www.concept2.com/service/monitors/pm5/how-to-use/keeping-your-monitor-awake-when-taking-breaks-during-long-piece

[@brettvandermolen7930]

Really enjoy your videos, but the mid roll ads really throw off my workout! Especially when trying to maintain a certain stroke rate. My iPad isn’t within reach when I row and a 5 minute mid roll ad came up in the middle of the 3 minute workout portion and I had to unstrap, hit skip ad, and miss some of the workout while strapping back in. At least move the mid rolls to the rest portion (you can control that), but may I humbly suggest you turn off mid rolls for your workouts? The amount of viewers you will lose out of annoyance probably won’t be worth the additional revenue anyway.

[@gondwana6303]

How many meters did you do in this workout? It would help me calibrate to know.

[@DarkHorseRowing]

Don't worry about others performance. I'd encourage you to do this one multiple times and then you can gauge your performance against yourself.

[@gondwana6303]

@@DarkHorseRowing Thanks for your reply. I'm currently doing 5800 meters at 28 stroke rate, resistance set at 10 for 30 minutes or about 11K if I do it for an hour. Is this good, bad or so-so performance?

[@karenforde6894]

Love your workouts…though tbh this wasn’t one of my favourite…loved rollers and HIIT training ..

[@taylorbombe5575]

💡

[@mightyfloppers7527]

That was intermediate? I just died...

[@christaylor2959]

3:23

[@sherifahalsayegh5648]

Hi, does anyone have a domyos rower, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong! I follow Shane’s strokes but my monitor jumps from a 7 to a 12 back down to a 6 and so on, I’m trying to push harder and have my resistance at a 5, I’m not huffing a puffing like Shane either! Even if I go faster my S.P.M are still low numbers!

[@jeanninekelly4748]

Thanks so much for sharing these amazing workouts! I just started rowing (in my basement) a few weeks ago and your videos have made all the difference. Loved hearing your story of how you began rowing and the success that you have achieved as a result. Keep up the tremendous work!

[@ambipeacelove]

Please, please, please can you do a one hour video for calorie burning x strength ... pretty please??? ✌🏾💛😃

[@DarkHorseRowing]

That's a LOOOOONG video to film. Have you thought about signing up for our program where we give you hour long workouts? They're not video based but they're all about calorie burning and strength.

[@Thundorn]

Multiple ads in a follow along workout. Not the best idea really.

[@remyblanc1851]

I enjoy your workouts very much BUT! your into talk sessions are FAR too long. I come in from a run, and want to start WORKING. Not listening to setup, have your water ready, and other niceties. It would be GREAT to start working within 1-2 minutes max, don't have patience for a five minute sermon. Thanks