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15, 5'9'',185 6:58

A major thing coaches look for other than erg scores( these are probably most important though, fitness is needed) is that you are a hard worker. If your coach now tells coaches that you work hard, your a good guy and a team player that will mean more then if your 2k is a 6:10 becasue they want guys...

High intensity workouts would include 4x1k, 8x500m, 2 minutes on two minutes rest and so forth. But I'm still going to recommend something 30 minutes or longer.

Most Ivy leagues and technical school will generally look at the same thing. Enginering schoolsmay look less at reading and writing skills, since they aren't necessary but a very high SAT or ACT score is what they look at along with a GPA pretty close to 3.8 or above.

If you reach your goal of under 6:20 by the end of high school and you have a good 6k youll be fine as far as erging goes. Your grades and test scores will be the deciding factor between a good rowing college and an Ivy league.

For a lightweight 6:30 is incredible. For heavyweight 6:30 is kind of the slowest a heavyweight can go for acceptance to an Ivy league. Most heavyweights that get into an Ivy league college go faster than that though.

From what I've heard from some people who know alot about rowing, in the U.S. breaking 6:30 on a 2k in highschool is almost an automatic ticket into a college(as far as the rowing side goes, you'll need really good grades to get into an Ivy though).

It may only happen on the water but elite rowers who row for weeks or even months on the water with their feet out, can cause stress fractures in the ribs due to the abdomen having to support more weight. I don't know if it will happen on an erg but just in case.

Thats pretty good for a girl and for your age. Just do something over 30 minutea a day. That will help you improve if thats what your after. If your just looking to maintain what you have 30 minutes 3 times a week will do it. If your looking to improve do something over 30 minutes, broken up into in...

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Rowing above a 28 is the easy way out of training hard unless youre doing timed trials. What you are trying to achieve is easy. If you do a 10k everyday start out really slow, around an 18 and row there for 1k or so. Dont worry about pressure just yet. You really just have to become accustomed to ro...