Today’s 10K session was posted as a screen recording on YouTube for anyone who wants to row-along with a low-energy 10K. At the pace at which I felt like rowing, it took quite a while for heart rate to raise much above 100.
The screen recording is at: Indoor Rowing 564 calories 07252018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s rowing session was a time-constrained 5,000 meters which amounted to 300 calories.
A screen recording is available for rowing-along-with at: Indoor Rowing 300 Calories 07242018
If you row along with me using that screen recording, your calories may total other than the round number of 300 calories, depending on your pace.
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s was another 10K. I felt low energy this morning. Could it have been due to the lack of coffee before rowing? For whatever reason, the perception was of low energy. RowPro displayed an initial heart rate of 48, 47, 48 … so at the very least, I was almost as relaxed as if I were asleep. Then I took a deep breath, cleared my throat and adjusted feet to start rowing and heart rate started to rise.
A screen recording for rowing along with is available at this link: Indoor Rowing 570 Calories 07232018
For the calorie-conscious, you can see by the title of the link that total calories burned was 570. Get to the finish line ahead of me and you will burn a few more than I did.
Happy rowing to you.
Today I slept in and then procrastinated about rowing by sitting and chatting with my better half. When I finally got around to rowing, I decided to compromise with the part of my mind which was being reluctant and limit the distance to 6K instead of 10. That seemed to make it happy.
One positive result of the procrastination today was that it resulted in me fasting longer than usual, since I’ve been restricting myself to only breaking fast after rowing. I’ve heard (in some lectures) that there are some repair jobs and other good things that the body’s mitochondria only do after a person has been fasting at least 12 hours. Another person said those things start to happen after only 11 hours of fasting, if a person works out. So today’s workout was done before breaking fast after 18 or 19 hours.
As a result, I feel like a new man. (Just kidding).
A screen recording of the session is here: Indoor Rowing 6000 meters 07212018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s rowing session was 10K done as early in the morning as possible, so it could be accomplished and followed by a shower before going to the doctor. There was no cause/effect relationship between rowing and then going to the doctor. The doctor’s appointment was routine and had been scheduled more than 6 months in advance.
A screen recording of today’s 10K is on YouTube for row-alongers at: Indoor Rowing 575 Calories 07202018
Happy rowing to you.
Yesterday there was a comment on one of the most popular indoor rowing screen recordings I’ve put on YouTube, a brief rowing session which includes five intervals. The person asked, “Are you actually on the moon?…”. The screenshot above shows the comment and my answer.
Today’s session was 11,187 meters. That distance was chosen to match the total distance rowed during training partner “DN’s” most recent 4 rowing sessions.
A screen recording is available at: Indoor Rowing 632 Calories 07192018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s session was the same distance as yesterday’s but slightly easier.
It’s on YouTube at: Indoor Rowing 581 Calories 07182018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s session was a 10K done at an easy pace. Heart etc was AOK.
A screen recording for row-along is here: Indoor Rowing 588 Calories 07172018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s distance was chosen so as to match the distance rowed on July 13th by training partner DN. It was short – only 2,667 meters – but it was nonetheless far better than yesterday’s 10K because today’s heart rhythm was 100% regular. The heart strap signal was therefore measurable and RowPro displayed it throughout the session. Also, heart rate was normal for the effort instead of way too high, like it had been yesterday.
A screen recording is on YouTube at: Indoor Rowing 2667 meters 07162018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s session was a 10K and the main goal was to once again use it as the remedy for irregular heartbeat. But it didn’t work this time. Heartbeat was irregular and way too high for the low effort level, throughout the entire 10K instead of clearing up after a few kilometers of rowing.
For a large part of the time during the session, heartbeat was too irregular for heart rate to even be measured and displayed. When heart rate could be measured and displayed, it was about 40 or 50 BPM higher than it should have been at that low effort level.
The 10K remedy didn’t totally lose its charm … An hour after the 10K, heartbeat returned to being regular. So perhaps it is just a lot slower to work its charm if there are not at least 11 hours of fasting in advance of the 10K.
Today’s rowing session is therefore not categorized as “Fun Workout” because irregular heartbeat through the entire rowing session inhibited me from rowing as hard as I’d wanted to and that involuntary restriction is not fun.
I think the reason it didn’t work this time is because I broke fast too early. The “rowing 10K to cure irregular heartbeat” method seems to be most reliable if I row in the morning before breaking fast and if it has been at least 11 hours since I’ve eaten anything. But I ate a little before rowing today.
The session screen recording is on YouTube at: Indoor Rowing 10K 07152018
Happy rowing to you.