testing strapless?
Posted: September 12th, 2006, 12:42 pm
Guys i need advice. A 6k/5k is comming up in the near future for the entire program. It's kinda redundant for me because i will be rowing my single this season but I still want to do the test in order to pb so that i have somthing good to show coaches in university.
I just realized that im pretty much the only one of a decently sized group to give any thought to dumping weight at the finish so when i erged to warm up for a weight circuit with my team i started off rowing strapless. I told them to try it and they had extreme difficulty staying on the machine and giving any power or raising the rate.
The coach said that my finish was excellent just moments later and then we finished warming up and we went to do weights.
What i am thinking is that for this comming test i think it would impress alot of people if i did it strapless which would indicate that in a boat i would not be dumping my weight at the catch if for instance i was trying out for a charles crew.
First off. Im pretty sure that this might add some seconds to my time but at the same time it might impress coaches who see the time knowing that the others couldnt do the same without flying off the back of the erg.
Thoughts?
P.S. im 17 and in my senior year.
I just realized that im pretty much the only one of a decently sized group to give any thought to dumping weight at the finish so when i erged to warm up for a weight circuit with my team i started off rowing strapless. I told them to try it and they had extreme difficulty staying on the machine and giving any power or raising the rate.
The coach said that my finish was excellent just moments later and then we finished warming up and we went to do weights.
What i am thinking is that for this comming test i think it would impress alot of people if i did it strapless which would indicate that in a boat i would not be dumping my weight at the catch if for instance i was trying out for a charles crew.
First off. Im pretty sure that this might add some seconds to my time but at the same time it might impress coaches who see the time knowing that the others couldnt do the same without flying off the back of the erg.
Thoughts?
P.S. im 17 and in my senior year.