8 by 1min on 1min off - training

 The session is the World Indoor Virtual Challenge No4 Heartbeat, but for me today this was a training session on getting comfortable with being uncomfortable and hitting the OCD target, job done 😀

30r20 open HR (TT)

 So Monday training called for a 30r20 open HR (Time Trial of sorts), absolute aim is completion of the piece, secondary aim is pain.... I mean gain on previous weeks, bearing in mind sickness/fatigue, stress etc

Initially I aimed at 1:52.5 to hit 8k, I haven't rowed 8k in any 30 min piece since starting back, found it hit 1:51.4 on split one without thinking I was about to die.. so new target acquired, pretty happy with that, late in the evening again and tired legs, but let's Just Get It Done.

Ignore the 7th rep... 😆 

30r20 HRR 75% stupid split.. 😆 then a minute

 No training opportunity yesterday, so grabbed one tonight, late out at 11pm so "easy row" of 30r20 HRR 75% gotta love the HR keeping steady, looks like some progression on that front. Then dropped in a 1 minute just to give a blood boost. Good training, onwards and upwards 

Attempt No2. World Indoor Rowing Virtual Champs - Heartbeat

 I've a new phrase, JGID doesn't really flow very well  😆 stands for Just Get It Done. So off the back of a early start (6.30am) off the back of a late night (1.30am) after having to get a few things sorted for the kids. A morning in work (sat on my butt in meetings mainly) I headed down to the gym in work and was gutted as I walked in to see someone on the erg 😆 but he was off after a few minutes, so warm up done, target of 323 (I like that number 😆) and off I set, 324m first rep, nuts, oh well new target 😆  all went well, 4th rep slightly short but funnily the average overall came back to 323 after my 10m deduction 😞

Still think the power guys should be smashing this at 1:25 ish pace but we'll see

Oh yes, the arm started falling towards me on the last two reps 😆 

30r20 HRR max 153

 That was a nice row, shows a bit of progression in terms of the old heart ❤️ 😉

World Indoor Rowing Virtual Champs - Heartbeat

 8by1 min 1min rest, the aim is to hit the same distance on every rep, this is similar to the 6by1 I did in the olden days... lol well 10 years ago, used to be able to get that done in 1:25 ish... today slightly more conservative to get a score on the door, aimed for 313, got 314 on first rep so locked that in, nerve wracking at the end of every minute to see what the total comes out as 😆 

30r20 battling the machine

 Battling the machine tonight, not in the normal way, but because the machine in the gym I go to when I take my son to swimming lessons is not well looked after, well, actually its been abused to be honest.. badly... I'll pop those pictures up first, literally the machine moved across the floor on every stroke, front legs had been bent so that it was sat on the wheels, back legs missing the rubber, I tried to drop a couple of weights on but still every stroke the machine edged back and forth, also max drag was 98 ... so anyways did my best, but went from a 30r20 TT to a HRR row. Turned out quite well bearing all that in mind.