Resetting The Heartbeat

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The above image was found on a divers’ website called Divers Alert Network.

Immediately after yesterday’s rowing, I got irregular heartbeat.  It has happened occasionally and usually goes away.  When it doesn’t go away soon, it is a real bother.  Yesterday it was a bother.  And last night, during which I slept less than 3 hours.  And this morning, when it was still persisting with that annoying lack of steady rhythm.

It probably wouldn’t have happened yesterday, if I’d done a better warm down.

So today, I made up for not doing a warm down yesterday.  For today’s rowing session, I did 30 minutes and started out at a pace of about 2:40 for the first 1K, 2:35 for the next, 2:30 for the third and so on, with the 6th and final 1,000 meters being done at a pace of 2:15.

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Notice also that my heart rate was higher, at 72, before today’s rowing session, than it normally is. Normally it is in the 60s or lower when I’m sitting.

The irregular heartbeat persisted until the last half of the 30 minutes, when it started to settle down and finally went away completely during the last 5 minutes. The photo immediately above shows the irregular heart rate indication on the screen of the blood pressure tester I used just before today’s rowing. And the photo immediately below shows NO irregular heart rate indication on the screen of the blood pressure tester I used just after today’s rowing.

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Notice that heart rate is lower, right after rowing, than it was before rowing. When I have irregular heartbeat, it tends to be also an elevated higher than normal rate.

Below, are screenshots relating to today’s indoor rowing session:

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Finish screen for today’s 30 minute session.
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Report for today’s 30 minute session. The “End HR” column shows zeros for the first 23 splits because heartbeat was so irregular that the heart strap couldn’t calculate a heart rate.
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RowPro graphs for today’s 30 minute session.
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Concept 2 online logbook graphs for today’s 30 minute session.

Happy-hearted rowing to you.