Nope I’m not referring to the new series of Gladiators on Sky, I’m talking about another one of my goals. Having already done my Cross trainer challenge I’ve now managed to complete my rowing as well. I set myself the target of rowing 5,000 meters (5 kilometres) in under 20 minutes 35 seconds. To train for this I’ve been doing 2,000 blasts interspersed with testing myself at 5000 every now and then. I’d spent a couple of weeks hanging around the 21 minute mark but this week I smashed it.
My actual time was a was impressive 20 minutes and 26 seconds. It almost killed me, but it felt great. Sometimes you really do need to push yourself. However, in setting myself these fitness targets I have learnt a valuable lesson. I have been pushing myself hard now for 4 weeks, working my heart rate way above my fat burning zone and the results have been a little startling. Not only have a continued to lose weight but I’ve also started to lose quite a lot of strength. I’ve lost nearly 2 inches of each calf for a start! I’d say it’s pretty obvious that my body has started to eat away at it’s own muscle. Seeing as how I’ve still got a strength challenge to complete from now on I’m going to back to working myself in my fat burning zone and concentrating more on weights. The last 2 weeks has been a clear indication to me that I’ve been overdoing my cardio exercise, not it’s time to slow down.
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