…will be a day with some indoor rowing. Today wasn’t a day with rowing, but at least I’ve been doing the daily sleep logging and EliteHRV Morning Readiness readings, which are displayed below.
Happy rowing to you.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Author: dad
Logging Sleep Etc
No rowing today but did get some things done that were overdue.
There was no HRV reading yesterday but you can see this morning’s HRV reading above. It is probably erroneous, because it was taken at the wrong time of day and after I’d eaten. But I’ll let it stand anyway… Maybe if I let the odd ones stay in the record, the long-term “baseline” will be more accurate.
Happy rowing to you.
Skipping A Couple
Today is and will continue to be the second day without a workout. Hopefully, this workoutless streak will end tomorrow.
Though there was no workout yesterday nor today, there were HRV Morning Readiness readings. And there was sleep logging. That drowsy subject matter is screenshotified below:
Happy rowing to you!
Three And Then Six
Today’s aerobic workouts consisted of first doing 5K on the rowing machine. The 5K was wrapped around three intervals of 500 meters each, like yesterday’s rowing 5K. It was RPE Level 4.
I haven’t uploaded a screen recording for a while, so the 5K rowing session was recorded for those who’d like to row-along with it. It is available at: Indoor Rowing 5K Wrapped Around 3 Intervals 02052018
After the rowing, I did six intervals of 500 meters each, on the SkiErg. The target pace for each of the 500 meter intervals was going to be 2:10 to 2:11, but after the first interval at target pace, I faded during the second interval and went a lot slower during the final 5 of 6 intervals. The SkiErg session was RPE Level 10 for sweating but RPE Level 7 for breathing.
Happy rowing to you!
Row And Ski
Today’s workout was a pair of 5k sessions, one on the SkiErg and one on the rowing machine.
For the SkiErg 5K, I reduced the drag factor to what I hoped would allow a rating of about 45 SPM. But the drag factor still seemed a bit high and most of the session was done at a rating of 37 to 42 SPM. That seems to be the “secret” to having a faster pace on the SkiErg – the SPM has to be a lot higher than it would ever be when rowing. Arms aren’t nearly as strong as legs, so the SkiErg stroke rate using mostly the arms has to be higher for any pace than stroke rate would be on the rowing machine which mostly uses leg power.
The SkiErg 5K was done at RPE Level 7 or at least it felt strenuous enough to be that level though I wasn’t breathing as hard as the RPE Level chart seems to indicate for Level 7. (You can see a copy of the RPE chart in the Terms and Abbreviations tab on the home page of this blog)
I sweated a lot during the SkiErg session but barely perspired during the rowing session, if that counts for anything regarding the Rates of Perceived Exertion.
After the SkiErg 5K, I did 5K at a more moderate effort on the rowing machine and included a 500 meter sprint at a moderate sprint pace, every 1000 meters for a total of three 500 meter sprint intervals. The 5K rowing session was done at RPE Level 4 for the slower rowing and RPE Level 8 for the 500 meter intervals.
Happy rowing to you!
Some Upright Erging
Today’s aerobic exercise was done with the SkiErg. Mainly, it was a 5K. I started out at a pace of about 2:27 for the first 250 meters. Pace slowed to 2:28 for the next 250 meters. For the third 250 meters, it slowed to about 2:31. After that, I decided to aim for something around 2:45 to 2:40. By the last 500 meters, there was enough energy left to pick up the pace and finish the entire 5K at an average pace of about 2:38. It was placed into the rankings, which placed me second-to-last in 5K SkiErg rankings this season for men in my age group.
The 5K was done at RPE Level 4 and was followed by a 5 minute SkiErg warm down.
Happy rowing to you.
Constant Heart Strangeness
Today’s rowing wasn’t interrupted by heart strangeness – it was a constant thing throughout. The unusual behavior was a combination of irregular heart rate and heart rate way too high for the effort. Normally at that effort level my heart rate would be around 100 BPM, plus or minus a little bit. Hopefully, it will clear up later today and be gone tomorrow.
Today’s main session was 6K on the rowing machine. It was preceded by a 50 calorie warmup on the SkiErg.
Happy rowing to you!
Interrupted By Heart Strangeness
Today’s main workout was 6,000 meters on the rowing machine. During the last half of the 6K, heart rate became irregular and too high, so I slowed down to let it return to normal. It returned to normal, but not until after the rowing session was finished.
Happy rowing to you.
583 Calories And 8 More
Today’s main session was a 10K done at RPE Level 2. There were 8 additional, shorter sessions. A screen recording was made for row-along. The screen recording is here: Indoor Rowing 10K 583 Calories 01312019
Happy rowing to you!
40 Seemed Enough
Today’s workout started as a speculative half marathon rowing session. After 30 minutes I decided that 40 minutes would be enough. The session was done at RPE Level 3 but if the entire half marathon had been done, it might have been a level 4 or 5 by the finish. It was preceded by a SkiErg warm up and followed by 109 Calories on the SkiErg.
A screen recording is available of the 40 minute rowing session, for those who’d like to row along: Indoor Rowing 40 minutes 01302019
Happy rowing to you!