I enjoy my Crossfit morning workouts. Some classes though I do better than others...
The other morning our workout was rowing based. I did college rowing for a short stint, so I felt confident on this one. Before the actual workout though the coaches wanted to go over the mechanics of the rowing movement, so they had us sit on the ergs and asked us not to strap our feet in so we could feel the full movement.
We worked step by step and then combined all the technical movements needed for one stroke. To check our form, they ended the training portion by asking us each to do 10 full rowing strokes.
I had just completed my fourth stroke and was feeling like a champ from knowing the technique beforehand... and then as I did my 5th stroke, full leg explosion, my hands slipped off the handle. Now all of a sudden I am full force sliding backwards on the seat, hands flailing in the air. Seeing as my feet weren't strapped in, I keep flying backwards with my momentum. The seats gets all the way to the end of the rail and then launches me a solid 2-3 feet behind my erg like I was a cannon out of a rocket.
Luckily I was fine, only a bruised ego.
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