Skeleton Crew Challenge Day 1 

RowErg
9:00 steady interval
Increase rate OT3M (20, 22 & 24)
3 rounds of 3:00 work // 2:00 rest
r24 across all intervals with increasing power
9 rounds of 1:00 work/ 1:00 rest
r26 across all intervals - maintain or increase power

Row Conditioning 

2000 meter row 

My plan was initially to row along with a DH video that paced the 2K at 9 minutes, but was feeling good after my warmup. Held the rate at 22 and pushed myself to hold a moderately hard pace, getting faster each 500m. Still cautious with my back but during each 500m block, I did add 10 power strokes dropping my splits :10-12 seconds below what I was holding. Made a final push with about 300m to go. 

Workout 83 - RowErg - Spice it Up 
3 Rounds
Duration: 4-3-2-1 minutes
Rate: 22-24-26-28

My back is still tender after tweaking it on Tuesday afternoon. Didn't really want to push too hard here, but still wanted to get in some gentle movement. Was pretty conservative during the warmup round, but felt good as I pressed on so pushed a bit more during the last two rounds. 

Row Intervals 
10x :30 work / :30 rest
r26

DF 130

Turn up the drag a bit higher than normal to max out on power. Aim should be to be more consistent. Lock into target pace (2k) within the first three strokes and hold for remaining 10 strokes.

I also did a stroke count workout that was not captured by ErgData. Followed along with DH vid for this one as well, formatted as follows: 10 on, 5 off, 15 on, 10 off, 20 on, 15 off, 25 on, 20 off, and 30 on, 25 off. 

Row Intervals 
100 Strokes* @20 
100 Strokes* @24
100 Strokes* @28
100 Strokes* @20/@24/@28
*Accumulating 100 strokes by 3 Rounds of 10 easy, 10 moderate, 10 hard; finish out the last 10 strokes easy. 

There is one-minute rest period between each 100 strokes interval. Final 10 strokes of the last interval were done at a HARD r32. This is the DH version of ATFS Workout 65.

4 Rounds for Quality 
12 Med Ball Over Shoulder @ 30-pounds (6 each side)
12 Ball Slams
12 Ab Kick Outs (left/right around a kettlebell)

Warmed up on the rower before hitting this metcon. Note that this is for QUALITY - while my goal was to hold each exercise and set as a whole unbroken, it was not for time. I took a minute or so rest between sets so that I could maintain unbroken reps. Don't be deceived - those ball slams will still have you breathing heavy. 

Workout 69 - RowErg - Your 24 
Warm Up:
2 Minutes Easy @22 then,
10 Minutes Easy @24
At the top of each Minute, Row 10 Hard Strokes @24
 
Workout:
Five 4 Minute Intervals
Row 350m @24 Hard
Recovery Row @24 to finish the interval
No Rest between Intervals 

Held a spot under 5K pace for the HARD 350m. Define your endpoints at the catch and the drive. Catch, finish. Catch, finish.  Use the legs, PRESS them to extension, don't just FLOP them to extension. It can be easy to let your rate and pace fall away during the recovery periods. Bring it back.