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Transitioning seasons to Winter / Summer | Tips, advice and discussion from Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. Timestamps 01:00 What are season transitions in rowing? When you have completed any training period there is a transition that follows. Give yourself some recovery time and down time. 03:50 what is base level training? Lower intensity for aerobic work. Include cross training. When changing activities - be careful to do this gradually. It is new for your muscles. 07:00 Beware gardening - any intense yard work can injure you. Stacking firewood - it's the unusual positions you get into when raking, chopping wood. 12:10 Getting back on the erg. Workout I - do a ten minute warmup. 15 minutes continuous rowing + stretch 10 minutes continuous. Week 2 move to 20 minutes continuous rowing + 10 minutes after the stretch. Week 3 move to 2×20 minutes Week 4 do 30 minutes continuous. Then build up gradually towards 45 or 60 minutes rowing. 17-30 Do several weeks erging before doing a test of any type. 1