There are times in life you may lose focus of your thousand foot goals. It is necessary to discover both what drives and makes you happy. Whether it is completing the WOD in record time, taking time out of the work day to comment on the Crossfit Rowing page with your peers, or simply cooking a [...]
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Movember has proved a wiley beast this year. Four of the coaches at Invictus are growing out their manly lip hair in support of Movember and research for men’s health issues, primarily Prostate Cancer.
To help all of you out there that have undertaken this month of manliness, I took time to sit down with [...]
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That time of year has snuck up on us again.
Lights are up, the holiday music soundtracks are set on repeat at Starbucks, the mall, and for a few our places of work. It sounds a time of giving and receiving
As Black Friday approaches and we all swing into full “holiday [...]
Continue Reading →To survive is to persevere, to keep going no matter what hurdles are set against you.
While most of us will not likely have to test our rowing skills in a survival setting like the ship wrecked crew of the Sun Sentine, who rowed for three whole days across ocean ocean with [...]
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This week is all about chasing our dreams. Some of us have big goals, others of us have small ones. What we all seem to have in common in the rowing and fitness world is the drive to push our envelopes and enrich our lives.
Whether a person seeks to perfect [...]
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Today is 11/11/11.
While some of us might make wishes for a new erg or apparel, many of our injured war veteran’s only wish to get back to a normal life after making huge sacrifices in service to our country.
Luckily there is much that the rowing community has done to give back to those [...]
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Here’s a great and healthy side dish to warm you up during a cold rainy day. Infuse the recipe with extra thick cut bacon, to make it even more amazing (and slightly sinful).
A special thanks to http://everydaypaleo.com/2011/10/27/good-greens/#more-3314. for providing this awesome recipe, there are many more so check them out!
Good Greens
1 pound [...]
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Warmup 2 minutes easy spinning Dynamic Warmup of your choice Workout
2 x 20 minutes with 5 minutes rest between.
In teams of two row as many meters as possible, switching on and off the erg every two minutes. Every time you get back on the erg, you should perform a full sprint start.
Strategy [...]
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So you’ve taken a liking to rowing. I can see how that would happen. The whir of the flywheel, the rush of endorphins from finishing a hard workout, (could also be the rush of your lunch wanting to coming back) and the synchronicity of blending with five other rowers at the same time to create [...]
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Warmup 2 minutes easy spinning Dynamic Warmup Perfect Stretch Inch Worm Single Leg Deadlift Deep Squat Progression Workout
Work – Rest: Use a manageable pace for the first three pieces and ramp it up on the last three
2:00 – 2:00 3:00 – 3:00 4:00 – 3:00 3:00 – 2:00 2:00 – 1:00 1:00 – 2:00 [...]
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