Perhaps Better On Empty

Perhaps, but not definitively. Yesterday the question arose as to whether the cause for heart strangeness (atrial fibrillation rearing its head) during the last two of yesterday’s five 2K pieces was having eaten a large breakfast and then resumed rowing while the stomach was feeling full.

Early this morning, before having so much as a crumb of food or a sip of coffee, I began the day’s workouts.

Remembering yesterday’s words, “Perhaps I will try duplicating today’s workout again tomorrow…” but on an empty stomach from start to finish, that thought was put into action and fulfilled this morning.

Happily, there was no heart strangeness from start to finish.

Actually, I did feel a tiny bit of cardio flitter-flutter in the chest. It happened one time and was during the third 2K. But it was so ephemeral that it bordered on being imaginary, though vividly so. Heart rate did not vanish from the display like it does when Afib is more persistent, so I will attribute it to being an imagination of the heart.

Perhaps rowing on a full stomach isn’t a good idea. But on the other hand, perhaps it is merely a coincidence.

Scientific experiment, this was not. Scientific experiments are more thorough. Experiment, it was. And I will keep it in mind for future reference.

Following are screenshots and data for today’s workouts.

Chart and data for the first workout session today.
Finish screen for the fifth of five 2K sessions this morning. The ending heart rate of 119 was a normal heart rate for the effort and was within a very few beats per second of the finish heart rate for each of the previous four 2K sessions.
Report and graph for first of five 2K rowing sessions.
Report and graph for second of five 2K rowing sessions.
Report and graph for third of five 2K rowing sessions.
Report and graph for 4th of five 2K rowing sessions.
Report and graph for last of five 2K rowing sessions.

Happy rowing to you!

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