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Maximal strength training develops endurance because increased muscle strength means muscle fibers are worked at a lower percentage of their maximum load.

Mitochondria convert food and oxygen into energy. The more mitochondria in your muscle cells, the more mechanical energy they can produce and the faster you can row.

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Feeding the 100 trillion beneficial microbes that live in your gut properly will improve your well-being and enable you to perform longer, recover faster, and heal cells damaged during exercise.

The ability to produce hard effort in the late stage of a race or regatta is another way to identify the potential for success.

The winter affords you the time to really get to know your rowers, develop your technical knowledge of the stroke, and help move your team forward.

Erg tests cause more anxiety in athletes usually than a hard training session or even a race on the water, although they’re actually not that different.

Aspiring rowers should begin thinking about where they want to go to college early in high school, but even fall of senior year isn’t too late.

As coaches, it’s our responsibility to get those around our teams on board with what we’re doing. Assume that others are coming into the situation with the best of intentions—until proven otherwise—and you stand a much better chance of building a lasting, beneficial partnership.

Be sure to fill out that recruiting questionnaire and submit your erg time.