My college had a Freshman Heayweight 8 with the 5 seat a guy 5'7" or 5'8", about 170. A swimmer, with very wide thick shoulders. Incredible power. The rest of the stern 4 was 6'7", 6'3' and 6'6".
Depends on your power, and rowing efficiency. If you make a HV boat go, they'll want you to stay in it. If they just go by height, start thinking LWT.
Going to lightweight
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prezidentv8
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I'm doubtful that I have "incredible power," but I'm pretty decent...I'd be in both the heavyweight and lightweight 8's (about half of the HW8 is lightweight)...maybe a four too...and part of the overall goal is to maintain or improve my erg score...we shall see if I can do it, but I figure nothing tried, nothing gained...a day or two ago I dipped below 165 for the first time in about 5 years and my 6k test was only a few seconds off my PR (and i was feelin tired)...so im gettin close....just gonna keep hammerin with the cardio...i suppose the hard part will be maintaining my lightweightness.
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update
Well, a couple weeks back I hit 157 pounds (31 pound loss!!) and right now I'm staying just above 160 so that I can drop down when necessary, so the lightweight goal is now complete. Even better, my lightweight PR is a 6:44.8 as of today, which is only 4 seconds above my heavyweight PR, and about 7-8 seconds better than where I was at this point last year.
So I'm feeling pretty good about that.
Next goal: make a summer camp...anyone out there from Penn AC interested in another Sonoma State Mike V?...seriously...and that time's going to keep dropping, cause today felt GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.
So I'm feeling pretty good about that.
Next goal: make a summer camp...anyone out there from Penn AC interested in another Sonoma State Mike V?...seriously...and that time's going to keep dropping, cause today felt GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.