Thursday, February 5, 2026

30-24-18 reps
Banded Good Mornings
AbMat Sit-ups
Row Calories

This should be a bit of a sprint. Do your best to keep the midline work unbroken and push the pace a bit on the row. Used the green band for the good mornings. Came out too conservative the first two rounds on the rower - everything should be around a 2:00 or faster split. 

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Mid Rowing Intervals 
1000m @ 5k pace | Rest 1:30
1000m @ 5k pace | Rest 2:00
1000m @ 5k pace | Rest 2:30
500m @ 2k pace | Rest 1:00
500m @ 1k pace | done! 

No rate specifications. Big screwup on the second interval where I pulled up early and the monitor stopped with 1 meter to go 🤬 which bumped up my split time. That second 500 was torture - legs were so heavy and I hit the wall with about 100m to go. Fight through it and keep the lean and swing and try to increase your rate. 

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

World Rowing Series 2025 Challenge 1: Podium Power 
Row 213 meters as fast as possible 

Score: 42.2 seconds

No restrictions on rate or drag. Warmed up for about 20 minutes then turned the drag up a bit and got after it. Would have loved to come in at 40 seconds or faster but happy with this effort. Average rate was 33spm–shorten your stroke a bit to push your rate up even higher for an all-out sprint. 

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Deadlift 
5-5-5-5-5
*Should be touch and go
*Posture and position always govern load
*Start at 65% of 1RM and increase with each set

Warmed up with 5 mins on the SkiErg - one min at each rate (r33-35-37-35-33) followed by 20 Frankenstein to SL Toe Touch. While I can close my eyes and find any rate on the rower, I found this to be much more of a challenge on the SkiErg. Found I was unable to hold for more than a few strokes at a time without going up or down in rate. Used the Rogue trap bar with high handles for deadlifts. Finished with a good number, but not much different than what I have been able to hit with standard bar or low handles. 

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Warmup: DH 10-minute build (2166m) 

300 Dart Challenge 
Object: To row with a consistent stroke rate and power output
Number of Darts (strokes) : 300
Points: 50 points for a bull’s eye; 25, 10, and 5 points for next three rings.

Time: 12:31.0
Score: 13,730 (15,000 is perfect score) 
Distance: 2802m 

Friday, January 30, 2026

Bench Press 5-5-3-3-3-1-1-1-1 reps 

5s: 155 & 185 pounds
3s: 195-205-215 pounds
Singles: 225-235-245-250(f) pounds

Max output followed by long rest, work up to a near max effort. The 245-pound bar was a struggle and took everything I had to make the lift. As a result, I couldn't even get the 250# bar off my chest. Warmed up on the rower with a moderate effort.

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Workout 65 - Ride The Wave
As The Flywheel Spins Podcast
Workout 65: (Active Recovery Workout) This rhythmic ride today will have us rolling through waves of intensity at a variety of different rates. Our focus is off of maximum power, but finding a different way to build up our stroke count.

Warm Up:
Easy Rowing without Straps @ 20 Strokes per Minute
Workout:
100 Strokes* @20
100 Strokes* @24
100 Strokes* @28
100 Strokes* @24/@28/@32

*Accumulating 100 strokes by 3 Rounds of 10 easy, 10 moderate, 10 hard; finish out the last 10 strokes easy. There is a brief rest period between each 100 strokes (~60-90 seconds).

Use Just Row and don't reset the monitor between intervals. Total distance includes warmup and cooldown.