Today I stopped at the gym to spend some time with the rowing machine. I only rowed for ten minutes the other day and I have since watched a few videos about form and I wanted to try it. Today, I had a five minute warm up concentrating on maintaining my strokes at 26 per minute. Then, I set my timer for 60 seconds of work and 30 seconds of rest. About half way through I worked through every other rest break. I worked on concentrating on strokes per minute and my form. My neck/shoulders were already a little tender when I started; but now my butt hurts, my hands hurt (I really need padded gloves), and my back hurts a little under my shoulder blades on both sides. Yikes! This is going to be a tough weekend! A run tomorrow and Sunday will be a real rest day--sleeping in and everything! Monday I meet with the trainer for my "fitness orientation" at my new gym and my first attempt on the TRX equipment.
You might keep your strokes down to 24 or less while working on form. Your pull (and I know there are proper terms) should be twice as fast as your release. Or your release is a rest period and should be twice as long as your pull.
ReplyDeleteI will send you some yoga moves to do after your row which will be easy to do on the mats. That helped me with my lower back pain. Nice easy stretches. I found it when we were prepping for our Grand Canyon hike and still do it after every row session. It also gives the critters some cuddle time on the floor.