Author: dad

Rowing Training Semi Limbo

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When I searched for a suitable image using the terms “rowing training semi limbo” this was the first image offered up by the search engine.

Today’s rowing training session was not, because the last session of the 12 week training schedule was supposed to be the day before yesterday.  The last session was not done, however because the day before yesterday was spent applying roof coating and getting thoroughly dehydrated in the process.  Yesterday there was no rowing, because most of yesterday was spent with walking at the county fair.

So for rowing today, I simply did a moderate 6K, plus 4K of warmup/down.  Before the 6K, there was a strength-training/pushups session.  Both are documented below.

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Though the line for today’s pushups is labeled M for Monday, it was actually done today which is Tuesday. The pushups for W will be Thursday and F will be Saturday. Next week should be back on schedule.

Happy rowing to you.

How To Lose Seven Pounds In One Day Without Rowing

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There was no rowing done today because I spent almost all day on the roof, applying roof coating.  The temperature started at 93 degrees and got as high as 96 degrees before I was finished for the day.

My morning weight was 179.7 lbs and after finishing with the roof work, I weighed 172.4, a loss of over 7 lbs.  And – yes, I did drink water throughout the day.

Happy rowing or roof coating to you.

No Robots Please

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Robots have some good uses, but when spammers use bots to try to post comments on a blog, its a real drag to have to look at all the spam, to see if there are any real comments among them.

The title of today’s post is in reference to the addition of another step necessary for anyone to submit a comment. To submit a comment now, you first must demonstrate that you are not a robot.

Today’s training session was only 2K and it was patterned as 2x100r750 within that 2K.  In order to get a few more meters and bring the total up to around 10K, it was supplemented with another session. The supplemental session was 7K done online with another member of the RowPro Rowers.

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Note that RowPro 5 for the Mac still has a bug in that if the last split distance is not equal to all the previous split distances, it shows an incorrect average pace for the last split. That same error is carried over to the graph of the session, where it incorrectly shows an impossible burst of speed on the graph for the last split.

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Happy rowing to you.

 

TGIF Rowing

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When I did an image search using the terms TGIF rowing, this was the happiest looking of all the results.

Although I’ve been rowing every day possible, for some reason today’s energy level seemed higher than the past few days.  Maybe it was the spirit of TGIF, boosting the energy.

Before rowing, there was a strength-training session of push-ups.  The thing that takes the longest about doing the push-ups is the rest time between sets.

The rowing today was a rest-and-recovery 6K.

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Happy rowing to you.

No Oar Bending Today

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To be more specific than today’s post title, there were no oars to bend, because today was another day of indoor rowing.  But if today’s rowing had been done OTW like those in the photo above were doing, no oars would have been bent, like you can see the oars are being bent in the boat in the foreground of that photo.

It was a rest and recovery row, gently done. It was accompanied by another strength training session of push-ups.

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Happy rowing to you.

No Teamwork Needed Today

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It goes without saying that solo indoor rowing requires no teamwork. But the team effort of a rowing crew sure does look like fun.

Today’s training session was not done as training.  It was done very lazily, just to do the meters.  It was supposed to be 4x1000r750 within a 10K but I just did it as a very easy 10K while switching from one youtube video to another.

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Happy rowing to you.

Easy Hard Rowing

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Today’s rowing was a doubling up of two sessions into one day, which resulted in being caught-up again in the training schedule.  The first session was a recovery 6K which was done easy.  The second session was a 4x250r250 within a 6K and that was done even easier.

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Happy rowing to you.