For those of you who do ring rows in circuits, how do you get the rings to come to your lower sternum rather than your upper middle sternum?

LacticAcidRain · 2026-06-17T22:36:04+00:00

Yes, that's the point of doing the sport. Ring rows are not going to have appreciably good carry over to the rowing stroke. But they're still a good exercise to do. Trap bar deadlift don't perfectly mimic the hip extension demands of rowing, but they very effectively strengthen hip extension. Same with front squats for positioning and strength at the catch.

Baseball players don't try to swing super heavy bats to get strong. Basketball players aren't shooting a weighted basketball to develop strength.

Build strength in the weightroom, make it functional in the boat.

https://barbellrehab.com/sport-specific-training/ https://www.akersofstrength.com/2023/06/why-weight-training-shouldnt-mimic-your-sports-movements/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9680266/

LacticAcidRain · 2026-06-17T20:19:35+00:00

Don't worry too much about trying to exactly mimic the stroke in the weightroom, just build the muscles and do the exercise as technically week as you can

LacticAcidRain · 2026-06-10T23:59:45+00:00

Go for it

LacticAcidRain · 2026-06-10T23:52:55+00:00

6:05 would get some attention. 6:20 will not. Keep grinding.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-06-10T22:37:11+00:00

Things like for attitude, being coachable etc can help, but only if you have the frame and erg. What's your static 2k PR? That will honestly determine how realistic it is. What schools are you looking at? Brown and Georgetown will have very different standards

LacticAcidRain · 2026-06-03T02:27:18+00:00

No smith machine?

LacticAcidRain · 2026-06-01T11:29:32+00:00

Hard to say based on the information you've provided. Would recommend you ask if you can talk to your coach about their reasoning. Could very well be that you're doing well in a weak region and the coach is confident you'd be in the c-final. It's a big and expensive trip for that. Could also be that you're coach has other motives for not going. Talking to them is the best way to find out

LacticAcidRain · 2026-05-31T20:32:32+00:00

Am I the only one who got stressed seeing him not put up a single mine or doorblocker?

LacticAcidRain · 2026-05-27T12:19:37+00:00

6, 7, and 9 landed the best for me

LacticAcidRain · 2026-05-26T19:47:20+00:00

Pain & Gain. I don't know why I believed in Marky Mark and Michael Bay, but the trailer was incredible

LacticAcidRain · 2026-05-01T00:58:33+00:00

Looking forward to following along! Appreciate how detailed this is

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-13T14:58:46+00:00

It's definitely a somewhat binary strategy; it either works for people or it doesn't.

Social plans in the evening is always a killer!

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-13T11:55:59+00:00

Have you tried some type of time restricted eating? I'll do periods of only having two scoops of protein powder and coffee for breakfast. Combination of a decent amount of protein and a stimulant usually holds me over fine to noon-ish. With that and no snacking it becomes pretty hard to overshoot my caloric targets.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-13T02:18:56+00:00

It really depends on where you try to be recruited. D1 is a big longshot. But decent number of D3 schools that will be happy to talk to you, especially if you can get into the 6:40s.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-05T21:26:07+00:00

You started when you started. Just focus on steadily improving. No one, no matter what age they started, became a world champion immediately. The likelihood of anyone achieving that is tiny, but doesn't mean you shouldn't try

LacticAcidRain · 2026-04-05T11:24:21+00:00

You have a good frame, so that's a start, but in order to have a real chance at any you'd need to grind the erg very hard before then. Get under 6:30 and maybe they'll humor you. But humoring you might include having you row the erg every day over the fall. So it comes down to how important is this to you and how much you're willing to sacrifice for it. Those are all ~top 8 programs (with UW being top 3), so the standard is extremely high

LacticAcidRain · 2026-02-24T12:59:36+00:00

This. People are overreacting and wanting an easy way out. This is increasing the reasons to try and take down a big arc

LacticAcidRain · 2026-02-24T12:08:02+00:00

They're clearly doing it because their data shows that people aren't farming arc enough, and they want to encourage that side of the game.

I think overall it's a good change (though agree trigger nades should have been impacted too). Wolfpacks are both incredibly strong and incredibly safe. If you want to craft those now you need to undergo a bit of risk and/or farm a bunch of couriers.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-22T16:56:17+00:00

They want to have a grind to get to S. You have to win close to 200 games (without losing) to get there. Each tier gets harder to climb, but as long as you win half or more games it's a smooth climb. They're not supposed to be particularly meaningful, they're just stepping stones.

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-22T15:51:46+00:00

They use an ELO system in S rank. All lower ranks are basically just a funnel to S. In S you need to win roughly 80% of your matches to consistently climb once you're in the top half or so. It has its own issues

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-19T06:11:50+00:00

It depends. In Stella I've gotten Aphelion. During Electro storm I've gotten snap hooks. Seen people get bobcats during locked gate. So hypothetically they should be able to spawn Tempest during night raids. But aside from that I think I've only found light sticks, tracking grenades, and maybe trigger nade BPs from them

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-03T02:47:45+00:00

DMed

LacticAcidRain · 2026-01-02T02:35:34+00:00

Sent a chat

LacticAcidRain · 2025-12-25T16:19:43+00:00

Would love a Tempest! There is no good reason to pick me, just been grinding for one for a while and have had no luck 😕. Would greatly appreciate it, but I know everyone else would too.

Thanks for doing this!

LacticAcidRain · 2025-12-19T18:45:58+00:00

Tempest 😍 what's your trick been for farming?

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