Monthly Archives: August 2012

Rest Day 8/12: What are you training for?

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Rest Day 8/12:

What are you training for?

Everyone should have a goal and be training to reach that goal.  Without something to train for it’s easy to get lazy and not put out the effort you need to progress, get fit, stay healthy, and be awesome.  This past weekend many rowers are testing their speed at the 2012 US Rowing Masters Nationals in Worcester, MA.  If you’re not yet a competitive rower share what event you’re training for whether it’s local or national.  If you’re not training for an event, then what goal are you training for?

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Rowing WOD 8/11: 1k Row, 10 Lateral Burpees, 800m, 10 LB, 600m, 10 LB, 400m, 10 LB, 200m – Post Time

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Rowing WOD 8/11:

1k Row

10 Lateral Burpees (over the erg)

800m Row

10 Lateral Burpees

600m Row

10 Lateral Burpees

400m Row

10 Lateral Burpees

200m Row

Some rowers may ask why we would combine anything else with rowing when it’s a great workout in itself and gets results.  By learning to move our body in different planes and push our boundaries in other domains we can further improve our body awareness and control.  In all sports the ability to move through your hips and utilize a solid core will give you a step up against your competitors.  While rowing requires a certain amount of skill, those with skill and greater work capacity will win the race.  Burpees are a challenging movement that will help increase your work capacity and teach you to use your hips.  Rather than doing a perfect push up, lift your chest off the ground first and then pop your hips up to get off the floor.  Everyone should have the ability to quickly get off the floor and that is the idea of the burpee in today’s Rowing WOD.  The Lateral Burpees should be done parallel to the erg so that when you pop up you jump laterally over the erg rail.  Each time over the erg is one rep.

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Rowing WOD 8/10: 4 x 1k w/ 3min rest – Post Fastest and Slowest

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Rowing WOD 8/10:

4 x 1k w/ 3min rest

While it’s good to constantly vary your training to push your boundaries, there is something to be said about repetition to build your confidence!  Today’s Rowing WOD is an opportunity to build your aerobic capacity and work on a couple of tactical and technique fixes.  Have a game plan for each piece including the split and stroke rating you want to hold.  Ideally each piece will be done a little bit faster.  If you’re working on efficiency or sequencing, focus on one fix each piece.  Perhaps you find your breath and rhythm on the first.  Or maybe it’s sequencing and body preparation that needs attention on the second.  If you choose the right pace it will build your confidence and you will be ready to tear up your next rowing WOD. Below are some goals and times to think about.

 Post your fastest and slowest times!

Interval Time = 3:15; Goal 2k Time = 6:30

Interval Time = 3:30; Goal 2k Time = 7:00

Interval Time = 3:45; Goal 2k Time = 7:30

Interval Time = 4:00; Goal 2k Time = 8:00

Interval Time = 4:15; Goal 2k Time = 8:30

Interval Time = 4:30; Goal 2k Time = 9:00

Rest Day 8/9: What’s keeping you from rowing or eating well? Share!

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Rest Day 8/9:

What’s keeping you from rowing or eating well?

We all have excuses for not being our absolute best.  What’s yours?  How can you do better, row more, and eat healthier?  Below is a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on what can go wrong with diets and what you can do to avoid pitfalls.  Think about your experiences with food and how you might do better in the future.

OK, I’m not really going to tell you HOW to fail, but I will talk about a few ways you might have in the past, and how you can fix it. This may surprise a few people, but you can be overweight or at your ideal weight on any diet. I have seen a vegan patient who was very obese, while on the other hand a professor in Kansas lost 27 pounds eating nothing but Twinkies, Oreos, Doritos, and sugary cereal. While I don’t recommend this “Twinkie diet” – professor Haub was doing it to make a point about energy balance – I will say that maintaining a healthy weight and getting the best performance out of your body is based on many factors. Research has shown a variety of eating patterns including the Mediterranean diet, Paleolithic diet, and low-fat diets can help people lose weight and improve health markers like cholesterol and blood sugar. No matter what type of nutrition plan you follow, there are a few key things that will help you maintain optimal weight and perform at your best. In this post, I’ll talk about some of the common mistakes people make, and how you can fix them.

…Read More Here…

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Rowing WOD 8/8: Shuttle Run Pyramid (30min Cap) – Post Time or Levels Completed

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Rowing WOD 8/8:

Shuttle Run Pyramid  (30 Minute Cap)

1,250m Row – 6 shuttles       

1,000m Row – 4 shuttles      

750m Row – 3 shuttles         

500m Row – 2 shuttles       

250m Row – 1 shuttle

The beauty of Rowing lies in the opportunity to push yourself as an individual and as part of a team.  Today’s workout is a shuttle run pyramid and a good example of how training with a partner can take your effort and performance to the next level.  If you don’t have a training partner you can still do this workout, but it would be a lot more fun to grab someone from the gym and show them what rowing is all about.

One partner will start on the rower and one will start on the run.  The rower completes the noted distance while the partner sprints the noted number of shuttle/wind sprints.  For the run, designate a starting line and then setup three cones at 10m, 20m, and 30m.  One shuttle run will be down and back three times to a different cone each time; in other words – touch the 10 and run back, touch the 20 and back, touch the 30 and back.  The partner that finishes each round first gets time to rest!

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Rowing WOD Demo with Renegade Rowing