Sue (on the right) has made her peace with the rower — and excels at it (1:53/500m) while Melissa still fights the rower.
How do you learn to love rowing?
Rowing-centered workouts! Starting today, the 6pm class on Mon and Wed will be rowing-oriented. What’s that mean? Come and find out. One thing’s for certain, though, master the rower and every part of your CrossFit experience will improve. Your WOD times will decrease, your Oly lifting will improve, you’ll be better in bed, and your lost dog might even come home.
Take a read through what the CFLA folks have to say about rowing and its transference to Oly lifting skills.
Oh — and two more “Overheard at CrossFit Watertown” quotes. Name the speakers in Comments:
“I think if you had a margarita bar, it would increase my CrossFit Watertown experience.”
“I can’t move either. Today, it’s Crippled CrossFit.”
January 21st, 2009 at 9:45 am
hey CFW! i meant to post this awhile back and it slipped my mind. darlene, i believe, asked about paleo and type 1 diabetes. i sort of dodged the question, but i wanted to post this from robb wolf’s blog back in the fall. great read:
http://robbwolf.com/?p=144
cant wait to visit again in your new space!
January 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am
Crap…was planning on attending today at 6pm, I HATE rowing!! Oh well, bring it on, I can’t be getting called out by Darsh on the blog anymore!
January 21st, 2009 at 9:56 am
#1 K
#2 Ray Ray
Rowing!! I certainly need to improve my Oly lifting skills and decrease my WOD times, but as far as in bed-I sleep just fine and my dog is still home (last time I looked).
See you all tonight
January 21st, 2009 at 10:12 am
Sue’s @ 1:53 for 500m?! I’m going to have to watch out or she’ll be faster then me soon
Well I can’t make tonights W@7 (if there was one) but ill be there tomorrow for the 6am
And this rowing thing is going to be every mon & wends?
January 21st, 2009 at 10:28 am
No 7pm VIP WOD tonight.
Every Mon and Wed for the rowing-centered class. We’ll experiment with a few different formats — and there really are so many ways to integrate rowing, now that we have all those fancy-schmancy PM4 racing monitors.
January 21st, 2009 at 10:47 am
I thinking I’ll do the 5 pm and then stick around for the 6 if I can work it out with kids. We’ll also see how the body is holding up after the 5.
Becky… Does this mean I would get 2 stickers on the WOD chart if it was Feb?
January 21st, 2009 at 11:15 am
Quote #1 sounds like Jackie #1, but she hasn’t been around for so long I’ll have to vote K. Yes, I’m calling you out Jackie!! #2 indeed sounds like Ray Ray. See you at 5 tonight and like Greg, I may stick around for a few minutes to see what this rowing is all about.
January 21st, 2009 at 11:25 am
Here’s the deal on the WOD tonight — since the main site WOD focuses on HSPU and L Pull-ups — and none of us are proficient at both of these skills yet — we will be doing a different WOD (that actually goes better with our programming this week). But don’t despair! Those HSPU and L Pull-ups (or progressions) will be part of the Buy-In and Cash-Out to the WOD . . .
January 21st, 2009 at 11:42 am
Sounds like FUN!!! Hope we save enough legs for some rowing fun too.
@Chris, Hope you’re not to full of animal meat to WOD tonight.
January 21st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
linda today at the power barn…..just awful!! but check out the improvements of the PB girls……awesome!
January 21st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
I’m “resting” tonight….although the rowing-centered workouts sound interesting. See y’all Thursday…
January 21st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Here’s an idea for a rowing WOD… Row 10,000 meters. anyone?
January 21st, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Q: Does scoring 1750 in the fish game make me a good rower?
A: No, but it makes me a decent fish game player.
I’m sure we can all benefit from some rowing help.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Everyone would benefit from watching this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXnKyJdA01w
Some of you may have already seen it, but watch it again. There are some good pointers in it.
The one thing it does not communicate, however, is that the row stroke is NOT even up and back. It is a hard pull, followed by a longer recovery. 1/3 hard power, 2/3 recovery.
And, remember, if you’re rowing correctly, your ass is burning. It should be a LOT of leg drive, and a little upper body, not vice versa.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Oh — and nobody has guessed correctly on the “Overheard” quotes yet.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Yeah, I’m def. not rowing correctly. I feel it in my traps/upper back sometimes, so I’m using way too much upper body. I need to get my chicken legs into it more.
January 21st, 2009 at 2:51 pm
wow… I’m having second thoughts on this rowing WOD tonight. Now, we’ve got homework to watch before tonight!
January 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
My quote would have referenced a Dirty Martini’s and Mojitos…I’ll be back…
January 21st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I’m going with Caitlin on the maragita bar comment…I think I was part of that conversation, way back in the summer when I used to crossfit more often…
As far as rowing, I’ve never felt it anywhere other than my arms & back. Guess I need some work too!
But I will be there in the am, with a beanie on so that I can fit in!!
January 21st, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Yes, beanies are mandatory in the a.m.
Nope, it wasn’t Caitlin . . . but it was from a summer conversation.
January 21st, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I think it was Becky with the margarita quote
January 21st, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Ding ding ding! Jackie #1 is correct! It was Becky.
And the second speaker was Jenny L.
Oh — and thanks to EC for the link! Happy to have you back anytime!
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:30 am
Lis – is there a Crossfit location in Nassau County, LI? I saw there were a couple in Suffolk County but they are too far from where I am.
January 22nd, 2009 at 10:22 am
All I know is what’s on the Affiliate Blog listing.
I hope your mom is doing better?