Rowing WOD 4/9/14: “Hills” 3x10min w/ 4min Rest – Post Distances

Rowing WOD:

Congrats to the BC Men on taking the Petite Final at the San Diego Crew Classic last weekend.  Let's get after it and get some more!

Congrats to the BC Men on taking the Petite Final at the San Diego Crew Classic last weekend. Let’s get after it and get some more!

“Hills”

3 x 10min w/ 4min Rest as follows …

4min @24 s/m

3min @26

2min @28

1min @30

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 4/5/14: For Time – 500m Row; 3Rounds – 7 Thrusters, 7 CTB Pull Ups; 500m Row – Post Time

Rowing WOD:

Complete all 3 For Total Time …

Coach Tapply warming up for the thruster

1. 500m Row (Like start of 2k)

2. 3 Rounds: 7 Thrusters (85/45 lbs), 7 Chest to Bar Pull Ups

3. 500m Row (Like finish of 2k)

This week CFB tested Fran!  The feeling after completing Fran is the same as the feeling after completing a 2k.  That being said, your game plan for both should be similar.  Quick clean start for 10 reps/strokes and then settle into a consistent, smooth pace that you can handle for the whole race.  Your form will have to be on point, you’ll need to focus on breathing, and your mind must be right.  Mental strength will be key and you must be ready to fight off that little voice inside your head with cues like “legs”, “push”, “I can”, “breath”, “swing”, “smooth”…

Today’s Rowing WOD is an opportunity to dial in your form, prepare mentally, and buildRR Thruster consistency in your movement.  Start and finish with a 500m Row that mimics your 2k race plan.  Execute the same split and stroke rating you ideally want to hold on your next 2k.  In between perform 3 flawless rounds of thrusters and pull ups.

A 2k didn’t pop up in this years open, but you can be sure it will pop up at Regionals and the games.  From now until Regionals, Renegade Rowing will be working to improve your form, capacity, and strategy to crush that 2k.  If you plan to be at the top of the podium you will need to crush the erg.  These workouts are a great place to start.  Fit in a couple every week, share your thoughts and results, and you’ll be ready to crush that 2k in competition.

Post your time and average splits for each 500m to comments!

Rowing WOD 4/3/14: 2RFT – 1k Row, 50 Push Ups, 1k Run, 50 Pull Ups – Post Time and Avg Splits

Rowing WOD:

BC Men Lining up for 2k on the Basin

BC Men Lining up for 2k on the Basin 

2 Rounds of Hamilton for Time …

1k Row, 50 Push Ups

1k Run, 50 Pull Ups

From time to time CrossFit creates a new WOD that is a step above all the rest.  These are called Hero WODs.  They are named after Heroes who have given their lives in the line of duty.  Every time we perform a Hero WOD is an opportunity to think outside ourselves and push a little bit harder for those that put themselves in harm’s way for us.

Today’s Rowing WOD is two rounds of an awesome Hero WOD named Hamilton.  We will be building up and performing one more round each week over the next few weeks to push ourselves harder, execute our rowing, and honor Hamilton.  Your focus should be to push the pace on the running, push ups, and pull ups so that when we perform the full workout they won’t slow you down.  Figure out how you’re going to game each movement to get through it the fastest.

On the 1k Row I would like to see everyone execute the first 1k of your 2k race plan.  We tested our 2k this past weekend and today is a great opportunity to build confidence and hit your new 2k splits.  Start quick and light, settle with breathing, and execute every stroke with balanced power.  Stay strong mentally and physically.  Look back at what you did last week and try to hold a consistent pace through the whole workout.  If you can, negative split the run and the row to make the second round a little faster than the first.

Execute your game plan.  Smooth is Fast!

Post your time and average splits for the 1k’s to comments.

Below is the full workout we will be performing next week.

Hamilton

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Three rounds for time of:
Row 1000 meters
50 Push-ups
Run 1000 meters
50 Pull-ups

U.S. Army Specialist Adam Hamilton, 22, of Kent, Ohio, assigned to the 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based in Fort Riley, Kansas, died on May 28, 2011 in Haji Ruf, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He is survived by his father Scott Hamilton, step-mother Connie Hamilton, mother Nancy Krestan, brothers Brandon Hamilton and Nick Kristan, and sisters Shawney and Taya Hamilton.

Rowing WOD 3/31/14: “Earth Worm” – 2x14min w/ 4min Rest, Varying Rates – Post Distances

“Earth Worm”

BC Men's Rowing - 2k Saturday in the Basin

BC Men’s Rowing – 2k Saturday in the Basin

2 x 14min w/ 4min Rest as follows …

2min @20 s/m
2min @24
2min @22
2min @26
2min @24
2min @28
2min @26

The 2014 Open is done and so is the second cycle of the Renegade Rowing Training Plan. I hope you had fun, improved, and are looking forward to next year. I’m going to go back to prescribing just rowing wods and sharing fun ways to improve technique and tactics by combining rowing and functional movements. If you’d like to order the detailed 6-week training cycle that we’ve been working through since January please shoot me an email and I’ll work with you to get you and your team what you need. I will be working on putting together a formal package for teams and gyms over the next couple of months. Keep an eye out on the mission and programs section of the website.

Today’s Rowing WOD is an opportunity to work on your rhythm and ratio. Focus on controlling your recovery to hit the prescribed stroke rating. If you need to work on adding a gathering point at bodies over be sure not to stop. Make it a slower, rhythmic, controlled motion as you come forward toward the catch. Also, try to keep the pressure up. Every time the rating goes up your split should go down. If done properly you should finish pulling consistently faster splits every stroke then you did at the beginning of the piece.

Post your total distance to comments and share your thoughts on varying the stroke rating.

Rest Day 3/30/14: Welcome Spring and the 2k Racing Season!

BC Men Launching at RiversideHope you all had an awesome 2k yesterday.  Spring is finally here and it’s starting to warmup.  This weekend is pretty much the start of the college racing season on the water, with many schools dueling each other in back to back 2k’s to prep for the bigger regattas later this Spring.  I got a chance to ride launch and watch the first races of the day between the Boston College Men’s Rowing Team and MIT Men’s Rowing Team.  If you still haven’t had a chance to see a 2k on the water, this is the time of year to get up early on a Saturday morning and go check it out!

BC Men Racing MIT on Basin 3-29-14Have a great Sunday and get pumped for the warm weather!  It’s on its way.  I feel it!