Rowing

Join Rory McKernan of CrossFit HQ Media as he receives some rowing tips at a CrossFit Rowing Seminar. In this video, McKernan learns how to perform basic rower maintenance from Greg Hammond of Concept2.

Hammond recommends storing the rowers as two pieces for safety and for saving space, and he shows how easy it is to take the rower apart and put it back together again.

For chain maintenance, the location of your affiliate… Continue Reading

Join Rory McKernan of CrossFit HQ Media as he receives some rowing tips at a CrossFit Rowing Seminar. In this video, he gets the scoop on the rowing monitor from Greg Hammond of Concept2.

“I would say most CrossFitters, even with a PM3, (are) using maybe 2 or 3 percent of what it can do,” Hammond says. He shows McKernan how the monitor can make a difference in CrossFit workouts and programming.

One of these… Continue Reading

Join Rory McKernan of CrossFit HQ Media as he receives some rowing tips from Rowing Seminar trainer Erin Cafaro, who won an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in the women’s eights event. Cafaro coaches McKernan through a rowing session on a Concept2.

In Part 2, Cafaro provides some tips to fine tune your rowing technique.

“The idea is to keep this chain as tight as possible. You never want any slack because that is ... a loss… Continue Reading

Join Rory McKernan of CrossFit HQ Media as he receives some rowing tips from Rowing Seminar trainer Erin Cafaro, who won an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in the women’s eights event.

Cafaro coaches McKernan through a rowing session on a Concept2, and her first instructions focus on the set-up.

“Every time you sit on an erg, you want to kind of personalize it for yourself,” she says as she sets him up on… Continue Reading

Jon Kissick of Front Range CrossFit is a rower who competed in college and on the U.S. team. He coaches a specialized rowing program at Front Range CrossFit.

Kissick’s CrossFit community benefits from rowing seminars to improve technique for greater efficiency. The higher-level athletes and those interested in competing in rowing have more training and workouts to learn more advanced skills.

One of these skills is pacing.

“We want to… Continue Reading

On Episode 133 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Brad Thorne, owner of CrossFit Cache Valley. Justin also interviewed Olympic gold medalist and CrossFit SME Erin Cafaro. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, Aug. 18th, 2010.

4:50 CrossFit Cache Valley owner Brad Thorne came on the show to talk about how he keeps things fresh after being in business for two and a half… Continue Reading

Just like CrossFit lifters can tell you their 3-rep max for any given movement, top Canadian rowers can tell you their 3-stroke max on a Concept2 erg.

Doug Csima is a member of the Rowing Canada team, and he tried to beat his 3-stroke max at a training session at CrossFit East Sacramento. With teammates bracing the erg to prevent sliding, Csima hauls off in hopes of breaking his personal record of 1,120 watts on the last stroke… Continue Reading

Kevin Light of B.C., Canada, gave up hockey at 17, and more than a decade later he was rewarded with an Olympic gold medal in the men’s eights rowing event in Beijing, China.

In this video shot at CrossFit East Sacramento during a training session with the Rowing Canada team, Light talks about how he got into rowing, what he eats and how he trains.

Light also talks about intensity and how top rowers… Continue Reading