Rowing: Row – 8 × 500 Meters
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Row – 8 × 500 Meters

Intervals for more power and a bigger engine

50

min

HexfitBy Hexfit

8 repeats of 500 m at a hard pace with 2 minutes of recovery.

What does the session look like?

50 min

Total time

50

Training load

Intensity profileIntensity as % of threshold (100 = threshold).
Warm up: 8 min at Z1 → Z2, 20–24 strokes/minPower strokes: 20 s at Z4Power strokes: 40 s at Z1Power strokes: 20 s at Z4Power strokes: 40 s at Z1Power strokes: 20 s at Z4Power strokes: 40 s at Z1Intervals: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/minIntervals: 2 min at Z1Intervals: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/minIntervals: 2 min at Z1Intervals: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/minIntervals: 2 min at Z1Intervals: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/minIntervals: 2 min at Z1Intervals: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/minIntervals: 2 min at Z1Intervals: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/minIntervals: 2 min at Z1Intervals: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/minIntervals: 2 min at Z1Intervals: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/minIntervals: 2 min at Z1Cool down: 5 min at Z1
050 min

Some values are estimated because there is no athlete profile.

Time in each zone

Z1 · 23 min (46%) Z2 · 8 min (16%) Z4 · 19 min (38%)

Step by step

Rowing

Warm up

  • 8 min at Z1 → Z2, 20–24 strokes/min (Easy rowing, build gradually)

Power strokes3 ×

  • 20 s at Z4 (Powerful leg drive)
  • 40 s at Z1

3 × (20 s at Z4 / 40 s at Z1)

Intervals8 ×

  • hard: 500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/min (Same split on every rep, powerful leg drive)
  • rest: 2 min at Z1 (Easy paddle or full rest)

8 × (500 m at Z4–Z5, 26–30 strokes/min / 2 min at Z1)

Cool down

  • 5 min at Z1 (Easy rowing)

Who is it for?

People who know rowing technique, including those preparing for HYROX.

Who is it not for?

Beginners who have never learned rowing technique.