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Rest Day 3/17/13: CrossFit Rowing Course in Boston! Sign Up and Save the Date! June 8-9

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Rest Day 3/17/13:

Join us in Boston June 8-9 for the CrossFit Rowing Course!

Join us in Boston June 8-9 for the CrossFit Rowing Course!

CrossFit Rowing Course in Boston!

Sign Up and Save the Date!

June 8-9

Register Here!

Come join CrossFit Rowing Coach Shane Farmer at CrossFit Boston and Community Rowing in Boston from June 8-9!  We will be learning all about the erg, the stroke, rowing efficiency, strategy for Rowing WODs, and best of all – How to Row on the Water!

If you’d like to see the facilities at CRI and what rowing on the water will be like this summer checkout the video below on the Renegade Rowing Team.  Also, if you’re interested in joining the Renegade Rowing Team we will be starting in April and racing in June after the CrossFit Rowing Course!  Email Coach Pat with any questions and checkout the programs page to sign up now!

Rowing WOD 3/16/13: 4 x 3min w/ 1:30 Rest – Post Avg Splits

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Rowing WOD 3/16/13:

2k Here We Come!

2k Here We Come!

4 x 3min w/ 1:30 Rest

  • Execute Ideal 2k Race Pace
  • Be consistent but bring the intensity

Over the last two Saturday’s we’ve been trying to hit our goal 2k pace over varying work to rest intervals.  Look back to see how you did and bring your best for today’s Rowing WOD.  With a 2:1 work to rest ratio this workout will get tough, but if you can bring the intensity, stay consistent, and hit your numbers you will be ready to crush our next 2k or perhaps the 2k that might pop up in the Open.

When competing we need to be able to follow a game plan and execute with control at full intensity, whether it’s a 5k row or a snatch ladder.  Many of you are looking to break a 7min or 8min 2k.  Those that can develop a race plan, hit their splits, and stick to their stroke ratings will come out on top and crush that goal.

Renegades Racing on the water!

Renegades Racing on the water!

Today’s Rowing WOD is all about focusing on that control and execution at full intensity.  Each piece should be full pressure trying to hold your ideal race pace.  You should visualize what it will be like in the middle of your 2k and what you will do to maintain mental toughness.  Be smooth, be consistent, breathe, and execute!

Post your average 500m splits for each piece to comments!

Rowing WOD 3/15/13: 3RFT – 300m Row, 5 Deadlifts, 10 Box Jumps – Post Time and Goal for 13.2

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The Renegade Rowing Team starts up in April!  Click here to check it out and register!

Rowing WOD 3/15/13:

Everyone will be out on the water soon!

Everyone will be out on the water soon!

3 Rounds For Time …

300m Row

5 Deadlifts (225/155 lbs)

10 Box Jumps (24/20 in)

13.2 is here!  In honor of the second week of the Games, today’s Rowing WOD is an opportunity to get used to deadlifts and box jumps.  This is a short one, but try to find an efficient rhythm for both the deadlift and the jumps because you’ll need it for that 10 minute AMRAP in 13.2.

In terms of our work on rowing, this is a great opportunity to practice top end speed for both the start and finish of a 2k.  Who knows what will be coming out of the hopper next week, but it very well could be a 2k.  13.1 was a couplet with a 17 minute time domain.  13.2 is a triplet with a 10 minute time domain.  I think it’s about time for a 7-8 minute time domain with a single modality.

Get after each 300m piece, have some fun, and let us know what your goal is for 13.2 this week.

Post your time to comments.

Rest Day 3/14/13: Find a local rowing club! Join a learn to row program!

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Rest Day 3/14/13:

Sculling at Craftsburry

Sculling at Craftsburry

Find a local rowing club and join a learn to row program!

Recently I was emailed by Jennifer who is a follower of the CrossFit Rowing Facebook Page and Renegade Rowing.  She learned to row last year and wanted to spread the word for other interested athletes in the NY and NJ area looking to row.

This year the East Arm Rowing Club Learn-to-Row Program begins with an optional technical session at the West Point Boathouse on Saturday April 13 at 9 a.m. ($7 fee), continues with on-the-water practices starting the week of April 21, and culminates with the annual “Greenwood Lake Challenge” for the Sullivan Cup Sunday, June 2 beginning at 9 a.m.

For more information on the East Arm Rowing Club Learn-to-Row program, including a registration form and waiver, click here.

Renegade Rowing Team

Renegade Rowing Team post Race!

Renegade Rowing Team post Race!

If you’re in the Boston area you should come checkout the Renegade Rowing Team.  Our goal is to learn to row and race on the Charles River!  We will be starting the first week in April.  Practices will be Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 5:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. out of the Community Rowing Boathouse in Brighton.  Our goal is to be competitive and race in a regatta every 2 months.  A link for registration will be up on the Renegade Rowing site soon.  In the mean time email Coach Pat with any questions! pat@renegaderowing.com

Post any local rowing clubs and programs you know of in your area to comments!

Rowing WOD 3/13/13: 1k, 50 DU, 30 WB … – Post Time and Average Splits

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Rowing WOD 3/13/13:

Wicked Good Nutrition's Alex Black on Wall Balls

Wicked Good Nutrition’s Alex Black on Wall Balls

For Time …

(15min Cap)

1k Row, 50 Double Unders, 30 Wall Balls (20/10 lbs),

500m Row, 25 Double Unders, 15 Wall Balls,

250m Row, 15 Double Unders, 10 Wall Balls

13.2 will be announced later tonight!  What will it be?  People around here are guessing it will be heavy.  What would you like to see?  What would you not like to see?  I would love to see a 2k pop up in the next 4 weeks, but we’ll see what happens.

In the first week of the Open we saw a basic body weight movement, the burpee, paired with a complex lift, the snatch.  When attacking this couplet it helped to have a game plan and your movement had to be efficient.  It’s almost guaranteed there will be more challenging couplets and triplets that require both efficiency and a game plan.

Today’s Rowing WOD should be attacked with a 2k in mind.  It will also give you an opportunity to practice efficient movement and accuracy with the double unders and wall balls in the heat of battle.  Row the first 1k at 2k pace just like you would row the first 1,000m of your ideal 2k.  Don’t be afraid to go after it!  In the second round row the 500m as if it were the third 500m of your ideal 2k.  Execute and don’t let the spilt go higher than 2k+1.  In the third round it is all down hill.  Go all out and see how fast you can sprint 250m, just like the finish of your ideal 2k.

Post your guesses for 13.2, your overall time, and your average splits for the 1k, 500m, and 250m to comments.