Hello Rowers,
Tonight I pushed a 40 minute workout. It is a miracle that I find time to row with the different family dynamics we have. I would not want it any other way. I broke a great sweat and recorded the workout for our www.Row2Go.com website. I am back on track to putting new workouts to our online library.
Now that I don't row as often as my neurosis would like me to, I notice what a positively awesome mental effect a sweaty row has on my brain. I can easily say that a row moves me from stressed to calm. After 10
to 20KM of rowing, I look at the world through a totally different scope AND I LIKE IT. It is an experience that motivates me to take time to row more.
I had different motivations when I trained for the world championships and the Olympics, let me tell you. There was a lot more going in my brain and it was not pretty. On the other hand, training now at age 38, is awesome, because it has such an amazingly strong mental and physical healing effect.
I enjoyed the row so much that I want to make sure that I shout it loud and clear so that others who need a notch of motivation get to experience such a row too, even if one needs to squeeze the workout into a busy schedule.
That is it for now,
row far, row smart, let the breathing dictate your stroke rate!
Xeno and the Row2go Team
PS: Rowing Through, I am extra in it. The movie is so bad that you almost must see it once. There is a stupid loves story in it which makes the move R rates, total waste of a younger audience. They could have so scrapped the S.X scene. Ok, I will be quiet now :-)