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Heart Rate Monito
I rowed in college and competitively for years afterward and have coached for 25+ years. Heart rate monitors are invaluable for training. When the HR goes up, but the work produced (i.e. energy produced) goes down, you know you have gone anaerobic.
When the HR is up throughout the workout, but the work produced is comparatively poor, you know you are over-tired, over-trained, sick or some combination. Knowing that is invaluable because continuing to push then is not productive other than to show you can push through pain (which in itself is important). I spent many years over-training. The key is to find the balance between over-training and not pushing hard enough. To really nail that balance a Heart Rate monitor and a way to measure the work produced (the monitor on a Concept II erg works perfect for that) are necessary.
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