After I got my wish for heart rate to slow down during the SkiErg session, I regretted making that imprecise wish and decided that I didn’t really want to have any of the systems in my body depend on me for their multitude of adjustments and compensations. The body and all its systems is far more complicated than the above photo of a mess of wiring and way too complex for the conscious part of the human mind to control.
Today’s workout time was divided among five sessions. The most enjoyable was a 30 minute online session scheduled for 0900 local time this morning. It was done in the company of several other guys.
All of today’s workouts were bothered by atrial fibrillation and excessively high heart rate. After the first three rowing sessions, I decided to do an easy-paced 200 Calorie SkiErg session.
I was hoping that heart rate would slow down on the SkiErg and I got my wish and then some.
Heart rate continued to be irregular throughout the SkiErg session but definitely slowed down several times, to BPM rates in the 30s and 40s. I’ve never seen that happen before.
After the SkiErg session there was no warmdown needed but I did one anyway which consisted of 1,000 meters rowing. Heart rate was irregular and too high through that 1K rowing session.
I could write a lot about today’s workout experience but I’m not going to. The pictures in the screenshots below will tell enough of the story with their “1,000 words” per picture.
Summary list of today’s workout sessions. Screenshots of the sessions are below.
Finish screen view for the first of today’s sessions. Though it was done at an easy average and almost constant pace of 2:17, heart rate was way too high and finished at 194 BPM.
Report for the first of today’s five workout sessions.
RowPro graph for the first of today’s five workout sessions.
During today’s first workout session, heart rate ranged as high as 209 BPM.
Report for the second session, 30 minutes online.
RowPro graph for today’s 30 minute online session. I did four intervals of from 30 seconds to one minute each.
During the online 30 minute session, heart rate ranged higher than I’ve ever seen it go, reaching as high as 225 beats per minute.
Chart and data for today’s 200 Calorie SkiErg session.
The heart “cooperated” with my pre-session wish for lower heart rate by going ultro-low several times during the SkiErg session. When it did that, I wondered if I should stop the workout. But I was extremely annoyed with the heart’s misbehavior and decided to finish the entire 200 Calories.
The last of today’s five sessions was this 1,000 meter warm down.
RowPro graphs for the final 1,000 meter warm down.
