Today’s indoor rowing session was put off until it was getting too late to row, because I was engaged in a long telephone conversation. So – rather than totally abstain from any rowing at all today, I changed into rowing clothes and did some extremely slow rowing, while continuing with the phone conversation. Also, I experimented with using a GoPro camera to record the rowing, while having the camera situated on a short tripod and located on the shelf in a closet which was behind the rowing machine.
The result of the GoPro experiment was to learn that its videos of indoor rowing would be of no use to anyone else, because the most important thing for anyone else to relate to in such a video would be what is displayed on the RowPro screen, and it is too far away and unclear to be of any use to anyone who might be looking for a video to “row along with.”
So I didn’t bother to upload the video to YouTube. The next time I try making a YouTube video, it will be with a screen recording while having the screen displaying two windows: The RowPro graphics and the YouTube video I will be watching and using to time the session’s included intervals.
Today’s rowing was 7K. The first half was at an extremely slow pace, because I was simultaneously having a phone conversation and for part of that time was holding the phone with one hand. The second half of today’s 7K was done with an effort that kept heart rate at around 130 BPM.
Happy rowing to you.