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Needed a reboot, so I'm back. Do you follow the plan exactly when you return? I actually changed all the SS to either 45 or 1hr sessions and just keep the intervals. Recently I've been playing with Pete's 5k plan, the 12*500m 1r are tough.. I was destroyed the first time I tried it with an overly o...

Needed a reboot, so I'm back. Do you follow the plan exactly when you return? I actually changed all the SS to either 45 or 1hr sessions and just keep the intervals. Recently I've been playing with Pete's 5k plan, the 12*500m 1r are tough.. I was destroyed the first time I tried it with an overly o...

After a break of 17 days with too much food and drinks, I am having hard time with even easy sessions. How long do you guys take to get back in the groove? Normally I row about 5 days a week, easy rows are a few splits higher with higher heart rates too. This is coming from someone without much lif...

After a break of 17 days with too much food and drinks, I am having hard time with even easy sessions. How long do you guys take to get back in the groove? Normally I row about 5 days a week, easy rows are a few splits higher with higher heart rates too.

I sweat a ton and a headband definitely helps! Head band + 2 large wrist bands and fan facing me full blast. Still, end of last HM (in 31C, 76% humidity) I had quite a pool of sweat under the RowErg and my feet were literally bathing in my shoes. Had to pour the sweat off the shoes before putting t...

I sweat a ton and a headband definitely helps!

Heart rate recovery is an interesting metric, I know that my average heart rate for the same intervals have gone lower even though the splits have gotten faster. It's probably a simpler statistic to track compared to time to recovery and the two are highly correlated. For a more unbiased analysis, y...

4*2km 4r one of my most dreaded sessions, did it with Tour de France last few km on the telly so I knew there were plenty suffering with me. :D last 500m fighting HD thoughts all the way. Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 32:57.2 8,000m 2:03.5 185 938 27 8:15.3 2,000m 2:03.8 184 934 27 183 8:15.3 2,...

My training is always fasted because of family obligations. 20-30 minutes is the most difficult. Afterwards, my body adjusts. I used to do time restricted fasting and didn't eat past 8pm till noon, most of my training was done during lunch so always fasted training. After a trip to Japan in April I...

That's why i think i need to train more to get used to fasted training to improve the fat metabolism.

I'm another who's Hr doesn't align with RPE in terms of the zonal bandings. I can plug away with a hr just below 170 for 45-60min and it feel like a max RPE 5 session with a lazy stroke & higher rating - 170 is my zone 5 Hr threshold by the bandings. I find anything with a Hr around 150 as "easy"; ...

Fasted state is not the best for me to workout, so probably it was related to it as you seem to not be used to it, too. Interesting you mentioned this, I did fasted training a while back for SS and stopped fasted training for a few months. Yesterday I was planning a 1hr fasted SS row in the morning...

6*1km 1r, much tougher than the session last week where I had 4m rest. 24:31.5 6,000m 2:02.6 190 953 28 184 4:06.7 1,000m 2:03.3 186 941 27 175 4:06.5 1,000m 2:03.2 187 943 28 181 4:06.4 1,000m 2:03.2 187 944 28 183 4:06.4 1,000m 2:03.2 187 944 28 187 4:06.6 1,000m 2:03.3 187 942 28 187 3:59.0 1,000...

Who needs a fan, olli zeidler trains in the sauna.
https://youtu.be/eyWTo_bi-48

Jokes aside, did two 1hr rows on the weekend and I'm struggling to keep my hr down even with a fan and cbreeze pointed at me.

Trying to work on building up lactate threshold for the 5k. Target was 2:03 based on previous 5k pace (2:03.5). I just realised the last time i did 4*1k with 3m rest I was averaging 1:58. No wodner it felt easier today. Lol Pete always claimed 6 x 1k r1' was at about 5k pace! I messed up and did a ...