Rowing WOD 1/18/13:
Coach Tapply warming up for the thruster
As Many Reps As Possible in 8 minutes of …
750m Row
40 Burpees Over the Bar
Max Rep Thrusters (135/95 lbs)
Today’s Rowing WOD is an awesome challenge on all fronts. We did it at CrossFit Boston on Thursday and it is a great Games/Open style WOD. The time domain is similar to a 2k row and that’s what you can focus on during the 750m. In terms of rowing in a competition, this is an example of where a good race start comes in handy. Get off to a quick start and know what you’ll settle to. The first 500m should be executed exactly like your race plan for the 2k we’ll do on Saturday. As you come into the last hundred meters you may want to ease off to save your legs and lungs for the burpees and thrusters.
During the burpees each trip over the bar counts as one rep. Instead of jumping and clapping you just have to hop over the bar. This slows you down a bit, but allows you to 
keep moving. Find a consistent rhythm and just blow through them unbroken.
If all goes well you’ll have 2 to 3 minutes to tackle the thrusters. Scale the wait accordingly and be sure to keep a solid posture with your chest up in the bottom. Do as many as possible without putting the bar down and then game the rest in sets of 3-5 reps. You’re score is the number of thrusters completed in 8 minutes. Be ready to finish strong and push it out in the last 15 to 20 seconds just like a 2k.
Post Total Number of Thrusters along with your Average 500m Split to comments.
Renegade Rowing 
Did Wednesday tonight finished in 10:01. Switched rest day to yesterday.
Not looking forward to this workout as burpees are about my worst thing. It will be a miracle if I make it to the thrusters.
I meant switched rest day to Wednesday.
This is gonna b a suxfest! Bring on the pain.
20 thrusters
1.38.7 avg on the row
What an awesome workout! I couldn’t resist changing my programme to fit this one in today!
The row felt good, the burpees sucked but were steady and the 60kg thrusters felt awkwardly heavy! Great WOD!
Awesome score McCoy! It really was a ton of fun. Our programmer at CrossFit Boston, Matt Shatkin, came up with it and I couldn’t resist sharing it with the whole community. I’ll pass on the compliments. By the way, you would’ve finished 3rd or 4th at CFB with that score. Well Done!
8 reps. 1:53.2 split. That one hurt my feelings. On a better note, pred my fgb by 10 reps. Finally got to the magical 300 this morning. Not a bad day. I was wanting 10 reps n a bad way. Next time.
10 thruster reps to clarify.
Nice Larry! That’s what I got!
1/2 a thruster. 2:00 split.
My 8 yr old daughter did it with me….she hit 10 (10# db).
Solid Matt!!! Thanks for sharing and spreading the fun with your daughter!