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It's actually really hard to find a wee little man of less than a 125 lbs ideally who can steer straight, is not a dumbass, and doesn't mind talking shit to dudes twice his size. There are actually a lot a female coxswains for men's teams as it's not against the rules.whlinder said:The coxswain is a student ath-uh-lete like the rest of them. Finding them can be a pain but the good ones stand out. The benefit is being part of a competitive team.
Getting a coxswain for masters or club rowing is really a pain.
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I did crew in the fall of my senior year of high school just to prepare for Rugby in the spring and it was the most mentally challenging conditioning program I've ever been through. I mean super intense and competitive. They would line you up on the Erg in order of previous times and have you race. Top 8 times get in the boat. You literally would have coaches screaming at you and the next guy about who wants it more while you're reading the 500 m splits on the screens next to you, just pulling for your life.
Pretty much the entire team threw up after. The fall was also 6k race training instead of 2k so the it was long as shit. -
Once our frosh coach at UW told us that no one ever died form pulling to hard. Apparently, Oregon proved this isn't true, and there is the possibility of death from working out to hard.Doogles said:I did crew in the fall of my senior year of high school just to prepare for Rugby in the spring and it was the most mentally challenging conditioning program I've ever been through. I mean super intense and competitive. They would line you up on the Erg in order of previous times and have you race. Top 8 times get in the boat. You literally would have coaches screaming at you and the next guy about who wants it more while you're reading the 500 m splits on the screens next to you, just pulling for your life.
Pretty much the entire team threw up after. The fall was also 6k race training instead of 2k so the it was long as shit. -
@JudahBenHurDawg91 true??!1/!YellowSnow said:
Once our frosh coach at UW told us that no one ever died form pulling to hard. Apparently, Oregon proved this isn't true, and there is the possibility of death from working out to hard.Doogles said:I did crew in the fall of my senior year of high school just to prepare for Rugby in the spring and it was the most mentally challenging conditioning program I've ever been through. I mean super intense and competitive. They would line you up on the Erg in order of previous times and have you race. Top 8 times get in the boat. You literally would have coaches screaming at you and the next guy about who wants it more while you're reading the 500 m splits on the screens next to you, just pulling for your life.
Pretty much the entire team threw up after. The fall was also 6k race training instead of 2k so the it was long as shit. -
All I heard was *Gurgle*YellowSnow said:
Once our frosh coach at UW told us that no one ever died form pulling to hard. Apparently, Oregon proved this isn't true, and there is the possibility of death from working out to hard.Doogles said:I did crew in the fall of my senior year of high school just to prepare for Rugby in the spring and it was the most mentally challenging conditioning program I've ever been through. I mean super intense and competitive. They would line you up on the Erg in order of previous times and have you race. Top 8 times get in the boat. You literally would have coaches screaming at you and the next guy about who wants it more while you're reading the 500 m splits on the screens next to you, just pulling for your life.
Pretty much the entire team threw up after. The fall was also 6k race training instead of 2k so the it was long as shit. -
I'm not sure if my experience is what most crew teams go through, because it was a damn good program and the entire 8 all went ivy league, washington, or Stanford.YellowSnow said:
Once our frosh coach at UW told us that no one ever died form pulling to hard. Apparently, Oregon proved this isn't true, and there is the possibility of death from working out to hard.Doogles said:I did crew in the fall of my senior year of high school just to prepare for Rugby in the spring and it was the most mentally challenging conditioning program I've ever been through. I mean super intense and competitive. They would line you up on the Erg in order of previous times and have you race. Top 8 times get in the boat. You literally would have coaches screaming at you and the next guy about who wants it more while you're reading the 500 m splits on the screens next to you, just pulling for your life.
Pretty much the entire team threw up after. The fall was also 6k race training instead of 2k so the it was long as shit.
I was pulling with the jv team because i told them in the beginning i was just here for the conditioning and had no intention of following up in the spring. I wouldn't have made the V8 anyways, those dudes were all 6'3-6'6 nerds who somehow could fucking fly.
One of my friends went to UW on that team (later transferred) but won a world title or some shit in an Erg competition. I'll always have respect for the sport. -
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Did lightweight crew my sophomore year at Cal, but washed out during fall training because I wanted a social life instead. Got my 5M meters free shirt from Concept2 a few years back. Pulled 20k yesterday for the first time in a while, took me 1:25 but that was after a 2hr workout at the gym, and I'm 48 so fuck you
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I'd heard mention @BearsWiin of your being a dude that still pulls ergs, so props for this. I'm all in favor of old guy ergin' - still use it myself - but why 20,000 meters? Are you training for a marathon or something? 2:07.5 splits for and hour and 25 mins of work at age 48 ain't nothing to be ashamed of. In my college days, we never did pieces for time longer 10,000 meters; for longer work at low strokes per minute, it was lot more stuff like 6 x 10 min pieces with 2 mins rest in between.BearsWiin said:Did lightweight crew my sophomore year at Cal, but washed out during fall training because I wanted a social life instead. Got my 5M meters free shirt from Concept2 a few years back. Pulled 20k yesterday for the first time in a while, took me 1:25 but that was after a 2hr workout at the gym, and I'm 48 so fuck you
Amongst my friend group which is most ex- UW rowers, we have a saying: 2:00 min splits is the new 1:40. Most of us - me included - were sub 20:00 min guys on 6000 meters, so 1:39 or better, but these days we're all happy to just hold under 2:00 min splits for 30 minutes give or take.
