Today’s training session was done very late in the day and it was done in the spirit of taking it easy.
Happy rowing to you.
Laid Back Rowing And Starts
No Oar Bending Today
To be more specific than today’s post title, there were no oars to bend, because today was another day of indoor rowing. But if today’s rowing had been done OTW like those in the photo above were doing, no oars would have been bent, like you can see the oars are being bent in the boat in the foreground of that photo.
It was a rest and recovery row, gently done. It was accompanied by another strength training session of push-ups.
Happy rowing to you.
A Little More Energy Than Yesterday
Today’s rowing session was the same as yesterday’s except for the warmup/down and energy level, which seemed a little higher in the 3×100 part.
Happy rowing to you.
Uninspired Rowing
Today’s training session was 3x100r1000 within a 6K. I wasn’t inspired, stopped a few times and did quite a bit of rowing with only one hand while operating a remote control with the other.
Also did a strength-training/pushups session.
Happy rowing to you.
No Teamwork Needed Today
It goes without saying that solo indoor rowing requires no teamwork. But the team effort of a rowing crew sure does look like fun.
Today’s training session was not done as training. It was done very lazily, just to do the meters. It was supposed to be 4x1000r750 within a 10K but I just did it as a very easy 10K while switching from one youtube video to another.
Happy rowing to you.
Easy Hard Rowing
Today’s rowing was a doubling up of two sessions into one day, which resulted in being caught-up again in the training schedule. The first session was a recovery 6K which was done easy. The second session was a 4x250r250 within a 6K and that was done even easier.
Happy rowing to you.
Happy Friday Rowing
Today’s happy rowing on Friday started late because first I had to take the car for emissions inspection & registration renewal. Today was one day before it was too late and the registration expired. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. The lines were long, so there were plenty of others who had put it off until the day before the last day also.
After that, I ran an errand to the store and noticed that one of the tires was almost flat. So I stopped at the tire dealer to get that taken care of and learned that the six year old tires needed to be replaced.
By the time I could do today’s rowing and pushups session, the afternoon was almost over.
Today’s rowing was 4x1000r750 within a total distance of 8K, with a 2,750 meter warmup/down added on.
The spreadsheet display of pushup session results for today will be the last image below.
The results for today’s strength training pushups session is on the line for Week 5, F(riday) in the image below:
Happy rowing to you.
Mother Of All Rowers
The title of today’s post is actually a non-sequitur to today’s rowing. It just popped into my mind, probably as the result of seeing news today about the “mother of all bombs” which was used for the first time in battle.
But since it was in my mind, I searched for an image using the terms mother and rowers and the above is one of the relevant results, if you can say anything is relevant to a non-sequitur.
Today’s rowing session was 3x200r1000 within a 6K.
Happy rowing to you.
Indoor Push Ups And Rowing Likewise
Today’s rowing session was preceded by another strength-training pushups session. It’s results are shown in the last image in this post.
The rowing session was patterned at 4x250r500 within 8K total session distance. Warmup/down was extra.
The results for today’s pushups strength-training are on the bottom line below:
Happy rowing to you.
Stephen Hawking Isn’t Very Smart
The image above shows a coxswain at work. Coxswains are frequently present in OTW rowing and they have to be smart, resourceful and quick-thinking if they are any good at their job.
A bit of rowing trivia is that Stephen Hawking was a coxswain for a while, but he wasn’t a very good one. In fact, he was a very poor coxswain. So on the basis of those facts one may conclude that though Hawking is a bit of a savant at math, he isn’t as smart as he’s cracked up to be*.
*Definition of phrase, “cracked up to be”: Failing to meet expectations; not being as good as people say.
Today’s rowing session was two. First, a 4x1500r750 patterned within 14K. After that, I did some catch-up and did the next training session, which was 4x200r1000 within a 6K. But the catch-up 6K was done much slower than its description called for. The main thing I wanted was to catch up on some of the meters missed over the weekend and that was partly accomplished. Now I’m only behind by one training session.
Happy rowing to you.