Today’s indoor rowing was a total of 12,000 meters, split into a 10K session and a 2K ultra-slow warm down. During the first half of the 10K, I rowed slowly as a warmup. During the warmup, I watched miscellaneous videos related to rowing on the water. The highlight of those videos was the one for which you see a screenshot, above, of a coxswain “surfing” while her crew of 8 rowers propels the boat at a moderate effort. The crew cheers her, when she manages to stand up and “surf” while maintaining her balance, which is no easy task with the alternating applications of sudden accelerating power when the crew pulls the oars and the sudden deceleration and “glide” as the crew recovers and re-positions for the next stroke.
The second half of today’s 10K was a series of intervals, while watching the same video as yesterday’s session (HOCR Power Workout).
The final 2,000 meters was an ultra-slow-and-easy warm down.
Happy rowing to you.