Training has been hit and miss of late, but that's life, just got to keep doing what we can when we can at these times. In myself I know I can get back to close to my old times on the erg, but I've a few ducks to align still, one is bodyweight and composition, currently this morning i weigh 121.4kg, at least 10kg off where I need it, still better than the 135kg I'd drifted back to recently, alongside that is where I am carrying the weight, the midrift/stomach is wouldn't say I'm fat there, it doesn't pinch more than an inch lol but there's "mass" which causes issues on the drive portion of my stroke. I do feel like I'm missing mentally and physically the longer rows, its rare to go over 30min. This culmination means when I go to perform hi intensity rows, it is often my breathing that holds me back and I haven't had a leg wobble session since returning, well up until last night lol late night training again, went out and did my warm up with the idea of 8by500m 1.30r, plucked a starting point of 1:32.5 and said juat do 4 for tonight, at 250m in that thought got straight sucked outta my brain, handle down... end of session.. no, I get little enough opportunity to row, let's aim for 1:38 so I did, first rep 1:37.4 so new target acquired, get at least 4 reps in, then 6 and finally 8... in the 7th and 8th I was finally getting a leg pump, on completion I felt sh.t ... 😆 but this is the feeling we need to get to, feeling slightly ill and slightly wobbly means the session has done what it needed to do, broke us down a little so we rebuild stronger faster better...
HRV and HR readings elevated this morning which further shows it was a good horrible session. Onwards and upwards
