What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Trying to shred some weight, my BMI is 32.
Yesterday I did 3km cycling and 45min Beat Saber in VR.
Today I will need to do 8km cycling and add 30min of Beat Saber.
I always try to get about 500 to 600kcal of exercise in.
The only cardio sport I enjoy is swimming, but pools are still closed. So trying to use the bike for groceries shopping instead of the car (and despite the weather lol), plus having some fun in VR fitness games.4 -
I had heart surgery this morning. I am not dead, which is good . The recommendation is two weeks off vigorous exercise. My logging here is likely to tail off over that period.4
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Yoga, pullups, handstand pushups, dips, hollow body holds, back bridges, stomach vacuums and jumprope...2
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I had heart surgery this morning. I am not dead, which is good . The recommendation is two weeks off vigorous exercise. My logging here is likely to tail off over that period.
Wishing you a speedy and smooth recovery: Betting you'll be back here stronger than ever, once medically cleared for your usual challenging exercise schedule!
Hang in there, I know that recovery period can be tough, without the usual routine . . . but so important! π1 -
Rowing machine interval day today. Last week did 8 X 500m @ 2:00.5 pace, so I wondered if I could beat that today. Did 1:58.2, but only managed 6 intervals. Wanted to see if I could manage all 8 under 2:00 and it was clear if I did one more that I wouldn't have been able to sustain it (last one was barely under 2:00 pace). So I called it a day and did a 3K cooldown. Likely could have coasted to a new recent SB (season's best) on this workout but I didn't want to go over 2:00 today and this was sufficient to do what I wanted to do -- go faster and push. HR nearly hit 90% of max, which for a sprint this short is good.
Drag factor (air resistance that makes it harder and firmer) was low still. Still protecting the back from injury. What I'm finding out is that lower drag factors force you to go quickly and have actually helped me to maintain better form (some of the same things Ann is working on). SR on this one was around 31 average, very fast for me.2 -
3 mile run, 4 one-minute forearm planks, 50 dumbbell arm curls 5 pounds1
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Monday motion:
Team Body Project Real Start "HIIT 45'
Tuesday "o-and-fro":
Team Body Project "Cardio Starter 3" (this has been one of my favorite sessions which I've repeated many times)
followed by an early afternoon session of Real Start "Intervals" (I've completed this session only twice or thrice now, but I think I can call it one of my favorites, too
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Today
40 minute walk
kinesis chest press
Seated rows
kinesis incline press
High pull
Lateral raises
Tricep pushdowns
Cable curls
Tomorrow
Morning walk - Probably somewhere between 30 min to an hour.
Deadlifts
Leg press
Leg curls
Calf raises
Abs1 -
I ran 4 miles straight last night, a first in a long time for me.
I rollerbladed 6 miles today. Another first as I usually skip days between running and blading.
And my body is not aching half as badly as it would in the past.
That can mean only 1 thing: I am getting stronger.
Tomorrow is a MUST swim day to release the pressure off my back.2 -
C2 rower, 8854m. Still focusing on posture and holding arms/back unmoving right after the catch, but just for fun decided to see if I could hold not only <70% HR reserve, but also a consistent 2:35 average split. Answer, amusingly: Not quite. First and 3rd pieces spot on 2:35, 2nd and 4th flipped on the last stroke to 2:34.9 - total time for the four 2k pieces differed by only one tenth of a second. π (What is this split consistency good for? Nothing, AFAIK!)MikePfirrman wrote: Β»(snippety)
What I'm finding out is that lower drag factors force you to go quickly and have actually helped me to maintain better form (some of the same things Ann is working on). SR on this one was around 31 average, very fast for me.
That's interesting! I sometimes go to higher DF for specific drills, but pretty much never go to lower ones than my basic setting. (I'm sure that's partly because my basic setting is pretty low π, though that's reasonably common for on-water rowers of my age/weight class.) I should try low DF one of these times, and see what technical effect it has for me.2 -
I finished my 10 day running streak with an 8km/5m run. Have not run that distance in more than 6 months. Took me all of 64 minutes (yeah, I'm that slow), but I made it.3
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Thanks Mike and Ann!
I feel fine. The operation was to close a hole in my heart - it should make sure scuba dives less risky. It is keyhole surgery - they inserted the device into the groin, and manipulated it into place through a vein.
The main risk, which is the primary reason for avoiding exercise, seems to be bleeding from the entry point to the groin.2 -
Oversplept! Got in a 20 minute run. Barely!
But happy I squeezed in something instead of just blowing it off!2 -
Yoga...1
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Did an hour fairly easy today. Nearly all of it 70% of HR max or under. 30 minutes on the rower @ 2:30 pace, then 30 on the Assault Bike.
@AnnPT77 - I suspect that me going faster (in terms of SR, not pace) improves my form because my form was suspect (compared to yours) to begin with. I tend to overslide, overreach and even curve the back. When I lower the drag, I shorten the strokes to a more appropriate length and don't extend back too far, relying on engaging my abs (not the pull of the chain) to stop the drive and start the recovery. Also, without the leg fatigue, I'm able to concentrate more on quick, crisp strokes. I'm ever so gradually increasing drag, but nothing like some guys my weight use.2 -
100 Fwd Jump Rope
500 Meter Row
15 KBell Swing
15 Pull-ups
40 Hanging Leg Raises
40 Hanging Knee Tucks
3 x 8
Shrugs
Mil Press
T Bar Row
Rear Delts
Lat Pulls
Front Raises
Iso Pulldowns
Lateral Raises
V Bar Pulldowns
Upright Row
Wide Grip Low Row
Rope to Face
Nifty 50 Abs
Situps/Flutter Kicks/Rower/Knee Tucks/Crunches/Supine Bike/Banded Crunches/Banded Wood Choppers/Mtn Climbers/Heel Taps2 -
3 mile run
3 one-minute forearm planks
50 dumbbell arm curls 5 pounds2 -
Another 8788m on the C2 rowerg. Today was my marathon once every 3-4 weeks Covid-era multi-stop grocery rounds, so I really wasn't feeling the workout when I got home and got everything put away. Therefore, I kept it simple: Stay under 70% HR reserve (went over for 7 seconds!), under 2:40 split, over 10m per stroke on average, again focus on unmoving upper body during first part of the drive.MikePfirrman wrote: Β»Did an hour fairly easy today. Nearly all of it 70% of HR max or under. 30 minutes on the rower @ 2:30 pace, then 30 on the Assault Bike.
@AnnPT77 - I suspect that me going faster (in terms of SR, not pace) improves my form because my form was suspect (compared to yours) to begin with. I tend to overslide, overreach and even curve the back. When I lower the drag, I shorten the strokes to a more appropriate length and don't extend back too far, relying on engaging my abs (not the pull of the chain) to stop the drive and start the recovery. Also, without the leg fatigue, I'm able to concentrate more on quick, crisp strokes. I'm ever so gradually increasing drag, but nothing like some guys my weight use.
Believe me, my form is not all that fab - coaches always do find something for me to work on! π You're hearing a lot from me lately about technical points: It's easier to focus on basic technical elements of the stroke cycle during machine rowing season, without the distractions of bladework, balance, synchronizing with the other rower(s), and (in my case) steering.
As you know, there are things that are OK on the machine (in terms of stroke mechanics), possibly even advantageous, that just don't work well at all in a boat. For example, at least until one's erg tries to walk across the floor (wasting energy), there's no real penalty for rushing the slide, diving to get length at the catch, or overmuscling/jerking the finish. (Not saying those are necessarily productive habits on a machine, but they're not firmly counter-productive, let alone swim-inducing, as they might be in a boat, at extremes.) I try not to machine row in ways that would be unproductive in a boat, even if it would potentially give me a pace advantage on the erg.
Frankly, I feel like the use of high drag factors in machine rowing is overblown - too much of a brag point. I figure I don't need to use the drag factors the national team uses, and certainly not higher. And for sure, what you're doing now, as a back-sparing strategy, could be helpful. That back-curve thing can be really injury-producing. It's the thing I see at the gym often that makes me the most π¬. I feel like that "high cut bathing suit" analogy/cue I've been working with lately is a help with that, for me.
You're making me think, again. I'm not sure how I stop the drive . . . or, maybe I'd say, how I turn the drive around (thinking of it stopping tends to make me inject a micropause, not good!). I know *where* I turn the drive, or ought to: When the suspension ends. But how do I turn it, physically? Hmmm. Good question. I'll have to pay attention, see if I can tell.1 -
I just started doing inverted rows at home tonight. Can't do them with full range of motion though, any tips? Should I set the bar higher? Should I do them with the knees bent?
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3 rounds of circuit training.
My elbow was hurting so I laid off the pull-ups/chin-ups for a while until it felt better, started doing just one set of chin-ups the last 2 times out and... ouch. So I guess I can't do those anymore? Ugh...3 -
So... I wanted to finish my 10 day running streak. Which I did. Yesterday I noticed that I only need 5 more days to get a silly badge for running 365 different days on a running website. Having misunderstood that I figured I'd need a run on 365 different days over all years. And yesterday was such a day missing. So I ran fairly short and fairly fast-ish. Only to finally understand the badge requirements. And then, for no reason at all I ran again today, improving my 2020 3K time. So now I'm at a 12 days streak and now I'll get another silly badge at 20 days. Guess where this is heading..2
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Thanks Ann, appreciate the feedback. We're all students, some just are further along than others (I think you are much further ahead than me).
I did a nice 30 minutes today @ a little under 2:30 pace and felt good. Got up to around 75% of Max HR but wouldn't let it go further. Could've went further on the rower but did 25 minutes of LateralX after to drop the HR back down to around 65% of max. I have a harder row tomorrow and I didn't want to spend too much energy and it was my "easy" day.
I'm supposed to do a 2K TT this month sometime. I'm debating if I want to do it tomorrow. I also have to do an 813m row as well. I'm thinking about "cheating" and setting the row up as an 813 interval on the front end with zero rest and then 1187m after. Except I'd likely fly and die. But then I could kill two birds, metaphorically. Pacing is totally different for the two, so I'll just likely do the 2K tomorrow and get it out of the way. If I can do sub 8 minutes, I'd be shocked. That's terrible for me, but it's where I'm at right now.1 -
45 minute walk looking at Christmas lights
4 one-minute forearm planks
50 dumbbell arm curls 5 pounds1 -
60 min's hiking trails with 20#1
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Concept 2 rowing machine, 8842m (4 x 2K plus row in/out and CD), 2:36.7 pace, 18 spm, HR < 70% reserve. Working on the same stuff, unmoving upper body/arms at the start of the drive (man, I can feel just that little bit of tendency to engage the arms instead of treating them like strong cables!), and posture. I'm finding a little power advantage in this, but then managing the spm downward to keep HR where I want it, as I don't want to reduce pressure (or meters per stroke, however a person wants to think of it).
Earlier in the season, I was trying to move the power curve peak leftward. The "unmoving upper body/arms at start of drive" achieves that *much* more effectively than working it explicitly.
I realized that one thing I actually like about machine rowing (though it's inferior subjectively in nearly all ways compared to boats π) is that power curve: One gets immediate feedback on changes in stroke mechanics. On the water, my best feedback is usually splits over 500m (or multiples) pieces, which is much less granular . . . and the insight is diluted because I mostly row doubles and larger, so the other rower(s) are a variable.
@MikePfirrman, I tried a couple of things, prompted by your comments.
I tried paying attention to how I turn around from finish to recovery. I have to admit, I'm a little flummoxed because of my admittedly poor kinesthetic sense (it's improved over the years of rowing, but it's a personal deficiency generally). I know there *have to* be abdominals key to it, but I'm not feeling it. I do perceive core firmness, generally, and it's a little different before/after turnaround. But I'm feeling hip flexors, I think, at that moment of turnaround. Probably mostly this is about misperception or unperception.
I also kicked the DF down during my cool-down. I usually row around DF 100 +/-, and the bottom of damper on my C2 appears to be 75-76. It seemed like light DF put more priority on catch timing - required more precision in timing how I pick up the suspension, or I don't quite get the suspension I want. That's kind of interesting: Getting load on the blade face before applying leg power is an important element in bladework on the water (IMO). This had some similarities, but the mechanism is very, very different. I wish we were still on water some, so I could try (say) rowing by one in the double (heavier) vs. rowing both, and see if it has any subjective similarity to varying DF on the machine.
Thought provoking!MikePfirrman wrote: Β»Thanks Ann, appreciate the feedback. We're all students, some just are further along than others (I think you are much further ahead than me).
I did a nice 30 minutes today @ a little under 2:30 pace and felt good. Got up to around 75% of Max HR but wouldn't let it go further. Could've went further on the rower but did 25 minutes of LateralX after to drop the HR back down to around 65% of max. I have a harder row tomorrow and I didn't want to spend too much energy and it was my "easy" day.
I'm supposed to do a 2K TT this month sometime. I'm debating if I want to do it tomorrow. I also have to do an 813m row as well. I'm thinking about "cheating" and setting the row up as an 813 interval on the front end with zero rest and then 1187m after. Except I'd likely fly and die. But then I could kill two birds, metaphorically. Pacing is totally different for the two, so I'll just likely do the 2K tomorrow and get it out of the way. If I can do sub 8 minutes, I'd be shocked. That's terrible for me, but it's where I'm at right now.
Do you do usually your TT without a warm up? I think I couldn't (and get a decent time). Even at moderate SS, the first 5 minutes or so for me are kind of a mess.
How about 1187 *then* 813? π Might be motivation to bring it home strong? ππ€£
ETA: I also hauled brush/branches from main part of my yard back to brush pile out back, and raked leaves that had been caught up in the downed branches and lugged those back behind the pole barn, for maybe an hour and a half or so. Hey, it *felt* like exercise, a little!1 -
Concept 2 rowing machine, 8842m (4 x 2K plus row in/out and CD), 2:36.7 pace, 18 spm, HR < 70% reserve. Working on the same stuff, unmoving upper body/arms at the start of the drive (man, I can feel just that little bit of tendency to engage the arms instead of treating them like strong cables!), and posture. I'm finding a little power advantage in this, but then managing the spm downward to keep HR where I want it, as I don't want to reduce pressure (or meters per stroke, however a person wants to think of it).
Earlier in the season, I was trying to move the power curve peak leftward. The "unmoving upper body/arms at start of drive" achieves that *much* more effectively than working it explicitly.
I realized that one thing I actually like about machine rowing (though it's inferior subjectively in nearly all ways compared to boats π) is that power curve: One gets immediate feedback on changes in stroke mechanics. On the water, my best feedback is usually splits over 500m (or multiples) pieces, which is much less granular . . . and the insight is diluted because I mostly row doubles and larger, so the other rower(s) are a variable.
@MikePfirrman, I tried a couple of things, prompted by your comments.
I tried paying attention to how I turn around from finish to recovery. I have to admit, I'm a little flummoxed because of my admittedly poor kinesthetic sense (it's improved over the years of rowing, but it's a personal deficiency generally). I know there *have to* be abdominals key to it, but I'm not feeling it. I do perceive core firmness, generally, and it's a little different before/after turnaround. But I'm feeling hip flexors, I think, at that moment of turnaround. Probably mostly this is about misperception or unperception.
I also kicked the DF down during my cool-down. I usually row around DF 100 +/-, and the bottom of damper on my C2 appears to be 75-76. It seemed like light DF put more priority on catch timing - required more precision in timing how I pick up the suspension, or I don't quite get the suspension I want. That's kind of interesting: Getting load on the blade face before applying leg power is an important element in bladework on the water (IMO). This had some similarities, but the mechanism is very, very different. I wish we were still on water some, so I could try (say) rowing by one in the double (heavier) vs. rowing both, and see if it has any subjective similarity to varying DF on the machine.
Thought provoking!MikePfirrman wrote: Β»Thanks Ann, appreciate the feedback. We're all students, some just are further along than others (I think you are much further ahead than me).
I did a nice 30 minutes today @ a little under 2:30 pace and felt good. Got up to around 75% of Max HR but wouldn't let it go further. Could've went further on the rower but did 25 minutes of LateralX after to drop the HR back down to around 65% of max. I have a harder row tomorrow and I didn't want to spend too much energy and it was my "easy" day.
I'm supposed to do a 2K TT this month sometime. I'm debating if I want to do it tomorrow. I also have to do an 813m row as well. I'm thinking about "cheating" and setting the row up as an 813 interval on the front end with zero rest and then 1187m after. Except I'd likely fly and die. But then I could kill two birds, metaphorically. Pacing is totally different for the two, so I'll just likely do the 2K tomorrow and get it out of the way. If I can do sub 8 minutes, I'd be shocked. That's terrible for me, but it's where I'm at right now.
Do you do usually your TT without a warm up? I think I couldn't (and get a decent time). Even at moderate SS, the first 5 minutes or so for me are kind of a mess.
How about 1187 *then* 813? π Might be motivation to bring it home strong? ππ€£
ETA: I also hauled brush/branches from main part of my yard back to brush pile out back, and raked leaves that had been caught up in the downed branches and lugged those back behind the pole barn, for maybe an hour and a half or so. Hey, it *felt* like exercise, a little!
Thanks Ann for the feedback. I generally do an extensive warmup. If we're talking a real race (and this isn't), I'd do an Eddie Fletcher warmup, which is around 18 minutes of very slow rate, easy stuff, generally keeping your HR around 50% of max. For this, I'll likely just do 10 minutes super easy warmup.
I like that idea of reversing the intervals though! Brain cramp, never even considered that! I just worry I won't have anything left in the tank! I used to be a very strong finisher. Now, I'm more of a survivalist!1 -
1 hr (12,562 metres) on the rower today - hit the 100,000m threshold for the C2 Holiday Challenge, 100,000 more to go by Dec 24th.
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Running streak day 13. Not that successful. I'd kind of hoped to beat my 5K speed from much earlier this year. Looked good... until I hit 2km
Oh well.. in the end it was a good 4k. Next time then. Which reminds me: I finally need to find a route for longer runs. Annoyance is that there aren't really any good runs around here. Too much sand and muddy forest paths - which I can't run on due to hypermobile ankles. 2 -
Moved and restacked 40 bales of hay. Dug post holes and built a small dog run for our puppies. This Katahdin sheep was by my side the entire time I was in the field.
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