Today’s aerobic workouts consisted of four piecces on the SkiErg only. The one that was the most fun was also the shortest. It was fun, because it was fast, not because it was short.
Happy rowing to you!
The Shortest Was Most Fun
Another Second Faster
Today’s main session was another 30 minute time trial. This one was a bit faster than previous, targeting a pace of 2 minutes 4 seconds per 500 meters. It went okay and – surprisingly – heart rate didn’t get as high as the previous, slower 30 minute session of two days ago.
For those of you who’d like to row-along with it, the screen recording link is here: Indoor Rowing 30 mins Time Trial 02282019
Happy rowing to you!
First SkiErg 10K Was A Real Challenge
Today was the the day before the deadline to do 10K on the SkiErg, for the Concept 2 February 2019 challenge. I wasn’t looking forward to it, because I’d not done any SkiErg distance over 5K and didn’t know what pace or drag factor would be best. So I decided to simply be satisfied to do the distance at any pace and then use resulting average pace as a target next time.
At the start of today’s 10K, the pace I had in mind was about 2:21. But after the first 1,000 meters I decided to just do the distance at an easy pace, with some variation in pace and a few intervals of 100 meters or more once in a while. It worked out well. I sweated a LOT, as evidenced by the large wet spot on the towel that covered the SkiErg platform. So I rated it at RPE Level 7 even though I was breathing easy most of the time. The RPE chart (it is in the Terms and Abbreviations area of this blog) is not an exact science gauge.
Happy rowing to you!
Afib Declined To Show Up
Today’s main workout was 30 minutes at a target pace of 2 minutes 6 seconds/500 meters. It was another experiment, like yesterday’s, to see if atrial fibrillation would develop. It didn’t show up and the session went smoothly, with plenty to spare at the end for a little bit of a sprint.
The session was recorded for those of you who’d like to have it to row-along with. The screen recording is available on YouTube at this link: Indoor Rowing 30 mins with 2min 6sec target pace 02262019
Total calorie burn today, including warmups and warmdowns, was 790 calories. All of it was on the rowing machine except for 51 calories on the SkiErg during a preliminary warm-up. If you are logged in to concept2.com online logbook, you can look at them all in my log, which is open to all logged-in viewers. But I’m only going to post screenshots for the 30 minute session in this blog post.
The 30 minute session was done at RPE Level 7. All the rest were done at RPE Level 1 or 2.
Happy rowing to you!
With A Faster Crowd
Today’s workout was 30 minutes online with 5 other guys who were in Europe and North America. Unlike those with whom I rowed yesterday, today’s rowers were all rowing at a faster pace than my target pace.
My target pace was exactly the same as yesterday, 2:07. I wanted to see if any Afib would develop again today like it did yesterday at that same pace. Everything behaved well. Perhaps it helped, that I warmed up for 10 minutes before today’s session?
Happy rowing to you!
Afib Is A Drag When Racing
Today’s rowing session was a 30 minute online race. There was a total of 14 people in the race. After the race began and I watched everyone’s paces for a few minutes I decided that I could finish in 9th or 10th place, if I aimed for a pace of about 2:07.
That was working out well until about halfway through the half hour, when heart rhythm went into its Afib nutso-mode and I had to slow down. So I slowed, picked up the pace, slowed again and repeated that several times, but couldn’t shake the Afib. The result was that I finished last place. At least I finished. 🙂
Perhaps I should have warmed up a bit first?
A screen recording was made of the online race and is available for those who’d like to row-along with it. It’s YouTube link is: Indoor Rowing 30 Minutes with Afib 02242019
Happy rowing to you!
Let It Snow
Today’s main workout was one hour rowing. It was done at an overall RPE Level 4, with variations.
The 60 minute rowing session was done online with the company and inspiration of another rower. I finished in second place, as you can see in the above screenshot of the session results.
Happy rowing to you!
HRV Artifacts NOT Corrected!
This morning’s EliteHRV app Morning Readiness reading was a balanced 10, which is about as good as it gets, but I don’t believe it. It’s not that I don’t feel okay – I feel fine, but the graph shows two obvious artifacts which were not corrected. At least, they were not correctly corrected… because the HRV graph is obviously greatly influenced by them.
It gave me a reason to have another day without a workout. But tomorrow will be a long workout on the SkiErg, if nothing interferes with that.
Happy rowing to you.
Logging SleepWatch and EliteHRV Results
I’m making a blog entry so that you know I’m still alive. 🙂 This entry consists only of the daily EliteHRV readings and SleepWatch app sleep logging results for the past three days, because there were no workouts.
Happy rowing to you!
Questionable HRV = Easy Rowing
Today’s rowing was chosen to be low energy because I doubted the result of this morning’s HRV analysis. The graph accompanying the EliteHRV Morning Readiness reading had what appeared to be an artifact so that meant the reading might not be what it appeared to be. Also, I felt a bit low energy.
So the chosen session was an easy 12K. There was no screen recording made of today’s session.
Happy rowing to you!