CrossFit Works » concept 2 http://www.crossfitworks.com Real workouts. Real food. Real results. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:18:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Rowing Lesson March 13 http://www.crossfitworks.com/archives/1335 http://www.crossfitworks.com/archives/1335#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:43:29 +0000 Jen http://www.crossfitworks.com/?p=1335 I know you all live in the desert.  Some of you are even from the desert, so it is absolutely legitimate that rowing might not be your best skill.  But, now, you have to row sometimes and I promise IT GETS MUCH EASIER IF YOU DO IT PROPERLY!!  Flailing around on the rower at [...]]]> I know you all live in the desert.  Some of you are even from the desert, so it is absolutely legitimate that rowing might not be your best skill.  But, now, you have to row sometimes and I promise IT GETS MUCH EASIER IF YOU DO IT PROPERLY!!  Flailing around on the rower at high speed does not get you very far very fast.  I remember standing behind 4 men on our rowers, one of whom was the always-magnificent Mike Heinz.  Mike is a very good rower, like the kind that gets calories in the high 20s on “Fight Gone Bad”.  I watched all 4 screens on the rowers. The other 3 guys were rowing like mad men.  Their boats would have capsized.  Man overboard.  Mike was rowing so smoothly he could have been taking his Grandma out for a picnic.  Mike had fewer stroked per minute and was quite a lot faster than the other guys.  Do you want to grow up and row like Mike H.?  Picnics on the Thames and all that? or do you want your picnic hamper at the bottom of the Charles River headed into the sewage sludge of Boston Harbor?  Do you want the Harvard crew to have to come rescue you? or do you want to win a CrossFit workout someday?  I’m pretty sure when Linda was rowing this morning her mental imagery was right here.  Just where Concept 2 wants it.  Check this out.

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Jerry P. knows how to row.  Most of you haven’t met Jerry because he comes to the 7am which is too bad for you all.   I am shameless when it comes to pulling out all stops to improve my CrossFitters however, so rather than Tom G. being the only one who gets better at rowing, I asked Jerry to help all of you.  He said, “yes” because he is so nice.

March 13, Saturday at 11:00am for about an hour.  Jerry, please chime in with any comments that might convince these folks to come and learn from you.  Did I say it was free?  Sign up on the counter.

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