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Week 6 – Cam Buchan’s 2km plan

Make your 2km row faster

Welcome to week six of Cam Buchan’s 2km training plan. A quick reminder that this training plan contains five sessions a week and Cam recommends a minimum of three (highlighted) to make a discernible improvement. The sessions have been allocated a day of the week but if you need to move them around you can do, just make sure you allow yourself appropriate rest days – Enjoy!

session 1 – Monday (recommended)

Row 60 minutes
Rate 18-20
HR 60-75%
RPE 5-6
Rest None

You can break up this long steady state session with a short 90 second break to mobilise if you want to

Session 2 – Tuesday (recommended)

Row 14 x 1 minute
Rate alternate 30, 32
HR 85%+
RPE 9
Rest 1 minute

Wednesday – Rest day

session 3 – Thursday (optional)

Row 50 minutes
Rate 24
HR 75-85%
RPE 7-8
Rest None

Session 4 – Friday (optional)

Row 3 x 20 minutes
Rate 18-20
HR 60-75%
RPE 5-6
Rest 2 minutes

session 5 – Saturday (recommended)

Row 3 x 2km
Rate 28, 30, 32
HR 85%+
RPE 9
Rest 8 minutes

Sunday – Rest day