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Hi, I was wondering why when I'm rowing along side my class (we have 4 rowers) I'm going twice as fast as most yet my meters are barely over what other slower rowers are. Thanks!

I assume by "twice as fast" you mean a higher stroke rate, that is, moving back and forth quicker. This means you aren't putting as much power into each stroke as your classmates. Try slowing your stroke rate down and concentrate on legs-back-arms, getting a good strong stroke each time.

There is a lot of information you haven't provided about yourself (age, weight, height, experience), your class, and all the rowing stats like stroke rate, pace, drag factor, distance rowed, etc. If you provide a lot more of all that, the people here will be able to give you lots of help.

Welcome.

Push, don't pull

The trick in rowing is to learn to make the boat go fast without pulling lots of strokes every minute, which can only make us tired.

This means that each stroke has to be big, where big means long and maybe hard too, if you can. But long in any case.