A calm 25-minute row to start the day — 20 strokes a minute, low intensity, and enough conversation to make the time disappear.
Today it's the Glasgow version of summer (15 degrees, \"tap's aff\"), why yesterday's run in the sun counts as cross-training, and a long look at what I actually do for a living when I'm not on the rowing machine — editing observational documentaries for TV.
We get into the whole process: viewing 30 hours of rushes, building a story, cutting it down to 59 minutes for a terrestrial broadcast slot, and the moment you have to hand it over to the execs and pretend you're emotionally detached. (You're not.)
There's also a bit on where AI fits into editing right now — and where I think it genuinely doesn't.
Machine setup at the top, stretches at the end. Come for the row, stay for the edit suite chat.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome & Workout Overview
0:55 Machine Setup
2:23 21-Minute Low Intensity Row Begins
4:12 Glasgow Summer & \"Taps Off\" Explained
6:33 Why I Went Running Instead Yesterday
7:51 The Willett 2K Check-In
8:49 Life as a TV Editor
17:26 Cutting 30 Hours Down to 59 Minutes
22:40 Showing Your Work to the Execs
23:23 Cool-Down Row
24:51 Will AI Replace TV Editors?
27:20 Post-Row Stretches — Hamstrings & Glutes
30:04 Quad Stretch
34:10 Forearm Stretch
35:27 Shoulder Stretch
37:36 The Time an Exec Loved It and Just... Left
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