Monthly Archives: August 2012

Rowing WOD 8/27: 2 x 20′ Varying Pressure – Post Total Meters

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Renegade Rowing Team Pushing Their Boundaries!

Rowing WOD 8/27:

2 x 20min Varying Pressure

1st 20min

  • 5min @ 14 s/m

  • 5min @ 16 s/m

  • 5min @ 18 s/m 

  • 5min @ 20 s/m

2nd 20min

  • 4min @ 14 s/m, 1min @ 20 s/m

  • 4min @ 16 s/m, 1min @ 22 s/m

  • 4min @ 18 s/m, 1min @ 24 s/m

  • 4min @ 20 s/m, 1min @ Open Rating

This is a great opportunity to work on the rhythm and consistent effort needed in long WODs with movements like kettlebell swings and sumo deadlift high pulls.  Focus on maintaining consistent pressure through each stroke and every piece.  Rate of Perceived Exertion should be around 60% – 70%.  Effort level on the last minute is open and should be based on how you feel.  Set the monitor for intervals-time with 20 minutes of work and 4 minutes of rest. During the rest stand up and stretch out your back and foam roll any areas that feel overly tense.

These stroke ratings may seem really low, but you should really take advantage of them to get the stroke sequence right and really groove proper movement patterns.  Try to keep the handle moving and eliminate any pauses in the stroke.  You’re looking for smooth, natural, continuous motion!

Novice rowers should focus on one part of the stroke for each 5 minute segment, like a horizontal handle path or a smooth power curve. 

Vets should be dialing in their consistency.  During the last piece Vets should be focused on bringing their 500m split down as the stroke rating increases during the one minute bursts.

Post the total meters rowed in today’s Rowing WOD!

Rest Day 8/26: What do you eat pre/post workout? Is it “Healthy”?

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Rest Day 8/26:

What do you eat pre/post workout?  Is it “Healthy”?

The following is a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on popular snack foods and how manufacturers try to market “Health”.  Read on and share your snacks and thoughts!

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing – Healthy Foods That Aren’t So Healthy!

Food marketers these days are on their game. Everyday we buy foods with labels like “natural” and “7 grain” and “high fiber” because these words indicate that something is good for us. But oftentimes food products can be wolves in sheep’s clothing, or not so awesome for us foods disguised as health food. In this post I’ll go over a few commonly misnamed “healthy foods” and discuss why we think they’re healthy, why they aren’t, and what to eat instead. Read on for some great info and a recipe for Paleo Polish golumpkis!

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Rowing WOD 8/25: Partner WOD – 8min AMRAP: Max Calories, Max Push Ups – Post Team Totals

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Chest Touches Floor and Hands Release

Rowing WOD 8/25:

Partner WOD

8min As Many Reps As Possible:

Max Calories 

Max Hand Release Push Ups

Switch at the top of Every Minute

Do you have a strategy for Fight Gone Bad? Do you know how to quickly transition into and out of the row? Today’s Rowing WOD is a great opportunity to develop both.  Go hard, but be consistent with your pressure on the erg.  This workout is only 8 minutes long to give you a sense for the effort needed during a 2k Row.  

One partner starts on the erg and the other does push ups.  At the top of every minute switch.  Each partner will get a chance to perform each exercise four times.

Post your teams total calories and total push ups to comments.  If you don’t have a partner share Renegade Rowing with someone new.

Rowing WOD 8/24: 8 x 500m w/ 2min Rest – Post Fastest and Slowest Time

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Rowing WOD 8/24:

8 x 500m w/ 2min Rest

1st/2nd – Like start of 2k

3rd/4th – Like 2nd 500 of 2k

5th/6th – Like 3rd 500 of 2k

7th/8th – Like finish of 2k

All week we’ve been focused on initiating with the legs and connecting our feet to our hands with a solid core.  To make it through a full 2k Race we must keep that focus and be turned on every stroke.  In a couple of weeks we’ll be retesting our 2k, so put the effort in now to hit the splits you want to see during your retest.

This is a great opportunity to focus on a few tactical aspects of the 2k and get in some solid race pace work.  Try to keep a consistent pace over all 8 or “negative split” toward the end if you’re feeling good.  Negative splitting means you pull a faster split than you did the last piece.

Post your fastest and slowest times!

Rest Day 8/23: What do you feel as you initiate the drive? What do you feel in a deadlift?

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Rest Day 8/23:

What do you feel as you initiate the drive?

What do you feel in a deadlift?

Rowing is awesome because it amplifies your senses and feeling x10, or at least it should if you’re not death gripping the oar.  For the rest day today do a short warmup on the erg just taking some light strokes.  Mix in a couple of full pressure tens and really feel what’s happening at the catch as yo initiate the drive.  Then do some deadlifts and feel what happens as you initially take the weight off the floor.  Go back and forth between the two and feel what’s going on.  What muscles are engaged?  What muscles are relaxed?  What can you focus on to ensure you’re initiating the stroke/lift with the legs and keeping your chest, hips, and hands connected?

If you have any revelations or good descriptors of what you focus on please share!