Get started on iPhone

Getting started takes a few minutes, and you can row the same day.

1. Download the app and create your account

Download Norvin from the App Store and tap Build my plan. Create your account with your email address — Norvin emails you a 6-digit code, so there's no password to remember — or tap Continue with Apple or Continue with Google.

Already have an account? Tap Sign in instead.

2. Tell Norvin about you

A few short questions shape your plan:

• Your name, and a photo or avatar if you like.
• How experienced you are: Beginner, Intermediate or Competitor, whether you're coming back from an injury or a break, and your year of birth. Weight is optional.
• Your rowing pace. If you know a recent 2k, 5k, 500m, 30-minute or 1-hour result, enter it. Not sure? Tap Not sure yet — Norvin learns from your first row recorded live on your rower. Why your 2k pace matters.
• Your goal: feel fitter, row further, improve your time, build rowing power, or support weight management. For a race, add the distance, and the date and target time if you have them.
• Your routine: the days you can row, how many sessions a week, the longest session you have time for, and how long the plan should run.

3. Connect your training history (optional)

Link your Concept2 Logbook or another training account so Norvin can see the rows you've already done. Norvin sends nothing to them unless you choose to. You can skip this and do it later in Profile › Connected accounts. More on connected accounts.

4. Start your membership

Norvin builds your plan and shows your first week. To start training, start your Norvin membership, monthly or yearly — everything is included from day one, and the App Store shows whether a free trial is open to you. About membership.

5. Row your first workout

Tap Start workout, wake your rower and connect to it over Bluetooth. Norvin guides you through each step live, asks how hard it felt when you finish, and your analysis follows.

How to connect your rower

From there, the loop is simple: row today's workout, read the analysis, and let your plan adjust.