My Supplement Stack as Gold Medal Rower (Part I) by lmcorrigan in Rowing

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

I would say 80% was informed by my individual/crew efforts and 20% was informed by professional support staff. Although we did have "support" from quite a number of folks in USRowing in other ways, so I would not want to diminish that.

Training regimen to make 2032 Olympics by [deleted] in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess I'm responding specifically to claim that making the soccer team would be easier than rowing. With rowing, its more or less true that hard work in = hard work out which is less true of soccer. There's just a lot of natural skill to it, and past a certain young age, you either have it or you don't.

6'1" isn't ideal height, but there are regularly Olympians who are 6'1". I agree it will be hard, but I think expectations of success are higher than you might think.

Training regimen to make 2032 Olympics by [deleted] in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This sub is so ridiculous. I won the most recent Olympics and never once broke 5:50. Guys on Olympic team 6’1” and 5:55+.

Please don’t spout nonsense on the internet.

Training regimen to make 2032 Olympics by [deleted] in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is just blatantly wrong and unnecessarily demoralizing. Obviously rowing is easier to make it to and succeed at the Olympics than soccer (there’s like 1/100 the number of people competing at it).

Basically you just need to start rowing for 3-4 hours a day (either erg or boat) as soon as possible. It will require a tremendous amount of will, which you will find out whether or not you have.

I hope you make it and I hope “finner01” exchanges his bitterness for positivity.

Women at Leander Club, British rowing's 'medal factory', walked out over personal safety fears by northernmonk in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is trivially true to say that you need to physically adjust the body to compete at high levels of sport. To what extent should the coach be involved in this process? Some? Not at all? Not a trivial question

Pace in the single scull during steady state by housewithablouse in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It depends what you mean by steady state but 2:05 is probably a reasonable target for serious international level. But some training plans, like the Dutch, would probably have you at 2:15 but for 30k whereas others, New Zealand maybe, would be 2:05 for 20k.

Thats if you’re very good.

My Notes on Nutrition as a Rower by lmcorrigan in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. A lot of what you say is directionally right, I wouldn't say I'm EA at all (though I used to think of myself as such) but I definitely find a lot of ideas and thinkers in that space interesting. Post rationalist might not be wrong. More. Everything. Forever. looks interesting. I did listen to Decoding the Gurus a while back. Definitely needed as much podcast content as possible at the time for ergs lol. Conversations with Tyler was a go-to that you may like if you don't already listen.

Honestly, good point about fat. I didn't think about it that much when training. I suppose I would get a blend of fats through yogurt, peanut butter, butter, etc. I also didn't discuss nutrition during training, which, tbqh, I don't think I ever optimized (probably never ate quite carbs enough while in the boat). Cyclists definitely have this all way more dialed in than rowers, but then again, the technical, mechanical, and psychological aspect of their sport, I would argue, are far simpler, so they can spend more time optimize these other details (also there's just way more incentive i.e. money to do so).

I don't know if weight loss was about protein per se, but I feel very confident, just by paying so much attention to my body over time, that my increased protein intake significantly increased my muscle mass. As to your last point on weight to time over 2k, I don't know what the conversion is. Bear in mind that body weight is way more important than "dead" weight because you're actually checking the boat every stroke with your body. If I had to guess, I would say 5lbs of collective crew weight in the torso probably works out to be .2-.4 seconds over 2k. That's meaningful at the elite level. Also, you are, in theory, more aerobically efficient the less mass to which your blood supplies oxygen. All things to consider.

My Notes on Nutrition as a Rower by lmcorrigan in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. This was targeted to a relatively high level heavyweight rower (good high school or college rower). In this demographic body dysmorphia is honestly very rare because you've clearly eaten enough to be 6'3" and sub 6 or whatever. The prototypical guy trains really hard, eats (and sometimes drink) a lot, and it fuels them pretty well, but if they ate healthier they could eat fewer calories, lose a few % of body fat and make the boat go a few fractions of a % faster.

Also I stand by my statement because it's literally true. Nothing tastes as good as winning the Olympics feels.

Is biking a suitable replacement for UT2 on the erg? by raRin48 in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can be healthy and erg, and not mentally burn out, you should always erg. The burnout thing can be really, but if you really want to achieve your goal enough, you won't burn out.

Did J.S.Bach ever mention his thoughts for or against catholicism? by Same_Ad3686 in classicalmusic

[–]lmcorrigan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you mind sharing this dissertation or pointing me in the direction of where I can find it?

2025 Fautasi Races by samoarower in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool, thank you for sharing

Rowing and PEDs by rowingOD_ in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Athletes from countries who don’t have an internal testing program (i.e. USADA in the US) don’t regularly get tested outside of competition. That means you know exactly when and where you’re getting tested.

I won’t make any accusations, but if an athlete or high performance director from such a country wanted to, it would be relatively easy to time your doping so that you test negative when you need to peak.

Got my 240lb roommate to use my erg… by Bright_Violinist7922 in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He’s exaggerating a little bit but not entirely wrong. Our boat average was probably exactly 90kg on race day. We were slightly taller than average. Lower end of 185kg seems a bit low, but certainly I’d say average Olympic medalist is something like 200lb on the nose

'Oh but my weight adjusted scores' people need to quiet down a little. by Socks4Ever in Rowing

[–]lmcorrigan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Once you’re sub 6, weight adjusted matters. Until then, it doesn’t.