Guides

Practical guides for indoor rowers, from the team behind Streaks Strokes. They're written to be useful whichever app you use.

• How to connect a Concept2 PM5 to your iPhone and Apple Health

  Step by step, plus what to do when the monitor won't show up.

• Does rowing close your Apple Watch rings?

  What counts towards Move and Exercise on the rower, and how to make every row count.

• How to pace a 2k rowing test (and what a good 500 m split is)

  A pacing plan for the 2,000 m test, with a table of splits, times and watts.

• Zone 2 rowing: how to find your zone and stay in it

  Working out your heart-rate zones, what Zone 2 feels like on the erg, and a plan to start.

• Can you track a rowing machine with an Apple Watch?

  What the watch records on a rower, what it can't measure, and how to count strokes without a smart monitor.

Streaks Strokes

A rowing app for iPhone and Apple Watch that connects to your Concept2 PM5. Free to download, no subscription.