You Know It's Been A Good Workout When...

[[old] kwadams]

Trust me, I don't break any records on the erg; but I've been enjoying training on it for a couple of years now and it has led me to trying on the water rowing this past season, which I'm convinced is where it's at. I wasn't feeling all that great this morning when I started my 10K erging session, but for some reason I got into it and my sprint at the end was like nothing I had ever seen. Just one of those days, I guess.<br /><br />Anyway, after I finished and was in a heap, I said to myself "man, you know it's a good workout when you blow the c-breeze off the fan and the heart rate receiver comes un-glued and falls on the floor."<br /><br />I'm sure many of you could do better, but I thought it had the making of a fun thread if anyone is interested.<br /><br />Kevin

[[old] johnnybike]

I'll join in<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW (you know it has been a good workout when)<br /><br />A rower on the next C2 stops and asks if you are OK as you are lying on the floor next to your C2<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />The concerned rower is joined by a gym instructor<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />With 500m to go you are looking around for the nearest container to vomit in, knowing you won't make it to the toilet in time<br /><br /><br />John<br />

[[old] Citroen]

YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />You've sat on the rower for an hour and seen 12 other folks jump on and off the rower next to you.<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />You've done a 20' warm-up and the guy next to you says "that looked like a good work-out".<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />There's a pint of sweat in a pool under the rail.<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />You've done 42,195 m in under three hours. [Note: I've never had this good a workout.]

[[old] hepting]

YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />You think of reasons to quite 5 times during the workout but stick with it giving it your all until the end of the piece.

[[old] afolpe]

<br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />the young guys you persuaded to row a bit with you are coming up with reasons why they can't finish the last few intervals...<br /><br />af

[[old] Laupi]

<b>YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />.........my legs tremble and i feel like a jelly bean after taking a blow of water<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />..... the power is sucked out my body more than after a hot stand.<br /><br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br /><br />......ny flat ass prickles like someone used needles to poke into me.</b>

[[old] Ray79]

YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />.............You fall off the machine at the end of a 2 km test and someone else has to take our feet out of the straps so you can go into the foetal position.............where you stay for 5 mins............before sitting up for 5 mins before even attempting to walk...........and when you do its like learning again.<br /><br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />..............You actully <b>need</b> help to take off your t-shirt because there is so much sweat on it.<br /><br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />..............everything you touch becomes covered with a film of your sweat..........no matter what part of your body touches it<br /><br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />.............Your shins start sweating (something i never experienced til i started rowing.<br /><br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />..............You go rowing on a freezing cold crisp winter morning and there is a "cloud" of steam surrounding your boat, all of it coming from the crew.<br /><br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />..............You go rowing in the teeming rain, come off the water afer an hour and think to yourself "That was fun" (seriously, not sarcastically)

[[old] dadams]

These are great!!!! More...more!!!!

[[old] johnnybike]

<!--QuoteBegin-Ray79+Nov 10 2005, 02:11 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Ray79 @ Nov 10 2005, 02:11 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />..............You actully <b>need</b> help to take off your t-shirt because there is so much sweat on it.<br /><br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />.............Your shins start sweating (something i never experienced til i started rowing.<br /><br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Those 2 are so true Ray, not that the others aren't of course.<br /><br />Which leads me to<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />Your t-shirt is so cold and clammy as you start to move to the drinks fountain.<br />

[[old] Citroen]

YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />your wife/girlfriend/partner/significant other refuses to go anywhere near your biologically hazardous gym kit.<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />your sweaty training shoes look like you left them out in the rain all night.<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW <br /><br />the erg slid a foot backwards because it isn't screwed to the floor.<br /><br />

[[old] Carl Henrik]

YKIHBAGWW<br /><br />You want to tell the forum about it

[[old] mpukita]

<br />YKIHBAGWW ...<br /><br />... you can log a new PB (at any distance) and you weren't trying to do anything but "train" when you strapped in ... you were in the "Zone" ...

[[old] kwadams]

Yes, that's what I'm talking about! These are great--I knew you could do better than me. Ray, I thought the one about needing someone to take your feet out of the straps just so you could get yourself into the fetal position was the best. I've had my wife coming rushing down to the basement after a hard workout, see me curled up on the floor in pain, and all I can muster was "man, that was a good workout..." Of course, my wife just mutters "sick..." and walks out.<br /><br />How about YKIHBAGWW... <br /><br />the basement sump pump turns on due to the sweat running off the floor<br /><br />Keep 'em coming!<br /><br />Kevin<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

[[old] Jef]

YKIHBAGWW ...<br /><br />...you've been so long your wife thinks you're having an affair<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW ...<br /><br /> ... you need to be surgically removed from the seat<br /><br />YKIHBAGWW ...<br /><br /> .. you've bettered all of Dougies/JohnnyB's PB's ( I dream, I dream)

[[old] Byron Drachman]

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->.You go rowing on a freezing cold crisp winter morning and there is a "cloud" of steam surrounding your boat, all of it coming from the crew. </td></tr></table> <br /><br />I'd like to answer the opposite question: You know it's NOT been a good workout when...<br /><br />A week ago or so, it was 28 degrees F. The dock was covered with a thin coat of ice and I was afraid I was going to slip while carrying the shell to the water. I was wearing two thin layers on my legs, two thin wool jerseys, a cap and homemade pogies. I was dressed just right for the conditions I thought. I was happily rowing along, concentrating on keeping the technique as good as I could. Just then, an MSU woman varsity rower flew past me. She was wearing shorts and a tank top. Yikes! I'm such a wimp.<br /><br />Byron