When it comes to rowing, I have a little history, because I rowed in a team (let's not say "competitively", we weren't that good) back in 2003-2004. My training speed on an indoor rowing machine was 2:00 per 500m. I could keep this speed up for quite a long time, but typically I rowed segments of 2k and then rested.
My 2k in the gym today ended with the last pathetic stores of energy just barely allowing me to cross the finish line in under 8 minutes. Then I sat on the machine and waited for my head to stop spinning and my heart rate to return to normal while feeling the heat come off my body in waves. Clearly things have changed since 2004.
Unfortunately I forgot to set my HRM properly and I only have the heart rate for the last six minutes, but that does clearly show that I peaked somewhere around 175, which was right at the end when I kept the time below 8 minutes out of sheer grit and desperation.
If nothing else, my performance on the 2k rowing ought to be a decent measure of my improvement over time. If I keep the time to 8 minutes, I should hopefully see a decrease in maximum and average heart rate as my cardiovascular fitness improves.
My 2k in the gym today ended with the last pathetic stores of energy just barely allowing me to cross the finish line in under 8 minutes. Then I sat on the machine and waited for my head to stop spinning and my heart rate to return to normal while feeling the heat come off my body in waves. Clearly things have changed since 2004.
If nothing else, my performance on the 2k rowing ought to be a decent measure of my improvement over time. If I keep the time to 8 minutes, I should hopefully see a decrease in maximum and average heart rate as my cardiovascular fitness improves.
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