Hypothetical Question For Lwts

[[old] mpukita]

<!--quoteo(post=57685:date=Feb 28 2006, 12:28 PM:name=Afterburner)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Afterburner @ Feb 28 2006, 12:28 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quotec-->Can you explain how fat will help improve our performances on the erg? Muscle and height I do understand but fat ???? No I can,t see any pluses.<br /><br />And can you also point out some very good race's done bye fat people?, I haven,t seen any myself my hole life. </td></tr></table><br /><br />Actually a few extra pounds I find can help because you can just toss the weight around, it's an inertia thing. (This is speaking from my experience as a 175lb rower) As for the good races, well I was watching some of the top junior women, and I gotta I was not the only one commenting on the fact that a number of those girls pulling the fastest times could stand to lose a few lbs. Mind you when I made my post I was not referring to the grossly obese category of person, more the category that could stand to lose about 20lbs and get nice and lean.<br />I will definitely agree that it is nice that you can erg at any weight. I benefited greatly from this, but I'm also very glad now that there is the LW class.<br /><br />Heather<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Do you row for U Miami Heather?<br />

[[old] Afterburner]

<!--quoteo--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quotec-->Do you row for U Miami Heather? </td></tr></table><br />No, I went there for grad school and have done some rowing and training with their team, but I never had any elegibility to compete with them. <br />Officially I have always rowed for Miami Beach Rowing Club since I moved to FL.<br /><br />Heaher

[[old] dennish]

Hmmm interesting question. I started erging not knowing about competitions at all, and would probably continue without them, albeit, at home and for fitness. The number of competitons is very small and from Denver quite expensive to get to, so if it was solely for the comraderie and bon homme I would have to look at it from a monetary perspective as well, though those things are very hard to hang a dollar sign on. Internet racing, forums and challenges are all helpful in filling up the slack. Also, I think for a lot of lwts, you have to factor in OTW rowing as well. In small clubs it seems that lightweights have a chance to make boats just by attrition. Nice question, thanks for puttingit. dennis

[[old] eyespliced]

<!--quoteo(post=57653:date=Feb 28 2006, 09:38 AM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 28 2006, 09:38 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><br /><br />My sense is that what Heather means is that there is little negative for overweight people in erging, since you're not really moving your weight, as you would in a boat. I have noticed this too ... the overweight kids (as opposed to the big, muscular, yet lean HWs) in our crew club can pull good erg scores, but can't move the boat anywhere near as well. I guess the best way to put this is that their fitness, even if at the level of someone that's 30 or 40 pounds lighter, does not make up for having to move that extra 30 or 40 pounds. Think of a 30 or 40 pound weight just plopped into the bottom of the shell.<br /><br />Not so on the erg.<br /><br />Regards ... Mark<br /> </td></tr></table><br />yea... i (was)(am)(have been) that overweight guy who pulls pretty well on an erg but sucks on the water... but i'm working to change that in a big way(pun intended) i mean as I drop weight my erg scores get better and i'm able to row in a 4+