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Rowing WOD 12/27: “Hills” 3x10min w/ 4min Rest – Post Distance for Each Piece

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Rowing WOD 12/27:

“Hills”

3 x 10min w/ 4min Rest as follows …

4min @22 s/m

3min @24

2min @26

RR Finish Timing1min @28

I hope everyone had a great holiday and is ready to get back to training.  We did this Rowing WOD a few weeks ago.  This time the ratings are shifted down a bit to let us work off that holiday sluggishness and really bring back our focus on technique.  Everyone should be feeling for connection, suspension, and body preparation.  Try to be smooth, effortless, and natural.

Rowing is a beautiful sport in that you create the resistance and determine how fast the boat moves.  That being said, keep in mind that you get out what you put in for things like strength, conditioning, and Rowing.  Ease into this workout for the first four minutes by finding your rhythm and breathing.  However, as the stroke rating goes up make sure you’re putting in the effort to bring the 500m split down and keep consistent pressure.

Set the monitor for 10 minutes of work and 4 minutes of rest.  During each ten minute piece follow the prescribed rating shifts.

Post your distance for each piece to comments.

Rowing WOD 12/25: Peak Power Test – Merry Christmas!

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Rowing WOD 12/25:

Santas RowingPeak Power Test

The holidays are a time to spend with family, so we’re not going to do anything to crazy today.  I’d rather everyone go sing some carols and drink some egg nog than row today.  If you must have some fun, test your peak power with a few family members.  Maybe you can show the sport to someone new!

The Peak Power Test will give you a sense of the raw power you can put into one stroke. For the Peak Power Test set the monitor for 20 seconds of work and 2 minutes of rest.  Start by paddling a couple of strokes to get the fan moving and then go for max watts.  It may help to video the test or have a partner watch to tell you the highest watts you pulled in just one stroke.  During the 2 minutes of rest paddle lightly or roll out.  Take 3 or 4 tries to find your max wattage starting with the damper set low and increasing the drag each successive try.  At some point you’ll find a drag that you like and gives you the most power.  Your score for the Peak Power Test is the Max Watts pulled in just one stroke.

Post your Max Watts

Rowing WOD 12/24: Steady 5k for technique and fun! – Post Technique Focus

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Rowing WOD 12/24:

Steady State 5k

  • Renegade Rowing Club enjoying an early morning row!

    Renegade Rowing Club enjoying an early morning row!

    Focus on Technique

  • Have Fun!

For both Novice & Vets, today’s Rowing WOD is a chance to take a step back and focus on technique. Each 1k of the 5k should be spent working on a different technique fix. By the end of the workout you will have been able to work on five technique points.

There is no fixed split or stroke rate today, but you should be working at a Perceived Rate of Exertion of about 80 – 85%. Just take the time to get good strokes in, and work out some kinks that may have developed over the past few weeks.  See if you can grab a friend to chat with throughout the piece.  Training with others is a lot more fun and showing someone a new sport for the holidays is awesome!

Post what you focused on for technique and if you were able to share rowing with anyone!

Rowing WOD 12/21: 4RFT – 500m Row, 10 Deadlifts 225/155 – Post Time

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Rowing WOD 12/21:

4 Rounds For Time

500m Row

10 Deadlifts 225/155

Melissa from CFB demos the setup for a Deadlift

Melissa from CFB demos the setup for a Deadlift

How do you game your WODs?  When attacking a 2k row a good way to game it is to think of 4 different races in your head.  Each one is a fresh start to hold your ideal split, stick to a stroke rating, refocus and fight.  Today’s Rowing WOD is all about that mentality.  Before going into it be sure to warmup your deadlift and do a few bursts on the erg at the split you aim to hold for each piece.

Think of each set of deadlifts as a power 10 to walk through your opponents.  Drive those heels down, make that boat feel light, and crush them!

Drive through the heels!

Drive through the heels!

Post your time to comments.

Fully extend the hips at the top

Fully extend the hips at the top

Rowing WOD 12/19: AMRAP9 − 250m Row, 6 Shoulder to Overhead – Post Score

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Rowing WOD 12/19:
Get After It!

Get After It!

As Many Rounds As Possible in 9 minutes of …

250m Row
6 Shoulder to Overhead (155/105 lbs.)
Today’s Rowing WOD is an opportunity to push your 2k pace in a competition and work on your efficiency using the legs.  Whenever we go from the shoulder to overhead there are three options, the shoulder press, the push press, and the push jerk.  A fourth option would be the split jerk, but the push jerk tends to be faster.  For today’s WOD try to hold your 2k split for each 250m piece.  As you transition from the erg to the barbell manage your rest and control your heart rate with deep breaths.  Your goal should be to go unbroken with a push jerk for all 6 reps.  Save your arms for the rowing and focus on speed and power with an aggressive dip-drive-redip using the legs and hips.  Catch the bar with locked out arms rather than pressing it the last couple of inches.  Your score will be the number of rounds complete plus any additional reps.
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