Workout of the day

The workout of the day consists of:

4 rounds for time of:

  • 1000 meters Row
  • 10 Clean and Jerk (115 lb/52 kg)
  • 750 meters Row
  • 10 Clean and Jerk (115 lb/52 kg)
  • 500 meters Row
  • 10 Clean and Jerk (115 lb/52 kg)
  • 250 meters Row
  • 10 Clean and Jerk (115 lb/52 kg)

Scaling

For Beginners:

  • Reduce the rowing distance by half.
  • Reduce the weight to 75 lb (34 kg) for Clean and Jerk. For Intermediates:
  • Reduce the rowing distance to 750/500/250/100 meters.
  • Use 95 lb (43 kg) for Clean and Jerk. For RX:
  • Complete the workout as prescribed.

No equipment

Without equipment:

  • Substitute rowing with 1-minute jumping jacks, 1-minute high knees, 1-minute butt kicks, and 1-minute mountain climbers for each rowing segment.
  • Substitute Clean and Jerk with dumbbell or kettlebell clean and press if you have them or do burpees if no weights available.

Warmup

2 rounds of:

  • 250 meters light rowing
  • 10 air squats
  • 10 push-ups
  • 30-second plank hold
  • 10 ring rows or pull-ups
  • Dynamic stretches (leg swings, shoulder circles)

Cooldown

3 rounds of:

  • 5 yoga breaths in child’s pose
  • 10 slow cat-cow stretches
  • 45-second pigeon pose each side
  • 1 minute foam rolling quads
  • 1 minute foam rolling back