What Was Your Work Out Today?
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I was on a paddleboard all day today.
The company was GREAT9 -
Sunday's usually rest day, but the club had a Moonlight Row party. We took out the barge, which is a sweep rowing (one oar per person) craft that's basically like rowing your living room: A big rectangle, with rowers on each side, as stable as your living room, and about as high performance. We put a bunch of battery lights and glow sticks on it, and about a dozen of us headed out after dark, with the almost-full moon, on a beautiful clear night.
This is what it looked like sitting at the dock in daylight, with the oars pulled in rather than fully extended ready to row.
I haven't swept in an age, but ended up sitting starboard stroke, with a recent-grad collegiate coxswain/rower sitting port stroke next to me, because we're a sculling club and almost no one else much knows how to sweep. 😆
We only rowed around 5500m, but went at it with some gusto (barge still performs like your living room . . . .). I did a decent job blistering up my right hand (outside hand) on the end of the club's beat-up wooden-handle sweep oar (I got an old spoon/macon rather than a hatchet even - prehistoric, practically - and it looked like someone had gnawed pieces out of the handle-end). Had a fine time.
Potluck snacks after.8 -
Chest and tricep workout followed by a 30 mins walk with the dogs4
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@wunderkindking - Cool picture. That SUP was at capacity!
@AnnPT77 - I'll bet moving the barge was a lot of work, and I'm guessing the lighting might not have met Coast Guard regulations. Looks like fun though!2 -
Last swim before leaving for Chattanooga on Wednesday. Swim was a race simulation practice. 10 minute easy
swim to warm up, then a pre-main set:
30 strokes smooth/30 strong, then 30/25, 30/20; 30/15; 30/10; 30/5;
Main set was 3 x 8 minute rounds with 2 minute recovery:
100 strokes strong, 25 smooth; repeat sequence for 8 minutes
Finished with 2200 yds total. Felt fairly comfortable.3 -
@wunderkindking - Cool picture. That SUP was at capacity!
@AnnPT77 - I'll bet moving the barge was a lot of work, and I'm guessing the lighting might not have met Coast Guard regulations. Looks like fun though!
In absolute fairness, it's a BIG SUP, and the dogs are little.
Super good time, though.6 -
Weekend workout was to pull the carpet and put laminate flooring down in the last room in the house. I can finally mark that project as complete - across the summer, I replaced all the flooring in the house that was not tile approximately 1300 square ft of flooring replaced in total.
Morning ride today was 18.21 miles @ 13.3 mph avg (82 minutes total ride).3 -
Around 7k rowing bow in the quad this morning, then a very slow (3.0mph moving average!) 5.3 mile walk.
Between last night's hearty sweep rowing stressing some lesser-used muscles around my hips (because of the twisting load), and the cumulative effect of rowing hard last night and moderately hard this morning, my knees specifically and legs generally were giving me a little back-chat on the walk. Honestly, I probably would've bailed at the halfway point, but I was (of course) around 2.5 miles from my car, since the walk is an out-and-back.
I'm supposed to supervise open rowing tonight, which will take me probably a few more thousand steps above my current 15k+ step count for the day, but not involve any actual workouts, beyond carrying light boats anyway. Weather forecast's still borderline, we'll see whether conditions allow rowing tonight, or not.
I forgot and left my chest belt on for the walk today. For some reason, it's been registering high heart rate near the end of walks (which is way out of whack with RPE or any other subjective feelz, and what pulse I can manually detect). (Yes, I replaced the battery.) Doesn't seem to happen if just the wrist monitor. Oddly, the rowing numbers usually look sensible with the chest belt, stupid without it. Go figure.3 -
Did a 30 minute row, then 25 on the LateralX. Might have finally figured out what's going on with the Tickr Fit. It doesn't work if you connect it to the Bluetooth on the rower for some reason, though it's BT and ANT+ both. My old one had no issues. This one does. As soon as I disconnect from the rower, it picks up fine.3
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@wunderkindking - Cool picture. That SUP was at capacity!
@AnnPT77 - I'll bet moving the barge was a lot of work, and I'm guessing the lighting might not have met Coast Guard regulations. Looks like fun though!
In this particular case, I think we were pretty visible, with several people wearing fake eyeglasses made out of glowsticks, glowsticks on oar handles, some lighted necklaces, party lights on the gunwales, a good number of the rowers wearing campout-type headlamps, etc.
I suspect any powerboater who was out would've been more likely to mistake us for an alien spacecraft (or multi-legged space creature), than recognize us as a rowing craft, though, especially given that this particular craft is - as you could see - pretty odd looking even without party decor. We only saw a couple of other boats, and that closer to dusk rather than full dark.
Here's a photo, with everyone else's faces anonymized since I didn't ask their permission to post, me in front (which is stern) at right.
That said, we did have red and green side lights on the proper sides of the barge, which is close to the legit requirement for a boat of the barge's length, plus flashlights on board that could be used in the way indicated for shorter sail/row/paddle craft. (The photo above doesn't include the red/green lights, which are blocked from view.)
In practice, we generally follow the night-lighting rules that apply to non-power craft of shorter length, and hope for the best if we meet an enforcement officer. There exist special lights for use on regular rowing shells that are red on one side, green on the other, technically meet the regs (or at least come close) but are workable on a narrow boat (even the 8s are only about 18"-ish wide, and a mere few inches wide within a few feet of bow and stern where lights need to be placed).
Honestly, the Coast Guard and state regs are a little weird in general, when it comes to rowing craft: The regs don't seem to have contemplated our existence. We're human powered of course, and there are some exceptions for non-powered boats at shorter lengths, but even the ways regs apply for some longer canoes and kayaks are a little odd.
When it comes to rowing craft, some of the regs for all craft over X length make zero sense. (For example, according to what I was told in my boating safety classes, craft over 26 feet (I think it was) require a big ol' sign someplace warning about rules for oil and waste discharge. A rowing 8, with 8 rowers and a coxswain, is 60 feet long. A quad or four is around 40 feet long, a double around 30 feet, even a racing single will be around that 26 foot length +/-. None of us discharge much oil, and only discharge waste if someone throws a kleenex overboard (which we don't, at least not intentionally). We don't have that required sign, ever. 🤷♀️)
The barge is slow, but maybe faster than one would think. Even with only around 12 rowers (it seats 16), we were getting 500m splits in the 4-5 minutes range; 2 minutes would be regionally competitive for regular shells among age-group rowers of most of our age. That's not bad, for rowing a living room, if you ask me. I think only one person in the boat was under 30, at least half of us over 60 (one in his 80s, the guy one seat behind me and across the aisle).6 -
@AnnPT77 - "My tongue in cheek" comment should have been noted with a
That said, it looks very cool with the glowsticks, etc. As a recovering waterfowl hunter, I've done my share of predawn and post sunset boating. Around here (northeast US) I think the rules apply to power boats only, but I've not checked for larger unpowered craft such as your barge.
With that said, your photo demonstrates a key trait among the chronically fit. That is you make the activities fun, and find friends to do them with you! Thanks for sharing.3 -
@AnnPT77 - "My tongue in cheek" comment should have been noted with a That said, it looks very cool with the glowsticks, etc. As a recovering waterfowl hunter, I've done my share of predawn and post sunset boating. Around here (northeast US) I think the rules apply to power boats only, but I've not checked for larger unpowered craft such as your barge.
With that said, your photo demonstrates a key trait among the chronically fit. That is you make the activities fun, and find friends to do them with you! Thanks for sharing.
I took your comment as tongue in cheek, actually. I'm just being kind of a girl scout (or jerk 😉) about boat lighting - I think it's actually kind of important to do the right things (or as close as practical) for safety reasons. It gives me the heebie jeebies to see what some people do on the water, night or day. I'm constantly nagging our newer rowers about wearing bright colors in daytime, which has nothing to do with regs, but a lot to do with practical safety. Seeing ski boats out without a spotter (speaking of not following regs) and things like that, I think a human-powered small boat needs to stay as aggressively visible as possible.
If your hunting is from something like a canoe or fixed seat rowable/poleable boat, not motorized, I think it's probable that you're OK if you have a flashlight or lantern to show when other boats approach. If the boat's over 23 feet, it gets a little weird technically, maybe, but most canoes or fixed-seat rowboats are pretty small. (Rules can vary by state; that would be USCG rules as I understand them.)
And yeah, I'm kind of ranting about how dumb some of the regs are, if taken literally, for human powered craft. 🙄2 -
On today's menu: a 7.43km hike in 2h08min. Overall ascent 323m (1060ft).
A few steep parts where I was unsure of my footing, and we also walked (very gingerly) over a very rusty looking metal footbridge with most of the wooden floorboards rotten or missing, after first having to hoist myself onto the beginning of the bridge, which was probably around 1 meter of the ground. Definitely wouldn't have done that 65lbs ago.
Aside from that little adventure, a fairly easy hike (by Norwegian standards). My biggest frustration is my Garmin Vivoactive that is soooo slow to find a GPS signal. Seriously, hanging around for 10 minutes on a parking lot waiting for a signal is like watching paint dry 🙄4 -
Treadmill (35 min walk) and Day 11 EPIC I (Dumbbell Quads & Abs Workout)3
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3 mile 4mph very brisk walk… 95 degrees so yeah it definitely counted.. 🥵3
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I went for a couple of walks yesterday, I think getting in around 20,000 steps. I replaced my smashed Fitbit yesterday, so I will start tracking accurately again as of today. (I smashed it by wearing it whilst climbing, and then took it under my drysuit wrist seal on a few dives. At the risk of anthropomorphising, it didn't seem to like the combination of a crack and salt water.)
I need to decide if to get a South Coast dive in this Saturday. The dive will be in Portland, Dorset; and I am currently in Norwich, Norfolk. It's a long trek between the two, and Sunday seems to be blown out.2 -
I'm sick so it may be a rest day. If I do something today it will be yoga or a walk.3
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A shorter hike today because of the not so nice weather forecast: 6.16km in 1h44min, 232 meters (760 feet) total ascent. Easy path (aside from the incline, yet again 😁) and good pace most of the way, except an iffy steep descent with tree roots and mossy stones wet from recent rain, which I descended at a snail's pace.2
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rest day so treadmill only (walk 35 mins)2
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Injured reserve for the next few days. Pulled my hip flexor playing badminton so rest, ice and stretching for the next couple of days.... Hopefully it isn't serious and heals up quickly...3
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Today is a rest day - no bike ride this morning. Will be doing some lighter body weight stuff this afternoon.1
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Muscle tension intervals on the bike trainer today as part of a short endurance ride. 1:18:00 total ride time included two 10min endurance paced blocks and 8 x4 minutes at sweet spot power output and low cadence. Purpose is to simulate IM bike course.
After 3 months of base work and 24 weeks of a race build, this was my last workout before leaving for Chattanooga. Will leave tomorrow afternoon and break up the drive into two days, arriving on Thursday. Race check in/packet pickup on Friday, bike check in on Saturday, race on Sunday. IM Chattanooga is 144.6 mile event, with the slightly longer bike course generating some added mileage. Swim is a 2.4 mile downstream river swim. Bike course heads south, most of it in northern Georgia. Marathon run is a two loop course that starts with some hills, then mostly flat. Starts and ends in town by the river. Athletes must complete the full course in 16:30:00 to avoid a DNF.
Really looking forward to riding the bike segment of the race, since it is done over rolling hills in a beautiful setting
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@Djproulx -- best of luck and I hope that the hip stays good throughout for you!
Did a brisk (not quite all out) 5K today on the rower. 2:14 average pace. Decided last week that I need to add more stress and see how far it gets me. I had been really taking it easy on my easy days and I'm not making much headway so we'll see how going harder (at least on the power part) of my rowing days might workout. Did another 500m X 3 after that.
Finished with 15 minutes or so on the LateralX. Gym (lifting) tonight.3 -
Pretty much decided to take a rest day today, given that the weather forecast was iffy, and based on how I was feeling physically after skipping my usual rest day on Sunday and getting some unaccustomed movement type in there besides. However, I did take a walk, a little over 3 miles at 3.5mph, while my car was in for service: Beats sitting in a poorly-ventilated waiting room, even though it was sprinkling a little outside.3
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Wore the HRM at the gym last night. It mostly worked with the exception of one drop. Was curious to see how many calories I burn at the gym. I was there around an hour and burned 630 calories for the lift. I superset, just like at home, basically straight from one set to another with no rest. Definitely feeling the legs are getting stronger with consistent heavy weights again.0
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3rd outdoor run on my trip in Norway. Up and down run again, some downhills so steep I had to slow myself down (worried about falling, loose gravel) before finding an area with less 'extreme' inclines.
Short but intense run, especially when the sun came out: 3 km in 21min. New 1km record (6.23min), undoubtedly helped by a downhill section.
I never thought I'd say this, but perhaps I might venture outside a bit more for my runs when I'm back home, seems to be good for increasing my speed 🙂2 -
Still IR but a lot better - should be able to get out tomorrow or maybe a walk today evening2
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30 min hit
20 min core
10 min stretch
I’m ready for the day!3 -
About 9 miles' walk and a quick session (100 swings and 15 goblet squats) with a 24 kgs kettle bell.3
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48 minutes of Camp gladiator!💪 Wut wut!!!😁3
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