Some Zippity Doo Dah But Mostly Easy

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The 12 intervals of 30 seconds each were the Zippity Doo Dah part and the rest was easy or super easy.

Today’s rowing session was chosen because it is supposed to help increase a person’s VO2 max, if it is done twice a week on non-consecutive days.   It was a set of twelve 30 second intervals with 2 1/2 minutes rest after each interval.

The workout suggestion was found on a website called Healthy Living (healthyliving.azcentral.com) and was found on THIS PAGE (<-click to get to that page).  It’s a big page, so if you don’t want to bother going to that page, the relevant part of that page where I got the idea for today’s workout was: “VO2 Workout: According to Bicycling.com, sprinting all out for 30 seconds in the red line zone followed by 2 1/2 minutes of easy recovery can improve VO2 max by 3 percent in just four weeks. Do the intervals 12 times per workout, and work out no more than twice a week on nonconsecutive days.”

The website’s definition for the term “red line zone,” is 90% to 100% of maximum heart rate.  But it’s not possible to get heart rate up to maximum or even 90% maximum in a mere 30 seconds, so I just rowed as hard as I could for each 30 second interval.  Except the first one… during which I had to take my hand off the rowing machine handle for a bit, to make an adjustment.

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Most of the intervals spiked up to over 1,500 calories per hour for their brief duration.

Thirty seconds passes very quickly and you can row very hard for 30 seconds.  Most of the 30 second intervals were done at a calories-per-hour rate of between 1,500 and 1,800 calories per hour.

The rowing session was scheduled and done online, but nobody noticed it in time to join, so I had the fun all to myself and rowed alone.

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Happy rowing with a nice measure of zip, to you.