Seeing some great workouts from everyone on this thread - particularly impressive amounts of volume, everyone really getting the metres/calorie burn in.
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Quick update for last few days:
Wednesday 16th:
- 50 minutes on BikeErg, Z1/Z2 easy spin, 21756m
Thursday 17th:
- Rest day
Friday 18th:
- Strength training, basically several sets of 5 rep heavy deadlifts
- 4 x 2000m AT interval RowErg
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This workout was especially tough after the deadlifts, felt really smoked and wanting to quit for the first two intervals, managed to dig in and complete the workout. Obviously I known that in an IDEAL world, one would keep taxing CNS exercises like deadlifts well away from demannding high aerobic/threshold work, as you're especially hammering two very different energy systems/metabolic demands. But unlike Olympic athletes who have the luxury of being able to spread their workouts across the day in between eating, sleeping, receiving massages, etc. for those of us in typical life, it is more a case of having to fit the workouts in whenever we're not at work, and so that might mean having to have strength training and CV workouts back to back... (Admittedly if I was better at getting up/a morning person, I could in theory do strength training in morning and CV in evening, or vice-versa, but that really doesn't work for me: I don't want a long workout in the morning, and on the other hand I don't feel motivated to lift heavy weights first thing after waking, I prefer a leisurely start to my day with a cup of tea!
Saturday 19th:
- Easy/moderate ~5km SkiErg (3 x 5:00 / 3:00 easy)
Did one of the short SkiErg WOD as a warm-up/balancer. Moderate effort.
- 15 x 1 minute low spm power intervals RowErg
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Trying to stick to the low 20-ish SPM for these high-power short intervals was very challenging. I'd programmed ErgZone at the upper/optimistic end of the power range, so that I have some scope to strive/improve for in future re-rows. Psychologically quite tough, particularly with so many, but managed to kind of save my best till last. Still felt some lingering fatigue from the deadlifts, I think.
Also went out for a 2 hour walk for coffee + cake with my wife in afternoon, so plenty of steps/further activity.
Sunday 20th:
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Good recovery and good sleep meant I was ready to put some serious Z1/Z2 time in on the BikeErg, with some efforts in the so-called "sweet spot" or sub-threshold range. I guess rowing world would classify these as UT1 intervals inspersing long stretches of UT3. BikeErg is easier for longer efforts, in particular because you can comfortably setup your iPad/tablet and just watch something to distract/interest yourself whilst following your workout (though I may get into the habit of doing the same for any rows I do that are > 60 mins etc). In my case, I like to actually watch cycling whilst cycling. Maybe I should start watching rowing racing whilst rowing

I also have that little plastic Concept2 PM5 phone cradle (which just about fits, though it is a little bit small for many phones these days), so use my phone for the workout app/programmed routine, and the tablet for entertainment.
Anyway, most of this workout was pretty easy, endurance work, but the sub-threshold + surges did start to get a bit taxing as it wore on toward the 2+ hour mark. Lots of decent meterage and lots of solid foundation work to keep the gradual trim down going (I don't do diets, I enjoy my chocolate cake too much!

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