Fluctuating fitness?

[gareth h]

Does anybody else find this (I’m 59, always been active), I’ve been rowing for CV, Through April I was doing two 1 hour sessions a week, distances increasing with every session and feeling good, during May I’m feeling burnt out after 30 minutes (and rowing slower).
Nothing else has changed (sleep, food etc), although it is probably 3-4 deg warmer, and the area we’ve moved to is close to the coast with 85-90% humidity (according to the weather app).
Would this have an effect?
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[gareth h]

ovlovlover said:

As others have said probably over training.

General rule is no more than 10% increase in volume/intensity per week with every 4th week a recover week (20% ish reduction). Some suggest every 3rd week recovery over the age of 40. Up to you.

Take a weeks break. Do some alternative sports at low intensity to maintain fitness but recover. Try again in a week. Might need a bit longer.

Thanks, I’ll give that a go, I do mix some strength training in a couple of times a week, and to be honest I have noticed I don’t have the stamina to do a full 5x5 session anymore, tend to split it over 2 days.
It’s a bd getting old!

[gareth h]

mcelliott said:

Lol he's doing 2hrs of training a week for goodness sake, I'm sorry that really doesn't constitute overtraining, if you have nailed rest, nutrition and daily stress then you can place a way higher load on the body.

Er, no, I said 2 hours of rowing, I didn’t touch on any other training that I am doing

[gareth h]

mcelliott said:

gareth h said:

mcelliott said:

Lol he's doing 2hrs of training a week for goodness sake, I'm sorry that really doesn't constitute overtraining, if you have nailed rest, nutrition and daily stress then you can place a way higher load on the body.

Er, no, I said 2 hours of rowing, I didn’t touch on any other training that I am doing

Then your OP is misleading.

Possibly, but as stated this was CV training