Today’s session was similar to yesterday’s but today I forgot to start the screen recording until after the online session began.
During the 10K, I rowed the first 3K easy and then did ten pairs of 20 second intervals with 2 minutes recovery, to keep the mitochondria happy.
The screen recording for row-along is here: Indoor Rowing online late start recording 11112018
Happy rowing to you.
The plan for today’s rowing session was influenced by an article I read on High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and also by a short (12 minute) talk and explanation by a medical doctor regarding some of the benefits of HIIT inclusion in daily workouts. (That 12 minute talk is on YouTube at this link: HIIT: How to Regrow Your Mitochondria? Really?- Ford Brewer MD MPH )
Today’s rowing session was uploaded to YouTube as a screen recording at this link: Indoor Rowing HIIT within online 10K 11102018
After the screen recording starts and before the actual online rowing session begins, I do a little talking. I talk slowly and pause a few times while talking. I was rather sleepy 😴 and the pauses were made when I was yawning with sleepiness…
The session today was 10K done online in the virtual company of a few other rowers in the US and Europe. I rowed easy for about the first 15 minutes as a warmup. Then, I started an interval timer which alternated between beeping after two minutes and then beeping next, after 20 seconds. During the 20 second timer period, I would row about as fast as I possibly could. After each 20 second “high intensity” interval, I would row easy for two minutes. I did ten of those 20 second hard/2 minute easy intervals.
My mitochondria feel better already (see below)
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s session was online with a rower who was in England and another who was in Switzerland. The total distance was 10,000 meters and we each rowed at different paces. There was no competition nor pacing of each other during the session, but the virtual company of two other rowers was nonetheless a great incentive to keep rowing.
A screen recording was made for rowing-along-with. It is being uploaded now and it will be active at the following link: Indoor Rowing 10K Online with England and Switzerland 11042018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s indoor rowing session was 10K done online with about a dozen others. Not all of them showed up and not all of them kept connected to the server through the entire 10K, but most of them finished okay. After the 10K, there was a 10 minute warm down.
The entire session including warm down was screen-recorded and is on YouTube for row-along at: Indoor Rowing Online 10K and warmdown 11032018
Happy rowing to you.
Because of yesterday’s disappointment at not making a season-best 10K pace faster than 2:09, today’s 10K target pace was to maintain 2:14.2 average until the last 500 meters and then increase speed to bring the overall average to 2:14.0 for the entire 10K. By doing so, I beat yesterday’s overall average pace and probably helped overall conditioning for another try at a season best.
The session was uploaded as a screen recording for rowing-along-with and will be at this link: Indoor Rowing 10K @ 2mins 14secs per 500meters 10012018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s session was scheduled online and it didn’t vanish. By “vanish” I’m referring to what happened with the 10K which had been scheduled online two days ago, on the 28th. On that day, when I logged in to row that particular session, it had already “sailed away” even though it was not yet starting time.
The target pace I had for today’s session was a pace somewhere between 2:08 and 2:09/500 meters. So I aimed for a pace of about 2:09 with the intention of sprinting near the end to bring the average pace to 2:08 point something.
At first, it felt easy. Soon, it felt “Medium,” then “Medium Hard” and during the last 5K it felt “Hard.” When there were about 3,000 meters remaining, I eased off to a very easy pace and decided to try again perhaps a week from today.
A screen recording was made for those of you who like to row along with RowPro screen recordings. Its link is: Indoor Rowing 10K plus warmdown 09302018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s rowing was done on the internet with several others who were located at various places in Europe and the US.
I took it easy for this session and watched the others work hard. The one who finished first did so at an amazing steady pace of 1:51/500m. The one who finished second was just as amazing because his average pace was 1:51.4 but he did not row at a steady pace. Instead, he alternated between rowing for a minute or so at 1:41 to 1:45 and then “resting” at what I consider a race pace in the low 1:50s.
I finished in last place, so the rowing was impressive, by all the others in the group today.
The session was screen recorded for those of you who want to see the online race and/or exercise your imaginations by rowing along while viewing the recording. The recording link is at: Indoor Rowing 30 mins online 09252018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s rowing session was another 30 minutes online. The group was larger today, totaling seven people who showed up and participated. They were in countries in Europe and also the US.
A screen recording was made for those who want to exercise their imagination to row along with the session. It is at this link: Indoor Rowing 30 mins online 09242018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s session was 30 minutes of rowing in the virtual company of 5 others who were located in Europe and the US.
A screen recording is at this link: Indoor Rowing 30 minutes online 09232018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s indoor rowing session was 40 minutes, done on the internet in the virtual company of a guy who was in England.
I aimed for an average pace of 2:12 point anything. There was no target heart rate but I kept a close watch on HR to see how it behaved.
A screen recording for rowing along with can be found at this link: Indoor Rowing 40 minutes online 09222018
Happy rowing to you.