I would appreciate hearing your comments on how often you row. My understanding is that rowing is a low/no impact sport and therefore can be performed daily, 7 days/week. How about twice a day rows? Is this considered ok, or does it put one at risk of an overuse injury?
Thanks for your opinion.
Twice a day??
Re: Twice a day??
I think most people would recommend a day off a week, except during short "overload" training or where 10+ sessions are done a week, on the grounds that improvements are made while you rest. Also, you cannot generalise as sessions differ radically. few people do more than 3 intense sessions a week, so yes, some do 15 sessions a week or so, but the vast majority of these will be slow distances. Intense interval sessions take there toll even if not putting excessive impact on joints.Jim40 wrote:I would appreciate hearing your comments on how often you row. My understanding is that rowing is a low/no impact sport and therefore can be performed daily, 7 days/week. How about twice a day rows? Is this considered ok, or does it put one at risk of an overuse injury?
Thanks for your opinion.
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I row mainly for control of weight and blood pressure. In the past I've beaten tobacco and alcohol, but I'm finding it hard to resist the biscuit tin (erm, I suppose I should say "cookie jar" over this side of the water 
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I normally row early in the morning, but a couple of weeks ago I was forced by circumstance to row in the mid-evening. Contrary to my expectations, I was delighted to find that my usual late-night desire for nibbles had been suppressed. So I'm now tempted to add a few gentle, appetite-dampening evening rows to my x4-5 per week morning sessions. I might start with some 40' at 2:10 (I would usually do this at 2:00 - 2:05).
Cheers
Dave
).I normally row early in the morning, but a couple of weeks ago I was forced by circumstance to row in the mid-evening. Contrary to my expectations, I was delighted to find that my usual late-night desire for nibbles had been suppressed. So I'm now tempted to add a few gentle, appetite-dampening evening rows to my x4-5 per week morning sessions. I might start with some 40' at 2:10 (I would usually do this at 2:00 - 2:05).
Cheers
Dave
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