I Guess That’s Good Improvement

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Speaking of good improvement: The above photos are of the first and current models of the Concept 2 indoor rower. These images were found on the website of a British health facility called Fitness Matters.

Today’s main indoor rowing was a 30 minute online session done with a target heart rate.  The target was the same as it had been in the 30 minute session on September 29th. But the average pace was faster by -1.4 seconds/500 meters.  The session burned 8 calories more than Sept 29th to go at that faster pace.  The increase in power was +3.2 watts.

I guess that’s good improvement.  But since it’s from one day to the next and I’m no expert, it might not even be statistically significant.  Therefore, I will “ask” RowPro.  RowPro has a feature which can be used to compare two rowing sessions that are similar (either both the same distance or time duration.)

Okay, here’s what RowPro says and it doesn’t seem much more enlightening that what is in the above two paragraphs. But it is confirmation that there was improvement since two days ago.

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When RowPro compares two similar sessions, it superimposes their graphs for HR and average pace, as you can see in the above screenshot which compares today’s 30 minutes to the similar session done on September 29th.
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RowPro says that there was an increase in both performance and also in strength. I don’t understand why, unless there is something magical-ish about Dr. Maffetone’s 180 formula … when it is used as intended. This is both surprising and encouraging.

But even if it isn’t especially enlightening, at least you saw a demonstration, immediately above this paragraph, of the kind of results you can expect when RowPro 5 for the Mac compares two similar sessions.

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Finish screen for today’s 30 minute session.
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Reportfor today’s 30 minute session.
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RowPro graphsfor today’s 30 minute session.
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Concept 2 online logbook graphsfor today’s 30 minute session.

Happy rowing and pleasant surprises in session comparisons, to you.