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Time to Build: Why 2026 Is the Year to Start Building Muscle

  • Published on October 26, 2026
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A single rower on a misty lake at dawn

Let’s be honest: the circumstances are not exactly friendly right now. The news cycle is loud, the economy is jumpy, and every few weeks an AI model arrives that makes last month’s state of the art look quaint.

I could spend the evening scrolling through all of that. Or I could do something I fully control: get on the rower, pull for twenty minutes and wake up a little stronger than I fell asleep the night before.

I think this is the best moment in a long time to start building muscle. Here is why, and what a realistic start looks like.

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Rowing machine training plan – How does structured rowing training work?

  • Published on January 2, 2023
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Rowing machine training plan

I wish you a happy new year!

I used the last few days of the previous year to achieve my goal of rowing my first half marathon on the rowing machine and I also took part in the New Year’s Eve run in Schwaibach with one of my best friends. It had been a while since my last run with lots of participants and performance measurement, largely due to the pandemic. All in all, it was a successful end to the year and a great start to the new year for me.

After the run, I had a quick chat with Pippo, who is passionate about road cycling and covers distances that I can only marvel at. 😲 When asked about this, he told me that good time management is important, but that a training plan helps a lot. New year, new luck – this prompted me to look into the subject of a training plan.

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