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The best rowing app

We’ve had a Concept rower for 10 years. And I did rowing on and off all the time. After looking at multiple rowing apps, my wife and I decided to give Asensei a try. Eric’s instructions on first perfecting the technique made all the difference. It takes a while to really get the explosive burst even at low stroke frequency, but once you have, it leads to huge improvements. And the connection between rower and app, with ongoing on screen monitoring and instructions, helps a lot, also to develop the right breathing technique.
Now we are at the point of using the different instructors and their programs to bring variety in our rowing to avoid boredom. I can only highly recommend Asensei rowing.

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Berni STD

4 months ago

Enjoying the app, just a few niggles

Enjoying the rowing coaching that this App provides. As a beginner, it's nice to be able to visually follow coaches on screen as they talk you through the sessions. I find the price a little expensive so not sure if I will subscribe long term and I'm also having issues when connecting to a bluetooth speaker from my iPad. The App sometimes goes silent during workouts. This seems to happen during transitions within the workout ?

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Llanellijack

6 months ago

Response from developer

Hi Llanellijack, thanks for the positive review, we appreciate it and are glad you enjoy the app. In terms of pricing, annual purchases work out a lot more affordable in the longer term - you might look out for monthly to annual discount offers too... With regards to the Bluetooth issue, the asensei rowing app doesn't generally control your speaker at all, it's iOS handling the transmission. Do you see issues with a wired speaker or when using the phone? For more help best to contact support@asensei.com and we'll do our best to help.

Fantastic, worth it.

Great for all levels, app connected instantly to my Concept2 PM5. I really like that the app tracks your ability and progressively adjusts your plan, it also syncs to your concept2 logbook. It’s also great seeing programs with Olympics/world class rowers. I had to dock a star since there is no option for the iPad to connect to Apple Health (iPhone has the option). The UI scales well with the 13” iPad but definitely seems more engineered for iPhone, also some of the program videos show compression artifacts on the larger iPad screen which slightly cheapens the experience. Happy to support these devs and excited to see more from Asensei!

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ADLS91

8 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the great review, hopefully you have now seen that the asensei rowing app does now support Apple Health on iPads!

I don’t understand how the app works

berrakkkkkkk

10 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, sorry for any confusion. asensei recommends a workout for you automatically, to get started just click the Let's workout button. to start the session. You'll be prompted during the workout turn on your compatible Bluetooth rower and asensei will connect automatically and proceed. Then you follow the coaches instructions for the workout. You will need to check your rower is compatible. https://asensei.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003790294-Which-rowing-machines-are-compatible-with-asensei

Excellent

Have been using asensei for 2+ years. Keeps me motivated to erg in a way that nothing else seems to. High quality coaching and lots of class diversity. Though never having rowed on the water or in a competitive environment, somebody at the gym the other day asked me what college team i rowed with, commenting on my good technique. Would love to see more live class implementation and a way to collaborate/compete with other asensei users. Thanks to the coaches and developers for putting this amazing program together.

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Brian12323

a year ago

Hard to use

Really difficult to use. The user interface is cryptic and convoluted. I was trying to do a test work out, but never actually made it there. Maybe stick with standard UX patterns rather than try to reinvent the wheel. Perhaps if you have a lot of time and you’re very patient, this app would work well for you.

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richardSimmons

a year ago

Response from developer

Sorry you had some problems, but thanks for the feedback. To start the Up Next workout you should tap the green Let's work out button in the chat and then follow the instructions to connect to your rowing machine when prompted during the workout. The workout won't proceed unless you connect though. If you'd like to share more details you can contact us via support@asensei.com and we should be able to get you up and running in no time.

Great app but room for improvement

I love the workout in this app I have been using it for 3 years now and it taught me how to row. The workouts are interesting and way more satisfying than having no guidance.

Room for improvement would be allowing you to select what program you wanted to complete in the next workout function. I really only like johans workouts so it bugs me that I can’t keep track of which one is next. I find Eric’s workouts to be a bit more tailored to advanced users or men as his guidance to start the damper at 5-6 is never going to be appropriate for women.

It would also be good to have functionality to see side by side previous workouts of the same session to easily track improvements.

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Jac00082

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review, we appreciate it. It may not be exactly what you are looking for but you can change programs via the main menu -> PROGRAMS then swipe left on the program you want to activate. This would allow you to pick programs from your preferred coach(es). As an aside if you find the suggested damper settings too hard, we'd recommend you adjust it to something that works for you (we have some sessions around choosing the right setting available too - reach out via our Facebook members page or to support if you'd like to know more). Also noted your suggestion for comparison of workouts, thanks! Best place for feedback and suggestions is generally support@asensei.com.

Love it!!

Only my second work out and absolutely love it!! The time goes quickly and I can see if I keep it up I’ll see my fitness improve over the 6 week program.

sdtyuiwnruvsj

a year ago

– this is truly the way to train on a rower

I’ve been working out in gyms since I was about 13 years of age, and I used to run at home from about the same age. This is probably the most motivated I have been to continuously use. One particular piece of fitness equipment sessions are the real-time measuring performance correcting/Wright and doing helpful tips along the way. Excellent product, definitely recommend and iPhone holder. I finally set it up yesterday and did my first session this morning. Amazing!! Even though I have been doing rowing for about 10 years on indoor rowers, without any tuition using, the training guide has already corrected my stroke, and I’m getting better. Call Workout already. Having world champion coach, giving direction and getting feedback on the fly is absolutely the best automated coaching you could possibly have. I hope the rest of the sessions continue like this. I definitely recommend this app.

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43YO29er

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hi, thanks for the kind words, we really appreciate them! Hope you enjoy the rest of the sessions and if you have any questions for us you can reach us via the members page on facebook or via support@asensei.com

Great workout, bad app interface

Recently got the Concept 2 rower, thought I would try out asensei, bought a month of subscription which didn’t start out well as it didn’t come up on my account, had to ask Support to fix the subscription to my account. I love the coaches and the workouts, however I find the app extremely slow in going from one part to another, the workouts take forever to download and sometime they don’t even finish download. I would be waiting for the download and lose precious workout time, often resorting to doing the same workout that I have previously completed. Asensei - please fix your app, it’s clunky, has a non intuitive interface and terribly slow. I give the workouts 5 stars, albeit for the app which I give an overall 3.

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Kt3806

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hey, we're glad you enjoyed the workouts and hope you'll continue with us a while longer. We like to hear suggestions for improvement to the app, it's how we get better, so don't hesitate to reach out. Same goes if you have any specific problems (like download problems) please do get in touch with us at support@asensei.com with as much detail as possible and we will do our best to help.