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Offline Dowding

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« Reply #45 on: April 18, 2007, 04:10:59 PM »
Competitive rowing hurt. But there was alot of skill in maintaining technique (and therefore speed, balance and direction) when you were fatigued and you mind starts to go fuzzy.
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« Reply #46 on: April 18, 2007, 04:22:39 PM »
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You've obvoiusly never rowed competitively if you think that there is only physical effort involved in rowing and many rowers are involved in sailing.  Con Findlay won gold medals in rowing in 56 and 64...  he then was on Dennis Conners' '74 AC effort, DC's Olympic Tempest in 76 and won bronze. He crewed on Ted Turners 77 AC defense,  

Rob Waddell, The Gold medalist in Mens single sculls in Sydney is now grinding on a Kiwi AC team.  

My original response was due to your callous and  unwarranted attack on crew rowing in another locked thread.  (The obvious reason for the lockage);)


From your example, they obviously wanted to challenge themselves more, both mentally and physically, so they switched to sailing.

Who could blame them?  Rowboats iz dull.  :aok


But one of my best friends is on the rowing team.  We constantly make fun of each other's sports.
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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #47 on: April 18, 2007, 07:02:47 PM »
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From your example, they obviously wanted to challenge themselves more, both mentally and physically, so they switched to sailing.

Who could blame them?  Rowboats iz dull.  :aok


But one of my best friends is on the rowing team.  We constantly make fun of each other's sports.


They changed sports because they couldn't hack the physical stress as they got older and decided at least sailing wasn't giving up entirely like bowling or bass fishing.
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« Reply #48 on: April 19, 2007, 12:01:21 PM »
Im off to do another spinning session with the missus... we had a light dinner so hopefully i can just about avoid puking again :D
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« Reply #49 on: April 19, 2007, 01:33:57 PM »
i have had the experience of both competitive rowing and sailing. sailing is far more fun, especially on a nice day. i own an old osprey which was recently given a decent makeover. with the spinnaker up she can easily hit 40 knots with a good wind, rides the plane beautifully, little bit wobbly but great fun :D

i was heavily into rowing at school. even starting training for team GB, but realised what a waste of time rowing was. if you want exersize, rowing is the way to go, but it takes a lot of training, and it's really not much fun when you're serious about it, gave it up :)

lasersailor i have to say, running around on a boat no matter the size, no matter how far you have throw yourself out on the harness, can't hold a candle to competitive rowing, it really is a full time commitment, all your muscles, and aerobic and anerobic fitness like no other sport on earth.
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« Reply #50 on: April 19, 2007, 01:53:01 PM »
Yup.

Competive sailors are usually very fit indeed and it can be a highly demanding sport but not to the level of a rower.

-edit- i survived today aswell and atleast now i knew what to expect. My bellybutton had not recovered from the last session tho :D
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« Reply #51 on: May 08, 2007, 11:04:23 PM »
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Heh.

Best I could do. Tried to find the pic of the chick in the white cycle shorts from the fake Dutch driving test ("What do you do if you find yourself behind this cyclist?"), to no avail.



Found it on the WBs board:


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« Reply #52 on: May 08, 2007, 11:16:14 PM »
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No matter what ridiculous wrong headed idiotic thoughts Lasersailor might have, try a aerobic weightlifting exercise.



In Crew Rowing each stroke is like a barbell squat.  Legs, back, arms, chest, abs, all get into the the motion... and a heart rate at the anerobic threshold while you do it.


That looks like a great excercise, been wanting to try it. We have the Head of the Charles Regatta here once a year, big event.
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« Reply #53 on: May 09, 2007, 03:27:50 AM »
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Sorry but if Im gonna put that much work into peddling.
I wanna be going someplace.

screw dat.
Take up swimming instead and work out the entire body
Or equestrian sports...  Any of you horse riders ever think why your sore after a couple hours in the saddle?  Hores riding works every muscle in the body... literally.  This is why they use horses in therapy for physically handicapped folks.
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« Reply #54 on: May 09, 2007, 03:46:17 AM »
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Or equestrian sports...  Any of you horse riders ever think why your sore after a couple hours in the saddle?  Hores riding works every muscle in the body... literally.  This is why they use horses in therapy for physically handicapped folks.


So does sex.

:aok
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« Reply #55 on: May 09, 2007, 05:21:57 AM »
I want it noted by the mods that I did NOT make the obvious wisecrack.
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« Reply #56 on: May 09, 2007, 07:46:17 AM »
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So does sex.

:aok


With horses?
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« Reply #57 on: May 09, 2007, 08:15:04 AM »
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Found it on the WBs board:


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She has zero "toe".

Check out this Italian "toe" contest.

http://www.vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/1539

That's some toe action right there.
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« Reply #58 on: May 09, 2007, 08:30:48 AM »
Toe is bad, m'kay?
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« Reply #59 on: May 09, 2007, 08:33:05 AM »
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Or equestrian sports...  Any of you horse riders ever think why your sore after a couple hours in the saddle?  Horse riding works every muscle in the body... literally.  This is why they use horses in therapy for physically handicapped folks.

There, I fixed the typo...  Thanks for pointing it out to me subliminally.




Sailing... meh.  Grown men running on air...  kind of like the boards :D
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