Journey of a recreational vet triathlete, GigRower & adventure sport enthusiast and amateur photographer
This WattBike ride on a Fulgaz Tri route in Brighton was a disappointment as kept on freezing and gave up. As I lived and studied in Brighton wanted to do the route and come back to this again.
after this disappointment did a quick 300 quick C2 RowErg blast 💥 as follows which was an age against machine challenge.
The above row was a Fartlek training row to be followed by others in preparation for the Scillies. It was 200m@20spm, 600m@24spm and 200m@28spm. This was repeated 4 times to make 5000m in total. This as followed by the following strength session
Nice training 3000m C2 Row Erg followed by strength training and stretching. Dumbbell arm row for both arms 5×5 (10kg) weights, dumbbell bicep curl 5×4 (10kg) barbell Bench press 5×5 (20kg), dumbbell triceps curls 5×5 (6kg), barbell squats 5×5 (20kg). 30 min plank and 50 crunches for abs. Stretching for neck, chest, hip, quads , back
Nice fast WattBike ride on the Netherlands 🇳🇱 route as above. Lovely scenic video of the area along the river. Followed this with a strength session on Barbell bench press 5×3, dumbbell one arm row of 5×5 both sides. Barbell bicep curl, barbell tricep 5×3. Barbell squat 5×3, barbell side bends.
PNPGC rowers Me, Trev, James and Jim made up the teams with fill in members from Rowhedge and Poole. We came second out of four in both races. As last year this took place at Silver wings sailing club on waversley lake near Staines
35 minute RowAlong fitness row at Zone 2 at 20 strokes a minute. Also 4 minute warm up and 2 minute cool 😎 down. Followed this with a short 10 min strength session 5×3 dumbbell bicep curl 10 kg. 10 x Barbell bench press 20kg and 10 dumbell triceps pulls at 6kg.
Steady fitness training 5 day program challenge row with RowAlong with John Steventon. Nice steady row with 4 minute warm up followed by two 15min sessions at a slow steady pace and 2 minute cool 😎 down with some stretches to finish. Lots of technique instruction as well.
Short row in choppy seas and low tide. Cox: James, 6: Jim, 5; Trev, 4: Tom, 4: Steve, 2: Me, 1: Chris.
Good WattBike ride on the French Fulgaz route. Good video. Followed this with quick strength session. This included dumbbell bicep curl and side bend. Barbell bench press and dumbbell tricep extension. Finished with plank.
Lovely evening gig row out of Penzance and around Harbour. The evening weather was great with clear skies and calm seas. Crew was Coxes: James/ Trevor 6:Jo, 5: Jem, 4: Steve, 3: Chris, 2: Me, 1: Kevin. Lots of race starts as well as pyramid sessions of 10 easy stroke row followed by 10 hard stroke row and moving upwards to 60. So a tough session to improve fitness and power of the stroke.
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