June 2012
16 posts
Anonymous asked: How did u make this blog? I mean I would love to start something like this/be a part of it.
Anonymous asked: Please open up the submit button! I need to know I'm a rower when...
Anonymous asked: How can you best prepare for a rowing try-out without a boat??
Anonymous asked: how do you get to be a coxswain in the olympics?
secretlivesofrowers asked: we're not allowed to have music when we're doing anything except when we're doing 50min + ergs. I used to only be able to run/erg with music but it was surprisingly easy to make the switch :) but for the long ergs i find that music helps so much with just being able to finish them, there's only so much of staring at that screen for what feels like forever that I can take before...
ergingincircles-deactivated2012 asked: That is true, it shouldn't be easy. I mean, by no means do I think crew is easy, I live and breath for challenges. I guess we just prevail better within our respective environments. I find that I have more potential to achieve when I have music to listen to which probably is a characteristic stemming from the fact that I am actually a musician. It makes me comfortable, allows me to think more...
ergingincircles-deactivated2012 asked: I can see where you're coming from, but for me, erging without music is more difficult. Oddly enough, it's the only exercise I will do with music; i absolutely hate running with music. But i think the answer as to why I can only erg with music lies in the fact that I don't run with music. When i'm running, the world is changing around me. In the erg room, it's myself and...
Anonymous asked: my coach made us stop listening to music during some pieces because we needed to get used to not having any music during races. you soon get used to it and this way our coxes could motivate and say things to use during pieces without having to scream over loud music.
ergingincircles-deactivated2012 asked: You don't listen to music while you erg? You do you do that!? crazy. lol
Anonymous asked: can we get a new erg playlist up in hurrrr??????
imagine-living-in-peace asked: This is for the people who are worried about their height weight etc. Don't worry about your disadvantages! If you do it will get into your head. Crew is a mental sport and if you think of your limitations it could make of think of all the bad things. Thinking that you can do it and will keep doing it is what will keep you going. I personally am only 5'1 and i rowed a single as a novice....
Anonymous asked: Good luck to all teams rowing at the US Youth National Championships!
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For the short rower, when looking at your 2k time also take your weight adjusted time into account. You don’t have as much weight to pull as the bigger girls, one girl on my team is 5’2 and weighs about 110 lbs and pulls an 8:27 2k and there is another girl on my team who is 5’10 and 185 lbs and pulls a 7:30 the while the 5’10 girl has...
makesomedaytoday asked: This is a response to the anonymous worried about their height. I'm 5'4 and my coach in high school told me I didn't have a chance rowing in college and I might as well become a coxswain. I obviously didn't listen to her and rowed for 4 years primarily in the V1 of a high ranked DIII school. A bunch of the women on my team were also what some would consider too short. If you...
Anonymous asked: Hey! I'm a 5'3'' sculler and my 2k is 9:04 (since 2 months ago- i haven't done one since), although I am told I have great technique. When I was only 14 years old, I won the city championships for singles girls (at that point, my 2k was a 9:39!) and people say that I can move a boat unusually fast for my strength. Although I've been rowing forever, I'm often...
sharpiemoustache asked: I'm a Coxswain and i'm in grade 9 so i'm just new on the high school team and its so crazy. I am having a huge problem of respect, and talking back to me. i get so frustrated i actually go home and cry. They don't want to listen because i'm younger (i think) so i'm very cross most of the time. My friend just started Coxing and she thinks she knows everything and it...
