I'm trying to have a training program doing the week. I don't think I will ever enter the world of HIIT, it just sounds boring and joyless. Though I would like to build my distances up, like going out on a good old pootle.
So my program is:
2 days, say Tue and Thurs, of following Dark Horse Rowing beginner row :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-o0tSFfAkg or this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ECczy4vFHY - each about 20min including warm up and cooling down.
2 days, say Mon and Friday, of following Dark Horse Rowing beginner row, but keep rowing until I get to 5000m, so do the warm up and then the row and keep repeating until I hit 5000m, then do the cooling down. As I get better I will add 500m a week to this. A bit like Pete's plan -
https://thepeteplan.wordpress.com/beginner-training/1 day, say Wed, a free row but I might be following RowAlong -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYcAoZ9WTJriM9jZkXxoPg - longer row along videos, just because he is so much more down to earth compared to Dark Horse or Tall rowing. Do this nice and easy and keep going until tired. Only really following the videos to have someone to look at to help remembering how to row, as I will prolly put a show or some tunes on. (Joy of having 3 monitors)
Then in 2 months time have a check on how things are going and them maybe try to swap a beginner row with a extra "free row".
My only real target coming up is the boat race on the 4th, do 6800m in one sitting, I might try to see if I can do it with "speed"
The only place I have found "pain" is in my lats, I'm very sure that in my life I haven't any special request to use them extra. A good stretch after a row and that tiredness is gone, so no pain other than I have had a nice workout.