Today’s rowing session was 10K done as early in the morning as possible, so it could be accomplished and followed by a shower before going to the doctor. There was no cause/effect relationship between rowing and then going to the doctor. The doctor’s appointment was routine and had been scheduled more than 6 months in advance.
A screen recording of today’s 10K is on YouTube for row-alongers at: Indoor Rowing 575 Calories 07202018
Happy rowing to you.
Yesterday there was a comment on one of the most popular indoor rowing screen recordings I’ve put on YouTube, a brief rowing session which includes five intervals. The person asked, “Are you actually on the moon?…”. The screenshot above shows the comment and my answer.
Today’s session was 11,187 meters. That distance was chosen to match the total distance rowed during training partner “DN’s” most recent 4 rowing sessions.
A screen recording is available at: Indoor Rowing 632 Calories 07192018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s session was the same distance as yesterday’s but slightly easier.
It’s on YouTube at: Indoor Rowing 581 Calories 07182018
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Today’s session was a 10K done at an easy pace. Heart etc was AOK.
A screen recording for row-along is here: Indoor Rowing 588 Calories 07172018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s distance was chosen so as to match the distance rowed on July 13th by training partner DN. It was short – only 2,667 meters – but it was nonetheless far better than yesterday’s 10K because today’s heart rhythm was 100% regular. The heart strap signal was therefore measurable and RowPro displayed it throughout the session. Also, heart rate was normal for the effort instead of way too high, like it had been yesterday.
A screen recording is on YouTube at: Indoor Rowing 2667 meters 07162018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s session was a 10K and the main goal was to once again use it as the remedy for irregular heartbeat. But it didn’t work this time. Heartbeat was irregular and way too high for the low effort level, throughout the entire 10K instead of clearing up after a few kilometers of rowing.
For a large part of the time during the session, heartbeat was too irregular for heart rate to even be measured and displayed. When heart rate could be measured and displayed, it was about 40 or 50 BPM higher than it should have been at that low effort level.
The 10K remedy didn’t totally lose its charm … An hour after the 10K, heartbeat returned to being regular. So perhaps it is just a lot slower to work its charm if there are not at least 11 hours of fasting in advance of the 10K.
Today’s rowing session is therefore not categorized as “Fun Workout” because irregular heartbeat through the entire rowing session inhibited me from rowing as hard as I’d wanted to and that involuntary restriction is not fun.
I think the reason it didn’t work this time is because I broke fast too early. The “rowing 10K to cure irregular heartbeat” method seems to be most reliable if I row in the morning before breaking fast and if it has been at least 11 hours since I’ve eaten anything. But I ate a little before rowing today.
The session screen recording is on YouTube at: Indoor Rowing 10K 07152018
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s morning had a busy schedule starting early, so the morning rowing was less than 10K. The distance, 3884 meters, was chosen to match the total distance rowed by training partner DN on her two most recent days of rowing.
A screen recording is on YouTube at this link: Indoor Rowing 3884 meters 07132018
Happy rowing to you.
I could have chosen to row a shorter distance today by setting the session distance to match the most recent two unmatched rowing sessions by my training partners, but I decided to go with a longer distance and did a 10K instead. Because the 10K, if done not too easy and not too hard, seems to be a “magical” distance for heart health.
A screen recording was made for anyone who wants to “row along” and it will be available at this link: Indoor Rowing 10K 07122018
A suggestion for anyone who wants to row along is to try matching heart rate instead of keeping pace with distance. If your maximum heart rate is different from mine, you might have to either add or subtract a certain number of beats. But it should be a good workout for you, without turning into a race to see who can get to the finish line first.
Happy rowing to you.
The main goal for today’s indoor rowing session was to fix the problem of irregular heartbeat which had at about 3 a.m. today. If you’ve ever had that problem, you know it can interfere with sleep. I tried to go back to sleep but finally gave up on that and made some coffee, checked the news and did a couple chores.
Irregular heartbeat persisted, so I changed into rowing clothes and started rowing. After about 3,000 meters of easy rowing, the rhythm smoothed out. After it became regular again, I increased the pace slightly, to aim for an average pace of 2:18.9 or so for the 10K.
A screen recording is on YouTube at: Indoor Rowing 10K 07092018
If you have rowed-along with any of the screen recordings and wonder why I just sit in silence for about two minutes after the session is over, its because I’m checking heart rate recovery. The Apple Watch keeps track of and graphs heart rate for two minutes after a workout is over, so you can see how that goes. Here’s its recovery chart for the two minutes after today’s 10K:
And here are the rest of the screen shots from today’s 10K:
Happy rowing to you.
Today’s distance was chosen to equal the sum of the distances rowed on July 3rd and 4th by training partner DN.
A screen recording will be available at the following link: Indoor Rowing 6465 meters 07082018
Happy rowing to you.