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i'd say for the lig htweight heavyweight question, your pieces should be rerowed because simply you had the weight advantage at the time you rowed those pieces.<br /><br />not sure about the age question though.

it was almost certainly do to bad form. make sure you watch all the videos that came with your erg, and even better, get someone who knows how to erg to watch and coach you. don't even touch the erg until your back feels 100% again and you have a beter idea of how to do it.

I'm not too sure of the benefit of slides on a solo erg. however, I am very aware of the benefits to erg times of erging on a slide train with 1-3 other rowers. Even without rushing the others (ie being the stroke), I believe that you gain an advantage on slides opposed to stationary ergs.

I was a walk on in an ivy league lightweight rowing program. I don't consider myself to be very naturally gifted, by winter training (maybe 5 months), i was able to break 7 minutes, just barely. The best walk ons broke 7 by a bit, went 6:55 - 7:00, meanwhile mmost of the recruits broke 6:50, with i ...