I've had my machine just under a month and am having a blast. (I'll be crossing the 200km mark tonight.) However, I am coming into rowing from a sedentry lifestyle, and I never did play sports as a youth, so my experience in training is essentially nil.
I am working out mostly for general CV fitness, and as I have mentioned before, I eventually want to do a rowing marathon, or even a 100k if I get to feeling really ambitious. My medium-term goal is to do a sub-40 10k. I certainly have a long way to go. (There is no way I am anywhere close to maintaining a 2:00 pace for any length of time right now.)
For my workouts I have settled into doing 1hr @ ~85%MHR. (plus 8 min. warmup and cooldown @ 140BPM.) I have been doing this 5-6 days a week. So far, my PB for this workout is 13000m, exactly. (I am a 6'2" LW.)
At the current time, I am feeling a little sore/stiff pretty much all over, although moreso in my knees, and I was feeling a little creaky after last night's workout. I don't feel debilitated, but I am not exactly taking the stairs three at a time either. I am not currently taking anything for the soreness since it isn't THAT bad.
Is this just soreness that would be expected with any sudden jump in exercise levels that I am just going to have to "burn" through? Or is this an indication of overtraining, and I should go to one day on/one day off as a schedule until all the soreness goes away?
SirWired
Overtraining or just plain soreness?
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johnlvs2run
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Is that 85% of MHR or 85% of HRR.
My 85% of Heart Rate Reserve is only 80% of MHR.
This makes a big difference. Anyway you are going a good pace every day, which is excellent for building up your capacity.
Once you get to a certain level, I like to go up to 85% of HRR twice a week, and keep to 50-70% of HRR on the other five days.
This gives me more time for recovery, and developing endurance and stamina, plus you are more rested for the two days a week you go faster and can accomplish more from the sessions.
However, there are lots of ways to achieve. Just pick the ones that work best for you.
My 85% of Heart Rate Reserve is only 80% of MHR.
This makes a big difference. Anyway you are going a good pace every day, which is excellent for building up your capacity.
Once you get to a certain level, I like to go up to 85% of HRR twice a week, and keep to 50-70% of HRR on the other five days.
This gives me more time for recovery, and developing endurance and stamina, plus you are more rested for the two days a week you go faster and can accomplish more from the sessions.
However, there are lots of ways to achieve. Just pick the ones that work best for you.
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almostflipped
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Its probably not overtraining in the big sense of the word, but your body may need a little time to adapt. Try doing 3 workouts next week at 60% HRR. The added rest will probably help your body adapt and result in faster splits the following week. Generally speaking, I always have every 4th or 6th week as a recovery week to let the body build itself up and adapt.