@aussieluke Luke- Thanks again Luke. Into the second day and no problems. Will test for results in a week or two and when it shows improvement, will add something else, like either pull-up or a KB movement every hour along with it. It’s working, because I’m doing it. And a little of anything, including rowing, is infinitely better than nothing.
@mdpfirrman Mike - thanks for the caution re strength training. Newbies can’t be too cautious with that… all the guys I heard from at work who injured themselves working out in gyms and health clubs got their serious injuries by doing too much too soon. Regarding the 4x1K - since it is the first cycle of PP, and the target pace for the first three intervals was so very conservative, the main goal was to do the 4th interval, standalone, as a new season best 1K.
One very happy result of the forum participation and trying the Pete Plan, is that the accumulative effect of what I’ve been sharing about it with my wife has influenced her to supplement her daily walking with some time on the rowing machine. I’m extremely happy about that. Her perspective and viewpoint of using the C2 is worlds different from mine, so I’m happy that she is using it in any way, to any degree.
@lindsayh Lindsay- Impressive pace for 4x1K. Much more so, because it was a “cautious” pace! I’m curious why you chose to do the first 1K at the fastest pace and then each subsequent 1K at a slightly slower pace, instead of your choice of one “cautious” pace for all of the first 3 and then doing the last interval as fast as you (cautiously) could? No mention of it bothering your back, so I guess it was 100% success in that important regard!
@paul45 Paul- Another day of good progress to check off in your PP5KT.
@jackarabit Jack- On my PP Cycle 1 Wk3 Day1, the HR display never dropped out on either the PM3 or on the PM “twin” computer monitor for RowPro, so I think that where the chart for those first 3 intervals shows HR going straight down to zero, it’s the RowPro software losing HR in transition/shifting from the 1K distance interval to its following 5 minute time interval. The previous, years older version of Windows version RowPro which I used before this brand new version of RowPro 5 for the Mac would not allow me to combine distance intervals with timed rest periods… With the older Windows version, if an interval was distance, the rest had to be distance also and.. if the interval was time, the rest had to be time also.
But with RowPro 5 for the Mac, I can mix distance intervals with timed rests or vice versa if I wish. It still has a few bugs though, and I think that where the graph showed HR going to zero at those two intermissions was evidence of a minor bug. Another thing that I noticed in the way of bugs was that after I finished the third 1K interval and RowPro made transition from that distance interval to the timed rest following it, the display on the computer monitor continued to show a pace of about 1:56 instead of the actual pace during the final timed rest, which was about 3:00. The PM3 showed actual pace during the rest. RowPro didn’t show actual pace during the 3rd rest period until just before the end of the rest period, when it finally agreed with the PM3 and showed a pace of 3:05. I took a screenshot of that and displayed it on my blog but didn’t think it was relevant to the Pete Plan and so didn’t put that image in the forum post.
I’ve had fairly consistent success with the PM3 and its receiver, but have gone through 3 different heart straps and finally stopped wearing a shirt while rowing, which seems to get the best results with HR display. I’ve read a few others saying that with some HR straps, the shirt can cause intermittent problems by causing false signals the receiver/software algorithm can’t make sense of.
HR still drops out sometimes, no matter what the session, intervals or not. I think there are many different causes, sometimes software, sometimes hardware, sometimes fleshware (irregular HR due to excessive caffeine, dehydration, or other reasons I’ve encountered over the years that make the ticker hiccup). And of course, weak batteries…which I don’t replace until the problem gets more and more chronic or HR totally disappears and I test the battery to find that it is 10% or lower.
@mdpfhirrman Mike-maybe there will be rental rowboats available where you are vacationing! OTW meters!
@aussieluke Luke- Nice GTG hour (3x20’ r22) Luke. By breaking it into 3 chunks, it looks like you might also be raising the pace over what you’d do in a 1-piece hour.
@JohnAd John-Thanks for comment on 4th 1K pace graph. It was the plan and the only thing missing was I didn’t know what the best pace should be for the settled portion but am happy to have erred on slow side instead of crashing into and then sliding down a wall before the finish. Always feels good to have some gas left in the tank. You did a nice set of 8x500s, John! Looks like you were eager to turn loose and “chomping on the bit”, in the 7th interval.
@bisqeet Dean- with all those HMs you are having for snacks, is there an ocean-rowing voyage in your future plans? As for how many rotations this guy is doing - I’m on 3rd week of first cycle and trying to be very conservative with pace target for each of the speed/endurance intervals, so I should be in for at least two more cycles for a total of 3 before I start to feel the squeeze and ponder that question in the more stark light of what reality turns out to be.
@jackarabit Jack- Speaking of defibrillators and psych wards, my wife has more than once suggested investing in a defibrillator. Of course I don’t think she is serious but it has always been in connection with me mentioning that I’m going to join in some kind of a race. Your comment led to the thought: since a defibrillator functions by administering a dose of high voltage in a targeted manner, I wonder - could it double as a device for administering psych ward shock therapy? If so, then a defibrillator would offer the best of both worlds, quick recovery so a guy could jump right back on to the C2 and psych ward indoctrination, if his wife turns out to be right and his attention to rowing is certifiably crazy. But… I think defibrillators are very expensive and if we were going to spend that much money, I’d rather get a new C2. Then wifey and I could both row at the same time. I’d give her a generous head start whenever we would race…
Once a Pete Planner always a Pete Planner, Jack - I hope that whether you next choose the BPP or anything else, you keep posting in this thread.
@Litewait. Tim- nicely done 9,500 meter steady. Godforsaken? I think the rowing machine is more like a gift from God. But some OTW rowers refer to the erg as “an instrument of torture,” among other comparable terms. However, many OTW rowers have changed their minds and even go so far as to allow rowing machines into their homes.
Yes... beer tastes best after you’ve done each rowing contest.
@Bloodbuzz Corio Rohan-Thanks for the welcome. Looking forward to your race results and tale of the toil and travail.
@G-Dub Glen- Impressive 8x500. Looks like you had a good amount of gas left in the tank for the last split. What was your DF?
Oct 24 PP Cycle 1 Week 3 Day 2
no warmup
15K steady
previous average pace for this piece in previous cycle: N/A
Targets
1. Rating 22
2. HR anything less than 75% max, the lower the better.
3. Pace: the slower the better
Straps loose
DF 120
no warm down
15K report, charts:
my desktop wallpaper:
Blogged it at:
http://etherealrowing.com/pete-plan-cyc ... k-3-day-2/
I am looking forward to it
