{"id":11298,"date":"2016-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkhorserowing.com\/test\/how-to-improve-your-training-with-active-and-passive-recovery"},"modified":"2020-01-09T03:29:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:29:23","slug":"how-to-improve-your-training-with-active-and-passive-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkhorserowing.com\/how-to-improve-your-training-with-active-and-passive-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Improve Your Training with Active and Passive Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is the Difference?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
During interval rowing we can separate recovery into 2 different kinds. One is passive recovery,\u00a0also known as\u00a0complete REST, where you completely stop rowing, put the handle down, and you can even take your feet out of the footrest and get off the rower. The other is active recovery also known as\u00a0EASY, which means easy rowing while maintaining good technique with minimum pressure, and slowing down the movement.<\/span><\/p>\n
What are the Benefits?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
As you can see in the picture below, we have\u00a02 workouts that are pretty similar to each other (thanks to the Dark Horse Rowing 1000m cycle) to give us a clear comparison. Our heart rate (HR)\u00a0was monitored by a Polar Global H7 HR monitor through the Polar Beat app. The workout was 3\u00a0x\u00a01000m with a 4 minute REST recovery programmed with sprint start in the first workout and 3 x\u00a01000m with a 4 minute EASY recovery programmed\u00a0in the second workout.<\/span><\/p>\n