asensei

Variety of good coaches with a variety of workouts. Adjusts to your ability level.

New to rowing. This has been a great intro. Was a little confusing connecting the asensei app, the rower, the erglog, and apple health, but that is probably on me and the apple universe more than the app. And eventually, when you have it set up, the app even reminds you to just hit connect on the ergrower and everything syncs up easily. My daughter even has a separate account that tracks her now. Assuming i could even find a gym with an ergrower (with pm5) and easily continue on the app, connecting to that gym rower. The lessons/workouts are sequential, and I love how it processes your performance from a previous workout (or part of the workout) and then benchmarks you for pushing yourself on the next workout/part. The screen layout and metrics are easy and intuitive. Nice that it flashes/highlights a metric when you are behind or ahead the intended workout pace. Also, being reminded of form (either by watching the coach on the rower, or verbally from the app) is super helpful. A push with the legs is worth so much more than a pull with the arms. I’ve only rowed so far with he intro program and coach Eric, but look forward to more. And so far no paywall; though surely this app pays for itself somehow, so I’m assuming it will start asking me for some payment or upgrades for access to higher level stuff at some point. My only desire is that it would be awesome to have music that had a cadence that matched the desired stroke rate. Tricky to do, I know, but with modern tech…wouldn’t it be nice.

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.

At first I was a terrible rower but I kept at it and the app kept resetting my splits to keep it challenging. Now my form and stamina have improved and I’m super judgy of everyone else at the gym that gets in the tower and flops around for 5 minutes and gets off. I went so far as to buy my own erg

I’m tired of the program being buggy. Freezing, loosing history and past programs. Get your ap up to speed and coded better

I just renewed for a fourth year. In 2021 at the age of 56 I started rowing for the first time. I had purchased a Concept 2 Erg and I was looking for a program to train and teach me and keep me motivated. I tried a couple of things and then found Asensai. Great program. The app works well. I use it on my iPad. The videos keep me engaged. I love that my progress is tracked and I can look back to see how I have improved.

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!

I like that the app starts to adapt to your ability. I almost skipped this app because it does not let you preview more than a couple workouts ahead in the beginning. However, after finishing a workout the app fetches your next one for you. This makes rowing way more interesting.

I discovered Asensei shortly after getting into erging. What a great value proposition. For pennies a day I learned proper technique and built stamina and endurance taught by some of the most qualified coaches you will find. Want to lose weight, get stronger, compete virtually, on land, on water? Asensei checks all the boxes.

Great program