Ethereal Rowing – Page 44

Row And Ski

Finish screen for the SkiErg 5,000 meters.

Today’s workout was a pair of 5k sessions, one on the SkiErg and one on the rowing machine.

For the SkiErg 5K, I reduced the drag factor to what I hoped would allow a rating of about 45 SPM. But the drag factor still seemed a bit high and most of the session was done at a rating of 37 to 42 SPM. That seems to be the “secret” to having a faster pace on the SkiErg – the SPM has to be a lot higher than it would ever be when rowing. Arms aren’t nearly as strong as legs, so the SkiErg stroke rate using mostly the arms has to be higher for any pace than stroke rate would be on the rowing machine which mostly uses leg power.

The SkiErg 5K was done at RPE Level 7 or at least it felt strenuous enough to be that level though I wasn’t breathing as hard as the RPE Level chart seems to indicate for Level 7. (You can see a copy of the RPE chart in the Terms and Abbreviations tab on the home page of this blog)

I sweated a lot during the SkiErg session but barely perspired during the rowing session, if that counts for anything regarding the Rates of Perceived Exertion.

After the SkiErg 5K, I did 5K at a more moderate effort on the rowing machine and included a 500 meter sprint at a moderate sprint pace, every 1000 meters for a total of three 500 meter sprint intervals. The 5K rowing session was done at RPE Level 4 for the slower rowing and RPE Level 8 for the 500 meter intervals.

RowPro graphs for the SkiErg 5,000 meters.

Concept 2 online logbook chartfor the SkiErg 5,000 meters.

Finish screen for the Rowing 5,000 meters.

RowPro graphs for the Rowing 5,000 meters.

Concept 2 online logbook chart for the Rowing 5,000 meters.

Today’s EliteHRV Morning Readiness reading.

Last night’s sleep of 6 hours 45 minutes was good quality.

Happy rowing to you!

Some Upright Erging

Finish screen for today’s 5K on the SkiErg.

Today’s aerobic exercise was done with the SkiErg. Mainly, it was a 5K. I started out at a pace of about 2:27 for the first 250 meters. Pace slowed to 2:28 for the next 250 meters. For the third 250 meters, it slowed to about 2:31. After that, I decided to aim for something around 2:45 to 2:40. By the last 500 meters, there was enough energy left to pick up the pace and finish the entire 5K at an average pace of about 2:38. It was placed into the rankings, which placed me second-to-last in 5K SkiErg rankings this season for men in my age group.

The 5K was done at RPE Level 4 and was followed by a 5 minute SkiErg warm down.

RowPro report for today’s 5K on the SkiErg.

RowPro graphs for today’s 5K on the SkiErg.

Concept 2 online logbook chart for today’s 5K on the SkiErg.

Today’s Morning Readiness score from EliteHRV

Last night’s sleep was good quality, 6 hours 30 minutes.

Happy rowing to you.

Constant Heart Strangeness

Today’s Morning Readiness was good and HRV seems to be continuing to climb.

Today’s HRV reading seemed to become elevated a little more than halfway through the EliteHRV morning readiness reading session, when my heart sort of skipped a beat and then sort of went “thump” one time. You can see a little spike in the HR graph for the session at about that time, and you can see that the HRV graph raised a bit at that point, and stayed higher to the end.

Very good sleep last night. I may have been a bit dehydrated, because I didn’t wake one single time during the night. Total sleep 5 hours 55 minutes.

Today’s rowing wasn’t interrupted by heart strangeness – it was a constant thing throughout. The unusual behavior was a combination of irregular heart rate and heart rate way too high for the effort. Normally at that effort level my heart rate would be around 100 BPM, plus or minus a little bit. Hopefully, it will clear up later today and be gone tomorrow.

Today’s main session was 6K on the rowing machine. It was preceded by a 50 calorie warmup on the SkiErg.

Finish screen for today’s 6K which was done very slowly while heart rate raced too fast. The HR graph looks good in this view, but you can see the heart rate mess caused by irregular heartbeat in the RowPro graph and the Concept 2 online logbook chart, further below.

Concept 2 online logbook chart for today’s 6K.

Happy rowing to you!

Interrupted By Heart Strangeness

Plenty of sleep last night, at 8 hours 15 minutes.

Today’s main workout was 6,000 meters on the rowing machine. During the last half of the 6K, heart rate became irregular and too high, so I slowed down to let it return to normal. It returned to normal, but not until after the rowing session was finished.

Concept 2 online logbook chart for today’s 6,000 meters.

Happy rowing to you.

583 Calories And 8 More

Last night’s sleep had a long interruption of about 90 minutes but total time was sufficient at 8 hours 45 mins.

Today’s main session was a 10K done at RPE Level 2. There were 8 additional, shorter sessions. A screen recording was made for row-along. The screen recording is here: Indoor Rowing 10K 583 Calories 01312019

Concept 2 online logbook chart for today’s 583 Calories.

Happy rowing to you!

40 Seemed Enough

Today’s Morning Readiness score with EliteHRV

There was a wide-awake-in-the night sleep interruption, but I was able to get back to sleep, sleep in late and make up for accumulated sleep debt with 9 hours 5 minutes sleep.

Today’s workout started as a speculative half marathon rowing session. After 30 minutes I decided that 40 minutes would be enough. The session was done at RPE Level 3 but if the entire half marathon had been done, it might have been a level 4 or 5 by the finish. It was preceded by a SkiErg warm up and followed by 109 Calories on the SkiErg.

A screen recording is available of the 40 minute rowing session, for those who’d like to row along: Indoor Rowing 40 minutes 01302019

Concept 2 online logbook chart for today’s 40 minutes.

Happy rowing to you!

Oh Dear! No Workout Today!

Today there was no workout done. 🙁 All activity was merely walking to and from, to and fro in the course of doing things that had to be done. So I guess that would be RPE Level 1, tops.

The EliteHRV Morning Readiness score recommended taking it easy. I did more than that, it turned out, and there was no workout at all.

Last night’s sleep was a bit short again at 6 hours 10 minutes but other than that it was pretty good quality.

Happy rowing to you!

Only Time To SkiErg

Today’s sleep was good quality but a bit short again at 6 hours 35 minutes.

Today’s aerobic workout was limited to less than 40 minutes. It consisted of 2 sessions done on the SkiErg. First was a 5K at RPE Level 3. Next, was 5 minutes at RPE Level 5.

The 5K SkiErg session was done without connecting to RowPro so there are not the usual screen shots. Above is a summary of the session.

Summary of the 5 minute session on SkiErg.

Happy rowing to you.

Readier and Readier

Today’s Morning Readiness reading with the EliteHRV app shows me to be “readier” than yesterday or the day before. I think what’s happening is that the app is forming a new baseline in reaction to my HRV score becoming slightly higher. I hope so. That would be very nice.

**Atrial fibrillation** started and interfered with my sleep last night. It began at about 2 AM. I couldn’t sleep with it happening, so I got out of bed and sat on the living room sofa for about 3 hours. Heart rhythm returned to normal at about 5 AM. So I went back to bed and slept until an alarm clock woke me at about 10 AM, for a total of 6 hours 20 minutes sleep.

Today’s main session was 5K done at an easy pace on the SkiErg, but slightly faster than yesterday’s 5K SkiErg pace. It was done mostly at RPE Level 2, except for slight pickup in pace during part of the last 500 meters. I’m trying to get a feel for the “alien” body involvement with the SkiErg. It is alien, compared to what I’ve become so used to on the rowing machine. I’m liking the SkiErg more and more, as a supplement to rowing – it’s nice to be using some upper body muscles that aren’t used when rowing.

A screen recording was made of the SkiErg 5K, for those of you who’d like to row-along or ski-along with it. It is at this link on YouTube: Indoor Workout 5K SkiErg Easy 01272019

Finish screen for the 5,000 meter SkiErg session.

Report for the 5,000 meter SkiErg session.

RowPro graphs for the 5,000 meter SkiErg session.

Concept 2 online logbook chartfor the 5,000 meter SkiErg session.

After the 5K SkiErg piece, this rowing session was done. It was done at RPE Level 2. Its distance was 8995 meters.

RowPro graphs for the rowing session of 8995 meters.

Happy rowing to you.

Racing My Past

Today’s EliteHRV Morning Readiness reading was done at the right time, in the morning. It indicated caution, but I interpret that differently – I’ve been doing “deep breathing” sessions daily for a while, which is supposed to have many benefits, including an increase in HRV. So my opinion is that while my HRV is increasing in response to my new habit of the breathing sessions, EliteHRV needs to establish a new baseline, which may take a while.

Three interruptions of sleep last night but other than that it was good quality sleep and sufficient quantity at 7 hours 55 minutes.

Today’s main rowing session was 8995 meters with the goal of staying ahead of my most recent session of the same distance by about 10 meters and then going a faster pace a few hundred meters from the finish until calories burned added up to 545. Once reaching 545 calories, I eased up for the few remaining meters of warm down. It was done at RPE level 5. A screen recording was made for those who’d like to row along with it. The screen recording is on YouTube at this link: Indoor Rowing 547 Calories 01262019

There was another 2K done very slowly on the rowing machine at RPE Level 1 and a few kilometers on the SkiErg at an easy effort level of RPE Level 2. All totaled, the distance on rower and SkiErg today came to 16177 meters.

Concept 2 online logbook chart for today’s 8995 meters.

One of the sessions done on the SkiErg today was a very easy 5K. This is a screenshot of the Apple Watch heart rate graph for that particular session.

Listing of the four sessions done today.

Happy rowing to you!