A day, late but here it is... the final chapter of the 'Faster Five e-Book' outlining the Faster Five Rowing Philosophy from Marlene and Rebecca on: Technique, Bladework, Stroke Power, Racing and now Fitness Assessments.

Faster Five – Fitness Assessment. A battery of tests to gauge your quality of rowing including stroke power, VO2 max, anaerobic threshold. Comparing the results works on both an erg (watts) and on water (500m spit to watts). The relative comparison gives proportional fitness measures. This changes over time.

(discussion starts at minute 30:00 in the video)