Rest Day 12/29/13: What were your goals in 2013?

Checkout the Juniors getting after it at the Renegade Rowing League!

Checkout the Juniors getting after it at the Renegade Rowing League!

What were some of your big goals for 2013?  Did you achieve them?

As 2013 comes to a close it’s a good time to look back on the year and reflect on what we’ve accomplished.  Did you have a goal for the year?  A New Year’s resolution perhaps?  How did that go?  It’s time to start thinking about what you’d like to accomplish next year.  Start by looking back at December.  Did you set an appropriate goal?  Was it positive, specific, and controllable?  Try to figure out what you did well to work toward that goal and what you need to improve.

One thing I have been working on and will continue to work on  is setting appropriate smaller goals that can help me on my way to a larger goal.

Share your successes and thoughts!

Rest Day 12/22/13: Congrats Competitors! Did you PR?

The Renegade Rowing Cup is ready! Are you?

The Renegade Rowing Cup is ready! Are you?

Congratulations to all those that came out to compete at the Renegade Rowing League yesterday!  We had a total of 20 competitors from Juniors to Veterans throwdown for a glorious 6 to 8 minutes.  Checkout the results and the videos below.  Congrats to Alan who was the fastest male with a time of 6:45.4 and Erin who was the fastest female with a time of 7:27.2.  If you’d like to join them in chasing glory, register for the second race of the Renegade Rowing League on January 25th.

Renegade Rowing League Results 12-21-13

Rest Day 12/15/13: Renegade Rowing League Kicks Off Saturday!

Mike and Mike attacking the 2k at the RRL - Are you ready for the Renegade Rowing League?

Mike and Mike attacking the 2k at the RRL – Are you ready for the Renegade Rowing League?

The Renegade Rowing League starts this Saturday, December 21st at CrossFit Boston.  If you’d like to compete, have some fun, and earn that holiday, please sign up here.  The registration deadline online is this Wednesday at 11:59pm.  I’ll be setting the heats after that and emailing the schedule to all participants.  If you have friends that would like to row last minute please bring them along.  I’ll do my best to fit them in to the competition.

Looking forward to seeing everyone crush it!

Let me know if you have any questions.  Have a great Sunday!

 

Rest Day 12/1/13: Who is on your team?

Who is on your Team?

If you want to be your best you’ll need others to push you and help you be your best in training.  Checkout how the Renegade Rowing Club pushes and supports each other even in their warmup.  Surround yourself with good people and the possibilities are endless.

Share your team to comments even if it’s a solid training partner.  They’re priceless!

Rowing WOD 11/27/13: “King of the Erg” – Post the King and Fastest Winning Split

Rowing WOD 11/27/13:

Chest to the deck!

Chest to the deck!

“King Of The Erg”

2 Athletes Compete At A Time:

5 Burpee Erg Jumps

300m Row (800m Max)

Win by 5m!  Winner Stays On!

Do you have what it takes to step up to the plate and execute when it counts?  Sport provides us an opportunity to compete and test ourselves and others.  By learning to push someone else, we learn to push ourselves. Don’t let your competitor off easy.  Push them.

Today’s Rowing WOD should be performed with at least three people, but can be a good challenge for the whole gym.  All you need is two ergs.  On 3,2,1 Go! Two athletes begin by doing 5 burpees (jumping over the erg rail each time).  Then the first athlete to get to 300m on the erg wins.  If the race is close, the first athlete to pull ahead by 5 meters after the 300m mark wins.  If no one takes it by 800m the competition is a draw and both athletes get off.  Otherwise the winner stays on to challenge the next athlete in line.  Repeat as long as time allows or until there are no challengers left.  If you don’t have anyone to compete against get in 6 rounds with equal work to rest in between each round.

Post your “King Of The Erg” and the best Average 500m Split of the day to comments.