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27 Sept
Rowing Machine – 3 x 8 mins (6 mins) DF123
avg 2:07.6, 2:07.1, 2:07.330 Sept
Rowing Machine – 2 x 5 mins (2.5 mins) DF 130
avg 1:59.7, 2:00.1Legs are feeling quite heavy this week and general recovery feels slow. I am following The Longevity Diet for this time period and my reduced protein intake (80g/day instead of 140g/day) is noticeable in the way my muscles don’t repair as quickly between workouts. I skipped weights on Friday and Sunday as they are meant to be more for injury prevention and complementing the rowing, whereas right now they are just making everything more challenging.
Tomorrow (1st Oct) I will do the Step Test for VO2max to see if there’s any difference in my fitness levels.
26 Sept
Rowing Machine 6 x 90 on/90 off DF 137 average 1:53.9
Power Clean – 60kg x 5,5,4
Front Squat – 4 x 6 x 75kg
RDL – 4 x 6 x 75kg
Pushups – 2 x 18 x 5kg
Batwing Row – 2 x 14 x 15kg
Leg Raises – 3 x 12This was quite a difficult pace in the rowing, finally feel like the sessions are a challenge. Eased off on the power cleans down to 4 reps so I can focus more on quality.
23 Sept
Rowing Machine 4 x 3 mins (2 mins), DF 134
Avg 1:58.5, Fastest 1:57.6, Slowest 1:59.6
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Power Clean – 3 x 5 x 60kg
RLESS – 4 x 6 x 60kg
OHP – 3 x 6 x 55kg
Pull Ups – 3 x 10
Front Plank – 2 x 45 secs
Side Plank – 2 x 30 secs24 Sept
Rowing 50 mins, DF 120. Pace 2:22.2/500m
Total distance 10,550m and it was unpleasant. The pace was fine, but my bum went numb with 16 minutes to go and I’m really not a steady state cardio kind of guy. Thankfully in my 8 week program the longest session after this is 2 x 18 mins so I don’t have to do that again. First half hour was in 2:21 pace and then I chilled for a bit before getting back on pace. My biceps and hip flexors feel the most fatigued, the former is probably down to technique and not rowing enough with my legs.
20 Sept
Rowing Machine – 3 x 13 mins (6 mins) DF 122
avg pace 2:08, 2:07.9, 2:09.7 in 26, 28, 30 spm21 Sept
TRX Inverted Rows – 3 x 15
YWT Raise – 2.5kg x 12,12
Single Arm DB Bench Press – 2 x 12 x 25kg
Suitcase Deadlift ISO – 2 x 35kg x 30 secs
Resistance Band Pallof Press 10kg x 15, 15Shoulders are toast today, training is catching up to me and the increase in rowing volume. Week 1 was 11.5km, Week 2 was 19km and Week 3 will end up being about 22.7km.
Here’s a suitcase deadlift ISO, working in anti-lateral flexion
17 Sept
Rowing 3 x 14 mins (6 mins) DF 120
avg 2:12.9, 2:13.2, 2:14.319 Sept
Rowing Machine 8 x 45 sec row, 45 sec easy row/rest @ 1:52-1:56 pace, DF 137
Average pace 1:52.6, Fastest 1:51.3, Slowest 1:54.2
Power Clean – 3 x 5 x 60kg
Front Squat – 4 x 6 x 75kg
RDL – 4 x 6 x 75kg
Batwing Row – 3 x 14 x 15kg
Push Ups – 3 x 20
Front Plank – 2 x 40 secs
Side Plank – 1 x 30 secs
Stomach Vacuums – 3 x 10 secsFront squats at a better weight, RDL too. Could add weight to my push ups now I can smash out sets of 20. I’ve moved the target pace in rowing to the one that corresponds to 7:50 for 2000m. My test row on day 1 was 7:55 but I feel fitter and I was hitting the low end of the range anyway so it seems logical to challenge myself.
