Category Archives: Strength

Rowing WOD 12/7: 5RFT – 20 Cal Row, 15 PU, 10 DB GTO, 5 Split Squat Jumps, Rest 1:30 – Post Time

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Great job with the focus and finish timing from the Renegade Rowing Club last night!

Great job with the focus and finish timing from the Renegade Rowing Club last night!

Rowing WOD 12/7:

5 Rounds for time…

20 Cal Row
15 Push Ups (hand release)
10 Dumbbell Ground To Overhead 50/35
5 Split Squat Jumps (ea. leg)

Rest 1:30 between rounds

Today’s Rowing WOD is another long burner to build up your muscular endurance as well as your cardiovascular and respiratory endurance.  Fight to go unbroken in all the movements and be sure to get a good mobility session afterwards to begin rebuilding and realigning all of your muscle fibers.  Be efficient in your movement, keep a constant pace, and keep breathing.

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Rowing WOD 12/5: 4 Rounds for Max Reps – 1′ Row, 1′ Left Arm KB Snatch, 1′ Double Unders, 1′ Right Arm KB Snatch, 1′ Rest – Post Total Score

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Monica getting after the Double Udner

Monica getting after the Double Under

Rowing WOD 12/5:

4 Rounds for Max Reps of …

1min Row for Calories

1min Left Arm Kettle Bell Snatch

1min Double Unders

1min Right Arm Kettle Bell Snatch

1min Rest

Today’s Rowing WOD will be a good burner to  get your lungs going and allow you to really focus on a solid core.  The double unders and kettle bell snatches are technical and require a higher focus on skill and efficiency.  For the double unders try to keep your wrists loose and get into a good flow that you can maintain.  A good goal would be to go unbroken for a minute.  With the one arm kettle bell snatch focus on driving through the heels and getting good hip extension to move the weight.  A bonus for the KB Snatch is that it requires you to keep a stable core and not allow your torso to rotate.  Any movement that involves an anti rotation component and stabilizing of the core is good for rowing.  Every time we reach out to the rigger in sweep rowing there is both a compression and rotation on our spines, which can lead to disc injuries over time.  By strengthening the core and resisting rotation we can prevent those injuries from happening. So keep that chest up and don’t let the shoulder drop too much through the bottom!  Here is a good link from Rogue Fitness on the Kettle Bell Snatch: http://youtu.be/6l2Iu26oWW8  Rogue just delivered a ton of new equipment to CrossFit Boston and I can’t wait to start using it!

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Rowing WOD 11/30: “Sculler X” – 5 RFT – 10 Pistols, 10 Inch Worm PU, 10 KB Swings, 10 Calories – Post Time

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The Humbling Pistol

Rowing WOD 11/30:

“Sculler X”

5 Rounds For Time:

10 Pistols (5 each leg)

10 Inch Worm Push Ups

10 Kettle Bell Swings (2/1.5 Pood)

10 Calories on the Erg

  • (How many strokes will this take you?)

Walk the hands out

When rowing on the water balance and single leg strength come into play much more than rowing indoors on the erg.  Exercises like the pistol (single leg squat) really help develop the sense of balance and power needed to move a boat.  Think about making a big turn in a sculling shell mid race, like any of the turns in the Head of the Charles.  A sculler must be able to balance (a.k.a. set) the boat and transfer force to the water.  Those that do this well maintain boat speed around turns and can walk through opponents.  If you can’t do a pistol yet substitute goblet squats.

Keep a firm core

The inch worm is a great stabilizing exercise if you try to keep the hips and torso quiet.  Then when you add the push up, connection of the feet and hands come into play.  Keep that core firm and ensure everything touches and leaves the ground at the same time.  Last but not least there is the kettle bell swing.  Really focus on driving through the heels and activating the glutes and hamstrings while keeping

Full depth push up!

Now hold up!  What about all of the athletes out there that are using rowing as a cross training tool?  You’re in luck.  If you can piece together good efficient movement in the first three movements then you should be able to crush the row for calories at the end of each round.

 

Your goal should be consistent, efficient strokes.  For those that have been working on suspension and have tried a drill like the strap drill, you’ll want to fully suspend throughout each stroke in order to get done in as few strokes as possible.  If you suspend well and can maintain a nice ratio then the rowing part of this workout will become active rest and allow you to breathe.  Don’t get me wrong, 10 calories is not much and you should be pushing the pace, but work on suspension and make the rowing as effortless as possible so you can crush the rest of this Rowing WOD.

Post your time and the fewest number of strokes it took to complete 10 calories!

Rest Day 11/29: Olympic Lifting and Rowing? Thoughts?

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Rest Day 11/29:

Olympic Lifting and Rowing?

What do you think about using Olympic Lifting in training to be a Rower or using Rowing to be a better Olympic Lifter?  Both require speed and power and incorporate similar movement patterns.  However, in rowing you sit down and are in contact with three surfaces.  In Olympic Lifting you are only in contact with two.  In Olympic lifting the goal is to transfer forces vertically and in rowing the goal is to transfer forces horizontally.  Where do you see the most benefit in training with both?  Are there downfalls?

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Rowing WOD 11/28: 500m Row, 5 MedBall Cleans, 400m, 10 MBC, 300m, 15 MBC… – Post Time

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Work for fluid triple extension as you “jump” the ball off the ground.

Rowing WOD 11/28:

For Time …

500m Row, 5 Medicine Ball Cleans (20/14 lb)

400m Row, 10 Med Ball Cleans

300m Row, 15 Med Ball Cleans

200m Row, 20 Med Ball Cleans

100m Row, 25 Med Ball Cleans

The ability to work at high intensity depends largely on mechanics and consistency.  If your rowing is smooth and efficient you should be able to push this Rowing WOD and hold sub-2k pace for every piece.  A good goal might be to hold your 2k split for every piece or negative split so that each piece is one split second faster.  Same goes for the medicine ball cleans.  If you can focus on using the legs and hips to move the ball, then your arms will remain loose and fluid providing a greater efficiency of movement.  This will allow you to push the pace and go unbroken for every round.  Try to only pause for brief breaks in between exercises if you have to.  If you don’t have a medicine ball to clean than you could modify with a loaded back pack or just make the movement a Dumbbell Clean.  No matter what focus on good overall movement and ensure you have the mechanics and consistency dialed in during your warmup.

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