Month: February 2017

If you had to make a long walk across a desert and had limited water, you would probably conserve energy by walking at the most moderate and efficient speed.  Today’s RowPro-generated training session seems to have had that purpose of conserving energy, though for a different reason.

The training session was only 2,000 meters and was to be done at an easy pace.  The person who designed the software algorithm for generating the training program probably had it work out that way for today’s training session, because tomorrow’s training session is supposed to be a hard 6K, coded as “TT” which is the code for a Time Trial.

A time trial is sort of a pretend race.  There are no others competing but a person is supposed to work as hard as if he’s trying to win a race.

In order to get a total of at least 10K meters rowing today, the training session was preceded by a SUPER easy 8K.  Screenshots and other details follow:

Happy rowing to you.

 

Today’s session was 6,000 meters which the training plan coded E for Easy, as explained in the training details screenshot somewhere below.  It was supplemented and preceded by 3,000 meters even easier, to bring today’s meters rowed up to 10K total.  If you are thinking, “6,000 plus 3,000 is less than 10K” – you are correct.  But the programmed 6K was immediately preceded and followed by 500 meter warmup and warm down.

The drag factor setting was about 120 and it was done “strapless” because the only benefit of cinching up the straps around your shoes is if you are going to sprint at a high rating.  Rowing strapless encourages better rowing form. However, I’m not one of those who row strapless and also barefoot because that’s a good way to get blisters on the back of the heel.  Nor do I row strapless and in socks only because that will give blisters and also wear holes in the socks.  Strapless – wearing shoes.  And the type of shoes isn’t critical, as long as they are reasonably flexible, as most sport/running/walking shoes are.

Screen shots of today’s rowing results are below.

Happy trails to you.

When you row, you are generating more light.  Granted, the light that is generated when you work to elevate your metabolism is invisible to the eye, but it is light nonetheless and the elevation of metabolism does more than generate thermal energy, it stimulates the production of happy hormones.

So expect to experience some elevation of your mood when you row.

Today’s RowPro generated training session was 6K divided up into four 500 meter sprints and the remainder was easy/”rest” rowing.  The shorthand designation for today’s session was 4x500r750.  Each of the active rest periods was 750 meters, with the exception of the very last active rest period, which was 750 meters plus what remained of the 6000 meter total.

Before doing the training session, I did an easy 3K, to bring today’s total up to a little over 10K.

Happy trails to you.

Today’s training session was a “recovery” session and was only to be 4,000 meters.  That wasn’t enough, for the sake of maintaining a daily average >/= to 10K so it was supplemented with 6K which was done before the 4K training session.

The painted target HR zone on the training session screen was ignored because it seems to be too low.

I haven’t recently mentioned details of drag factor setting or whether I used the straps or not. So here are those details for today’s rowing:  Drag factor was set to about 120 and that’s where it usually is, unless I say otherwise.  As for the straps, I never tighten them up unless its a race and I anticipate a rating of 30 or higher.  Any rating of less than 30 doesn’t really need straps and you can develop better form if you don’t rely on the straps.

Here are the screenshots for the 6K supplemental and the 4K training session, in that order:

Happy trails to you.

A few minutes after I went into the room where the rowing machine is located, I started to feel like it would be better to take a nap.  I sat motionless on the erg for a minute or so and considered doing so.  But then, I pulled a few strokes and the desire to take a nap disappeared.

Today’s training session was 5,000 meters arranged as 4x500r750.  It included a 500m warmup and 750m warm down attached at beginning and end, respectively.

500 meters isn’t enough of a warmup, if I’m going to do some sprinting.  So before the 5K training session, I did an easy 5K continuous, to get more thoroughly warmed up.

Happy trails to you.

Today’s training session was 6K.  More information and screenshot of training details below.

Happy trails to you.

The title is a non-sequitur in relation to today’s rowing session.  According to the above quotation attributed to Einstein, you are a genius.  Feel good about yourself, in that respect.

Today’s rowing training session was 10K which included a couple of 1K intervals which I did in a gentle fashion. The first 1K interval was done at the most gentle pace and the second 1K was done slightly faster.  I followed the instructions in the training details and “relaxed and let it happen” while watching what passed for news on TV.

But… now that I think about it more, I guess I didn’t follow the guidance in the details as well as I could, because I didn’t work hard enough to develop any additional strength or endurance.  Hmm… How do you “relax” and work hard enough to push like that?

So I guess I did relax but did not develop any additional strength or endurance. C’est la vie.

Happy trails to you.