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Hi elfm, Unfortunately, for females, even if you're not rowing very hard, or for very long periods of time, you will build up more shoulder and arm muscle. Because us women typically don't have any sort of upper body strength, whenever you start working those muscles, you will see some growth there,...

I would like to aim for the 200 K, but it's been pretty hard for me to keep up since I'm currently about 10 weeks pregnant and I've been pretty tired after work (and before and during...), and being bloated doesn't help either! :lol: But, I know that it's good for me to stay active so I'm going to r...

Schenley, Great job on reaching lightweight!! I can't seem to break the 142 lb mark myself. I've tried to keep a food diary and I know that there are small things I can cut out, but it's so hard!! (whine....) We'll see how things go for the next two months, I'd like to get down to 135 before I go to...

hello, the only problem now is that my lower back is starting to hurt. i'm trying to keep everything straight, that is, bending from the hips. is this a consequence of a new technique, or should i consider going back to the old way? thanks, steve Could be due to the new technique. Make sure you're ...

I'm finally done with the HC also! It was another tough year with the power outage up here in the NW. I was a wuss and didn't erg while the power was out, and we ended up at the MILs for a few days so I ended up w/ 80 K to finish in the last four days! But, I just finished and I'm glad I stuck with ...

I'm so impressed with all of you. Challenges are a bit scary until you do one and find out that in the process you can indeed row 10,000 meters or even a half marathon!! I made it to 90,000. My back problem seemed to be consistently getting worse after I exercised so I stopped cycling and erging a ...

Yes, I believe the preferred, or most common method is to count at the catch, for me at least, preferably right at the catch and with a nice strong, crisp count. I couldn't tell if you were describing the call as a split second earlier. I have had some coxwains call it at the release, but I think it...

Dear Hapa, Yes I've reported it by calling our local office to see what was up with the package like that and no address...they said it was a 'sub' carrier and that was WAY wrong to leave it like that...duh! and she said it was 'intact' when she left it, well it wasn't when we got home! They asked ...

WOOHOO! DUCKS still holding #5 place!! B) I missed yesterday, due to chasing down some mail theft at our box out here in the country...carrier left a package from my pal in UK right there on the road at the box! HELLO! If it doesn't fit in the box you bring it to the door or leave a pickup slip! DU...

DNL - You're doing great w/ 40 K already, you're definitely on track for the 100 K challenge and getting to your first million! That first million feels great! Stargazer - BIG congrats from me also, getting to 200 K in two weeks is awesome!! Keep up the good work, you're an inspiration for the rest ...

Good job for all of you on track for the HC, and for those of you who are using this to get back onto the erg for your own personal challenge! I'm just over 56 K as of Sunday, so I'm on track so far. Just a little bit behind the average, but compared to how I was doing last year... On the erg, I nee...

Hey ladies!! It's almost that time for the Holiday Challenge. I know that I'm going to be using this as my motivator to get back into a more regular workout schedule, and to hopefully not eat too many goodies during this holiday season. I've been falling "off the wagon" too much this last month and ...

Having started out as an Intercollegiate rower, and now just being an erger (is that a word?), I would agree with statements both from the study and from other comments posted here. When rowing in college, most of us tended to view the erg as a painful necessity for additional training, and doing ti...

I was sort of on the fence between the oars and flag, or just the flag. I think I will vote for just the flag as both would get too busy I think. Also, not everyone is an on the water (OTW) rower?

Not freezing where I'm at-we are having record rains and warm brisk breezes. They call it the pineapple express. Beautiful tropical wind from the islands that streams across the Pacific, picking up about half the ocean with it, and then it all dumps on us in the Pacific northwest. I'm wearing my BI...