What Was Your Work Out Today?
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MikePfirrman wrote: »After yesterday's timed rowing debacle, I did 55 minutes steady state (SS) cardio work. 30 on the rower and 25 on the LateralX. Had some concerning spikes in HR today. Getting a new HRM this week -- mine has been coming loose on the chest belt. Been wanting an arm one. Chest ones are annoying when you're rowing.
Between it coming off all the time and erratic HR, wanted to make sure it's nothing to be concerned about. I've never had issues with HR spiking. That could be a sign or A-fib or similar. I'll just keep an eye on it for now.
FWIW, @MikePfirrman: Mine (chest-belt HRM not heart) starts doing that when the transmitter battery's getting iffy. That was true for my former Polar, and same happens with the current Garmin one.
I'm surprised you have trouble with chest-belt when rowing; that works fine for me. Do you row shirtless? (I don't 😉.) That might make a difference.
For sure, wrist works very poorly for me while rowing, but OK for most everything else. I didn't get my chest belt transmitter connected properly this AM. This was the result 🤣🤣🤣:
I was working on leg drive power this morning, so rowing pretty hard at least part of the time, though slower rating (stroke decides spm, not bow). Pretty sure my heart didn't actually stop that many times, though, among other improbabilities. We were moving for 51:14. That's 22:48 worth of heartbeats shown, and darned slow ones even then. I'm not that fit, or that lazy. 🤣3 -
Treadmill (only a 20 min walk ... time constraints this morning) and Day 7 Epic I (dumbbell lower body workout) ... way too many lunges. My knees don't like them so I interspersed with extra squats and calf lifts.2
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MikePfirrman wrote: »After yesterday's timed rowing debacle, I did 55 minutes steady state (SS) cardio work. 30 on the rower and 25 on the LateralX. Had some concerning spikes in HR today. Getting a new HRM this week -- mine has been coming loose on the chest belt. Been wanting an arm one. Chest ones are annoying when you're rowing.
Between it coming off all the time and erratic HR, wanted to make sure it's nothing to be concerned about. I've never had issues with HR spiking. That could be a sign or A-fib or similar. I'll just keep an eye on it for now.
FWIW, @MikePfirrman: Mine (chest-belt HRM not heart) starts doing that when the transmitter battery's getting iffy. That was true for my former Polar, and same happens with the current Garmin one.
I'm surprised you have trouble with chest-belt when rowing; that works fine for me. Do you row shirtless? (I don't 😉.) That might make a difference.
For sure, wrist works very poorly for me while rowing, but OK for most everything else. I didn't get my chest belt transmitter connected properly this AM. This was the result 🤣🤣🤣:
I was working on leg drive power this morning, so rowing pretty hard at least part of the time, though slower rating (stroke decides spm, not bow). Pretty sure my heart didn't actually stop that many times, though, among other improbabilities. We were moving for 51:14. That's 22:48 worth of heartbeats shown, and darned slow ones even then. I'm not that fit, or that lazy. 🤣
Thanks Ann, yeah, I think it might be just a battery. It's a Coospo, so a cheap one. The one side of the belt clip just won't stay on. It falls off constantly during workouts and has been driving me nuts. It's not bad during SS workouts to have to stop, but it sucks when you're doing a hard workout and trying to not go beyond 90% or so and it keeps falling off over and over.
It's been super reliable and accurate. Just not a fan of the strap.
The ones now can be worn on arm or forearm. I'm going to try one of those (Wahoo's latest one). We'll see. For me, I don't like the chest strap, but I have this small area on my right side that's always irritated and the chest strap makes it worse.
The shirtless part, LOL. No, that's my son when he comes to visit! Never me.3 -
Pamela Reif videos on YouTube- 10 min abs and 15 min booty workouts (ouch!).3
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Plan was for an outdoor 10k. Had it all mapped out. From house to lake around lake and back to house. Hydrated all day in preparation. Well got to the lake and bladder which had been on over drive already wanted to participate. Glad I am still able to hold it so ran by the lake and back home. 4.36 miles with an immediate water break pit stop as I walked in the door. 😮 😅. Good enough to enjoy a glass of wine and some calzone from a local place.3
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I did some lifting yesterday, pretty light as I had fortnight off for my holiday.
OHP: 2 set of 5, 35 kgs
Squat: 2 sets of 5, 70 kgs
Bench:2 sets of 5, 55 kgs.
I lost some weight on holiday - I am now below 140 pounds (63.6 kgs).4 -
Morning ride - 18.52 miles, 13.5 mph avg, 83 minutes. We have returned to mugginess... dang it!2
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MikePfirrman wrote: »The ones now can be worn on arm or forearm. I'm going to try one of those (Wahoo's latest one). We'll see. For me, I don't like the chest strap, but I have this small area on my right side that's always irritated and the chest strap makes it worse.
The shirtless part, LOL. No, that's my son when he comes to visit! Never me.
I"ve had good luck with Garmin chest straps, but moved to the Wahoo Tickr and love it. Easy to pair, rock solid and no issues w/chest strap connections. To eliminate chance of irritation due to the strap rubbing, I just apply a bit of aquaphor, body glide or chamois butter. No irritation, even after 7-8hours.
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1.25 mile run followed by bootcamp.. was really dragging today...3
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Cardio + Leg day for me !3
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I do 20 Min Beginners Intro to Recumbent Bike Intervals Workout many time per day4
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Dreary weather today, so no hiking. I decided to do a run instead, in the area surrounding our cabin, asphalt and gravel roads.
Ups and downs between sea level and around 20m elevation.
I'm still figuring out how to pace myself when not running on a treadmill and I ended up pushing myself a lot harder than intended.
End result (which shocked me in a good way):
5.10km in 35min20, which is a pace of 6min55/km.
That pace is unheard of for me, certainly over that long a distance! There may be a runner hiding in me yet, lol.4 -
7-8 am:
Strength
Vacuums - 3x10-60s (30s-3m)
Yoga
Sun Salutations (10-30m)
Conditioning: E3MOM
Jumprope - 5x2m (10m) (15m)
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Did a 30 minute, rate 20 (20 SPM) row at lunch along w/ 20 easy minutes on the AD Pro (Assault Bike). Probably went too hard on the rower. Let the HR get up to around 151 or so, which is like 80% of max. Way too hard for a Steady State easier day but I felt like it. Around 6250 meters on the rower and then really easy pedaling on the bike.2
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Treadmill (36 min walk) and Day 8 EPIC I (upper body dumbbell workout)4
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Followed MD's orders and gave the legs another day off from running. Picked up my bike from the fitter, who gave it a pre race once over, and then I headed off for 90 minutes of deep tissue work and assisted stretching. Looking forward to an open water swim before work tomorrow.
Ten days to race day.4 -
23.11 mile bike ride, 11.1 mph moving average; 15% Z3, 56% Z2, remainder below, so easy pace. Not as windy today, which helped moderate the effort. New shifter seems to work OK.
Got cleared by retinologist yesterday for any activities/exertion I like, post-surgery: I can start carrying my own boats again tomorrow, which makes me happy.5 -
Did my usual off work day elliptical. 99 minutes but getting faster, registered 8.34 miles instead of 8!3
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I did 1 hour on the treadmill, on an incline. Then 15 minutes yoga. I could only do 12,506 steps today, not great but I’m working my way back to my regular steps. My feet hurt!😫 Back at it tomorrow.
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Started my day with yoga and I have spin class this afternoon.4
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Yoga...4
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yoga today5
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Quick open water swim before work. Focused on maintaining swim form and breathing cadence. Covered 2100 yds at my easy "race pace: of 2:15/100yds. This is fairly slow, since the goal is to exit the swim feeling great as I start the bike split.4
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Today a 6km hike in 2 hours.
Not really a big challenge fitness-wise, but definitely not an easy walk. Constant up and down, alternating between tree roots, rocks and boulders of varying sizes (sometimes with ropes or chains to hold on to) and boggy areas (sometimes with planks strewn across).
Definitely would have loved to have longer legs for getting up and down those obstacles and across the boggy areas 😁 but beautiful landscapes.2 -
No deliberate exercise this morning... was out late with the better half and slept in this morning (got up at 6:30 instead of 5:30
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Will be getting exercise after work by moving all the furniture out of one of the bedrooms... gonna pull the carpet and replace it with laminate flooring this weekend. This is the only room that I have not replaced the flooring in yet this year, so it will be nice to mark finished on this project.3 -
Bought a new Wahoo Tickr HRM that goes on the arm. I'm still debating if I like it. Loved how it felt. Not sure it's close to as accurate as the chest strap ones.
Did 6 X 500m rowing machine with 5 minute breaks. During the breaks did HIIT lifting again. Quick succession legs, chest, shoulders w/ no rest between sets. Sit back on the rower, get to actually rest around 90 seconds, rinse and repeat.
Tried to hold all under 2:00 pace, which would have been modest for me a few years ago. It was a huge challenge with the lifting today. Heat wasn't bad. Made it to 5 and barely missed on the 6th one. Only around 46 minutes total working time, around 650 calories burned. Wanted to really push today. Last two sets I thought my heart would beat out of my chest and I hit 180 HR, so that's good. The last rowing set, I hit mid 1:30s pace, then quit, started up, quit again and still almost made 2:00 pace. Ended up at a 2:00.1. Happy I didn't just quit outright.3 -
Rowed bow in the quad, around 8400m: Double loop upstream again, splitting the river by agreement with the university ski team. (It's lovely that they want to do this, this semester.) Had a couple folks in the quad who don't usually row in multi-person boats, one new from this year's learn-to-row class, but with my ultra-tall, solid, smooth metronome-like rower buddy M setting cadence in stroke.
BTW: I can't overstate how happy I am to be carrying my own share of the boat again!
(Quad = Probably around 100 pounds, +/-, 40' long, awkward. Four people carry. Various movements: Out of rack (which in this case is about shoulder height, boat guts up, which is unusual (most boats are guts down)); then carry it to slings outside the boathouse, lower to slings which are below waist. Next, we fiddle with foot placement (move the shoes/foot stretchers while the boat's in the slings. Then, from slings, lift overhead (guts down); then, to take it to the river, lower to shoulders to carry; then lift overhead again, swing down to the water. Put the oars in, dock side oars first, then outside.)
Rowers in boat is a choreographed thing, too. Once in, count down from stern when ready, move the boat along the dock; when clear of dock, river turn (back on one side, alternating with row on the other, following stroke rower to synchronize). Then bow (me) calls "Ready . . . row". We start with one half slide stroke, then go to full slide.
After, I walked 6.36 miles at 3.2mph moving average. Lunch at midpoint, finished the circuit, then 10' park machine pseudo strength training (2 circuits, easing back in after surgery hiatus). The odd bodyweight-ish machines look like this:
I think this is *not* very serious strength work, but it's easy to do while I'm there.😆 Better than nothing, eh? 😉5 -
Treadmill (36 min walk) and Day 9 EPIC I (Full Body Workout with Dumbbells)2
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Enduro race training circuit
Spin bike 2 minute intervals with varying difficulty and speed. Every 10 minutes
10 50 pound sandbag bent over rows
10 50 pound sandbag shoulder press
10 50 pound sandbag front squats
25 sit-ups
** Repeat for 2 hours **5 -
gearhead426hemi wrote: »Enduro race training circuit
Spin bike 2 minute intervals with varying difficulty and speed. Every 10 minutes
10 50 pound sandbag bent over rows
10 50 pound sandbag shoulder press
10 50 pound sandbag front squats
25 sit-ups
** Repeat for 2 hours **
Wow. That's quite a session!1
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