Category: Ethereal Rowing

The guy in the photo above is taking a bit of a break from harder rowing. You would have to ask him whether it was a refreshing break. Most people’s idea of a refreshing break includes ingesting liquids instead of vice-versa. But … different strokes for different folks.

The break today wasn’t exactly the same as what is pictured above.  It didn’t involve transferring anything from myself to a plastic-lined garbage can.  Instead, I just rowed easy, which is what today’s training session called for.

As you can see from the photo above, it is labeled as being from a website that focuses on rowing the 2K distance, row2k.com.  Actually, I found it on another rowing blog, which probably got it from row2k.com.  The other rowing blog is churbuck.com and the page of the blog where the above photo was found is HERE.

The churbuck blog is about much more than indoor rowing and is much more authoritative than anything you will find that originates in my blog.  So – if your appetite hasn’t been spoiled by the above image and you hunger and thirst for more authoritative, technical blog writing then check it out by spending some time there.  It is one of many (probably hundreds) of other websites about and relating to both indoor and on-the-water rowing.

Don’t get the wrong impression from the guy grasping the waste can – most people DON’T have that reaction after rowing a competitive 2K!  He may have been sick or he may have eaten something that a human should not have consumed…. Most people are merely winded, somewhat drained of energy and a bit overloaded with lactic acid after rowing a hard 2K.

Today’s rowing session was preceded by another strength-training pushups session, the results of which will be displayed after the rowing session images.

Today’s strength training results are on the line for Friday of Week 2:

Happy rowing to you.

One of my cellphone apps gives healthy advice on a daily basis.  The above screenshot was taken of some advice it gave in favor of rowing. The illustration below is more specific, to show some of the muscles used when you row.

So, if you haven’t started rowing yet, what are you waiting for?

Today’s training session was 4 x 500m within 10K, with 1250 meters total warmup & warm down. There was also a strength training session, the results of which will be shown on the bottom line after the rowing session screenshots.

Strength Training: Today’s pushup results are on the bottom line of the screenshot below. The results of the last set of pushups today, 2, was far from the 8+ called for so no progress was made there.

The total number done today was the same as the previous session, so no progress in that respect either.  But … the maximum number done consecutively in one set did actually increase by 1, so all-in-all I’m going to count today as PROGRESS in strength training.

Happy rowing to you.

Today’s training session consisted of 4 very short sprints of 200 meters each, within a total session distance of 6K.  Added on to that was a 2K warmup and 2K warm down.

The sprints weren’t actually splashy of course, because it is indoor rowing, with the only water in the immediate environment being the humidity in the air and a few drops of sweat that drip onto the machine.

For the sprints, the HR range specified in the training detail was disregarded because I think the algorithm used in the software for providing the HR ranges is in most cases inaccurate and shows a range that is too low.  So I just focused on staying within the specified SPM range and rowing hard during those 4x200m.

There was also a strength training session today, which was done before rowing.  But that will be shown here after the rowing stuff.

The strength training was another short and simple dose of push-ups while following in the push-ups book mentioned earlier.  Here are the results so far:

Happy rowing to you.

If you compete in an event without training specifically for it beforehand, what kind of result might you expect?  You’ll have to answer that question for yourself because your experience might  be different than mine.

As for myself, I hadn’t thought about it before entering in the 2017 World Rowing Indoor Sprints.  The distance was 1K.  I did it and placed 6th in my age group.  I wonder if any of the 5 guys ahead of me trained specifically for doing a 1K at that time?

Well, it was a lot of fun to be in an actual race, even though I did finish behind 5 other guys. That happened a few days ago, on March 11th…

TODAY is March 17th. Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Today’s training was a rest and recovery session of 6,000 meters.  I did 4K of warmup and warm down to bring the day’s total up to 10K for the ongoing Mud Season Madness Challenge on Concept2.com.

If you are looking for the results of today’s strength training session, here it is:

Happy rowing to you.

 

Today’s training session was a rational number of meters not divisible by Pi to result in a rational quotient.  It consisted of three 500 meter intervals within 10,000 meters, plus 1,250 meters for warmup and warm down.

In the area of strength-training, I managed to overcome huge reluctance and did the second session of the first week of the 10-week push-ups program. Below are the results so far:

Happy rowing to you.