Who’s hot & who’s not? 6×1 min intervals – It’s a start

19 August 2015

Wow what a privilege! I rowed today in my garage in the fresh air with a solid still platform under me, shame about the performance!

Some hypertrophy based back work last night, nothing crazy but just enough to provide some mild stimulus. It may be a case of maintenance training for the coming weeks at home before I get to a gym, but that’s probably not a bad thing. Strength training is not possible as I don’t have the correct equipment. I’ll pick the Jim Wendler 5-3-1 up in 3 weeks time once back in a gym – I can’t wait! I want to use this method of training for a significant period of time with strength been my training priority right now.

Anyway, this morning I got on the erg to find a starting point. I have an idea [notice I said ‘idea’ and not ‘goal’] of racing in early November at the Royal Navy Championships, but am only prepared to put in quite literally 2 ergs a week as conditioning sessions to supplement strength and hypertrophy weight training which as mentioned above is my main focus for now. I will play it casual for a while and see how much speed I can pick up in a short amount of time. My idea is that I will only race if I think I can win it and from previous experience I have an idea of what time that will require. That said I need to do some homework and find out who’s hot and who’s not on the RN circuit. New faces are always popping up and having been away this year I am unsure of who is who right now.

So today was erg day and I have decided to stick to the classic 6x1min [1r] for a few sessions. Seemed to find the right pace and was best effort finishing consistent on 1.32.5 average. Ok it’s a million miles from my glorious past, but was just pleased to come away unscathed and with a good conditioning workout under my belt.

My health and general well being continues to improve from decent food and eating under my own timings. Long may it continue!

Cheers.

Ollie Osborne

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