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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