Don't let the off-season slow you down!
1 June 2026 – 30 August 2026
What is Summer Smasher?
Summer Smasher is CrewLAB’s signature off-season challenge — a team-wide competition where athletes log workouts, check in daily, support teammates, and compete on a live leaderboard all summer long.
CrewLAB gives your team a private space where athletes can hold each other accountable and stay motivated through friendly competition.
“It gives you a sense of community with the privacy of just your own team and makes training apart more personable.”
Trusted by teams across rowing, swimming, and running
Let's check out the benefits
No more spreadsheets
All team training data will be stored in CrewLAB, and the team leaderboard will be automatically populated in the app.
Increased accountability
Athletes can view each other’s training posts, engage with, and motivate one another, even when apart.
Your team will train more
Every team participating in our previous challenges has seen an increase in off-season training consistency and motivation.
No coach involvement
Team captains can manage the challenge independently. Coaches can have a peace of mind knowing their team is training while staying compliant with NCAA/IRA rules.
How it works
Simple to start.
Surprisingly hard to stop.
Now
Sign up for free and download the app
Takes less than 2 minutes. No credit card.
before June 1
Set up squads in the app
Coaches and captains can rename, reorganize, and create squads.
June 1
Leaderboard goes live — challenge begins
Open the Analytics tab and start competing.
All summer
Partner challenges, prize drops, and @crewlab.io shoutouts
New challenges and prizes announced throughout June, July, and August.
August 30
Challenge ends — team recaps delivered in-app
Celebrate your teammates in the app recap. See how your summer stacked up against all CrewLAB teams.
“CrewLAB has kept us very accountable during the off-season, more so than in the past years without it.”
Leaderboards
- For the first hour of training completed each day, point earnings are boosted by 33%.
- For the third hour of training completed each day, point earnings will be reduced by 50%.
Training points
Duration |
Activity |
Points |
|---|---|---|
1 minute |
Swimming, Running, Rowing, Skiing |
10 points |
1 minute |
Lifting, Mobility |
10 points (max 300) |
1 minute |
Cycling |
6.6 points |
1 minute |
Other |
2.5 points |
Enagement points
Activity |
Points |
|---|---|
Like |
5 points (max 50) |
Comment |
10 points (max 50) |
Wellness check-in |
100 points |
Workout reflection |
+20 points to workout |
Photo added to workout |
+20 points to workout |
Added effort |
+20 points to workout |
“The individual rankings we had at the end of the challenge were correlated to how well we performed on the tests when we came back.”
FAQS
Find answers to all your questions.
Is this NCAA and IRA compliant?
How do I create Squads?
I'm already on CrewLAB. Do I need to do anything?
Your off-season starts June 1.
Don’t let your team fall behind.
Download CrewLAB, join your team, and compete all summer. Free forever — no catch.
Already a CrewLAB user? Challenge goes live on June 1! See you on the leaderboard! 😉