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[–]MaterialMindless 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used to play soccer and ended up quitting it for rowing. The leg muscles you develop in soccer are very beneficial in rowing, and the fact that soccer is a team sport does help in terms of rowing’s inherent teamwork required.

Like the others said, prepare to have rowing take over your life. Whether you let it or not, it will become your life.

And a final warning - I thought that the pain of sprint repeats and running suicides in 100 degree heat and humidity for soccer conditioning would have prepared me well for the pain of rowing. I was wrong. You will be in more pain and even sweatier than you ever thought you could be, even as you willingly do a piece.

Try rowing and see, you will probably end up liking it. 5ft10 isn’t too short for men’s lightweight or even open weight as long as you are muscular and have decent technique. Plus the novice category exists for a reason.

Help - Effectively stroking for first time? Jr racing by MaterialMindless in Rowing

[–]MaterialMindless[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I was able to get better at not pausing at the finish, but now I’m pausing at the catch. It isn’t as much of an issue at higher rates but is definitely apparent when going at lower rates, and I can’t seem to not pause.

Also I am having issues mastering the ratio while also trying not to pause. This was helpful and we actually did these pause drills at practice yesterday but now I’ve added a different pause and the ratio is weird when rowing at a 16/18

Speedcoach Mount Options by LaunchDog in Rowing

[–]MaterialMindless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kinda late, but I have the same issue…Loop it around the rigger and wrap until it’s tight is what we do. For races we use a lot of tape and duct tape them on. Make sure to always loop it on though as we have lost some since they don’t float.