Welcome to Rowsandall.com

• What is it?

  Rowsandall.com is an online tool for rowers to analyze data from On The Water (OTW) and On The Erg (OTE) workouts. It accepts workout data from a number of devices and applications. It analyzes the data to provide valuable insights about your training, and enables you to share data with many common online training tracking systems.

  Indoor Rowing

  rowsandall.com is designed to work with all models of the Concept2 Indoor rower. Using applications like ergstick, rowpro, ergdata or painsled; a user can collect stroke by stroke data from the Concept2 Performance Monitor (Models PM3, PM4 or PM5). Workout data can be exported from these applications, usually in CSV format, and uploaded to rowsandall.com. Users can upload workouts either through the online interface, for by emailing workouts to the site to simplify the process for some applications.

  On The Water Rowing

  On the water rowers use either dedicated devices like Speedcoaches or smartphone applications to collect data on their workouts. All of these devices and applications provide a method to export workout data in CSV, TCX or FIT format files. Workout data in these formats can be uploaded to rowsandall.com. Users can upload workouts either through the online interface, for by emailing workouts to the site to simplify the process for some applications.

  Basic Analysis

  Many athletes use training approaches that use heart rate as a key metric. In general, HR training is managed by defining different training zones for different purposes. Rowsandall.com uses heart rate zone definitions that are consistent with the Concept2 Training Guide.

  After a user defines their training zones, any training files that are uploaded with HR data can be analyzed to provide time in HR zone pie charts.

  The tools also provide the ability to review a row, stroke by stroke in plots versus time or distance. Basic plots in include HR, Pace, Stroke rate, and power for the erg.

  The tools also provide a text summary of the row.

  Workout Export

  rowsandall.com provides the ability to easily export workouts from the erg or boat to the Concept2 online logbook. Export to other sport tracking sites like Strava and SportTracks is also supported. Users can also export workout data by email.

  Import Compatibility

  Rowsandall.com tries to be compatible with the most important tools that rowers use to capture the data (both indoor and OTW). The list of supported tools continues to be expanded.

• Getting your data on rowsandall.com

  To start using the tool, you first need to get some workouts in it. There are basically two ways. The first method works with a workout file (CSV, FIT, TCX, etc). The details are described in this blog post. A straightforward way to upload your data is to use the Upload Page.

  The second way to get data into the tool is by importing them from other workout tracking portals like Strava, SportTracks, etc. To do this, you use the Import menu on the left of the Workouts List page. For this to work, you need to have coupled the external fitness tracking site with rowsandall.com. You can do this in your User Profile. Don't worry, the site will guide you through the process.

  User settings

  Talking about the user profile, we recommend that you look at what parameters can be set there. To get the most out of the site, we recommend you set the heart rate and power zones, as well as check that your age and gender are correct. Exercise data make much more sense when this context is taken into account.

  Exploring a workout

  In the Workouts List, you can click on the name of a workout to open it. Once you're on a workout page, the menu on the left will give you all possibilities you have to edit, manipulate, chart, or analyze the workout data.

  When you are about to do something irreversible (like deleting a workout) the site will ask for a confirmation, so don't hesitate to explore.

  Analysis

  Some of our functionality is not related to a single workout, but instead looks at comparisons, trends, statistics, and other. You can find all that under the Analysis Tab.

  On-line Challenges

  On-line challenges are a fun way to test your boat speed and course line against other Rowsandall.com users rowing on the same stretch of water or on the Concept2 ergometer.

  Training Plan

  Under the Plan tab, you will find your training plan and functionality to see how you are progressing towards your goals.

  Teams

  The Teams tab brings you to functionality related to interaction with your team, if you are part of one.

• Need more help?

  The links in the menu on the left bring you to our blog, where we regularly publish how-to's and articles about new functionality, to our discussion group where you can discuss with other users, and to a contact page where you can learn how to contact the developers of this site.