Steady she goes ...

[psychling]

Unlike much of my athletic career I'm approaching rowing strategically. Persistence and consistency. No massive hours or meter mania. So after a bit more than 3 weeks of rowing once a day-ish for an hour ... I find that my endurance and times have improved and I am not knackered for the remainder of the day.

That in itself is a benefit.

Also, hard to deny that the hassle and lack of safety factors of bicycling have an impact.

[jackarabit]

Rowing is excellent prep for traffic jamming and proving trees are tougher than collarbones. Five or six casually "once a dayish" 1 hr. sessions is considerable volume and should produce at the very least endorphins in the body. Jack

[Cyclingman1]

First thing, you have provided no gender, age, weight, or height info.

An hour a day is actually a lot for a beginning rower. What are your rowing stats: avg pace and strokes per minute? What drag factor do you use?

Seems like you are off to a very good start.