Long Day Rows / Long Steady State Aftereffects

[mdpfirrman]

Thanks Strider. Interesting stuff. I'd hate to argue the merits of anyone's diet. Seen that on the forums before and it can get quite ugly and even absurd. Shawn Baker has shown that he does quite well on nearly zero carbs (and good for him). I'd consider Paleo if I could afford all grass fed meat. The reason I do mostly carbs (a lot of veggies and whole organic grains) is that from the research I've read, a WFPB (whole food, plant based) diet works by far best for Fibromyalgia (and most chronic illness). I used to be lower carb and it took some adjusting actually reducing the fat. I honestly think my body did quite well on higher fat but I've adjusted OK to more carbs over time. The wife seems to be doing fantastic, so that's what most important to me.

James - thanks for the reminder on the resting HR. I'm guilty of not monitoring that. I've given that advice to others (read it on US Rowing that it's a common practice for high level training to monitor resting HR for signs of overtraining). US Rowing said to do nothing but very slow recovery rows until the resting HR is back down to normal, then resume normal training. I found your approach interesting. Seems like you like doing shorter, intense rows but limiting the meters?

Dean - Good luck on the diet. It's not that easy giving up dairy! Done it two years now. Also three years no gluten/wheat. I do feel better overall. For the arthritis, look into Astaxanthin. It's a supplement that helps a ton with joint pain. I do start-up recruiting and dealt with a lot of companies that first produced it. It's does wonders combined with Fish Oil. Recent research shows it drastically reduces oxidative stress and is one of the most effective supplements for neck/back pain. Makes Omega 3s more effective. I take it for my bad right knee (docs debated doing a knee replacement on it 12 years ago) and have had great results. Fairly cheap too. It's long been known on the triathlon circuit. It improves endurance and performance as well. It's the pink stuff that salmon eat that allows them to swim up stream to spawn. Pretty amazing stuff. When I was working with some of the first companies that produced it, I had an old dog I was trying to keep around (I'm such a sucker for my animals they probably get better supplements than I take!). He had bad hips. Was told he wouldn't live to 9. At 10, I started giving this stuff to him. The vets had him on steroids at the time for his bad hips. When they did liver enzyme profiles (to monitor the damage done by the steroids), the vets couldn't believe his liver enzyme readings were as good as they were (steroids wreck your liver). This dog passed in 2014 at age 12 (had a good life). Anyway, turns out last year, there was a study that Astaxanthin shows tremendous promise for liver enzyme counts. They are now looking at it as an alternative medicine for people with failing livers. My old dog and me could have told them that a few years ago! L-Carnosine is another I'm keen on recently (it's a molecule of beta alanine and histidine). Without eating much meat, it's another great supplement to consider.

[strider]

You are welcome.

Having been given three years to live in 2006 due to monster heart disease, my demise has been very seriously postponed.
Research into highly beneficial foods, and legitimate well researched training and rehab programs, was very important.
My cardiologist insisted nothing was going to change my fate. No new food or exercise program would make a difference.

Trendy information is fun for experimentation, but solid research is for some of us, a necessity.

I forgot to mention, in the study, all athletes did endurance to exhaustion tests initially, and all continued with identical training throughout the program, with repeat tests at the same endurance to exhaustion pace when repeat tests were done. Initial averages were very close, but greatly diverged after months of different diets.

I think a few years later, the carb loading trend developed, based on minor improvement with just a few days of high carb diet, to get a boost of 3-5%.