“If rowing is a trial then the ergometer is the courtroom, the meter is the jury. And an honest jury at that, because the numbers do not lie.” IfsLyingNumbersHonestTrialsJuryMeterRowingCourtroom Author:Barry S. Strauss
“Rowing it was pointed out, was a sport that risked few injuries. So it was, I ould discover, but only if you did it right.” IfsSportsInjuryRowing Author:Barry S. Strauss
“Rowing was not simple for me. I nodded whenever the instructor made a point, as if I understood, but I could as easily have assembled the space shuttle as have repeated the moves she was explaining.” IfsMadeMovingSimpleSpaceUnderstoodExplainingRowingInstructorsSpace Shuttle Author:Barry S. Strauss
“The Greek in me wanted to know what it felt like to pull an oar. The intellectual wondered about how to get eight individuals to move to the same beat. The athlete wanted to check what has been described as the ultimate workout. The romantic craved seeing if the quirkiness of the sport - there is after all, little practical value to oarsmanship in the postindustrial age - stirred his blood.” IfsKnowsLittlesHas BeensAgeWantedMovingValuesIndividualFeltSportsSeeingBloodIntellectualBeatsUltimateAthleteEightPracticalsChecksGreekWorkoutRowingOar Author:Barry S. Strauss
“The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you desk and goes back, again and again, to that terrific power piece at the end of the workout when it felt as if you and the boat were flying, as if you legs were two cannons and your arms were two oars and the great lateral muscles of your back were pterodactyl wings and the brim of your baseball cap was a harpoon.” IfsFeelsMindTwoEndsFeltHoursPiecesArmsPaperBaseballWingsLegsFlyingBoatWanderMusclesAgain And AgainDesksWorkoutPapersTerrificCapsBack AgainRowingCannonsOarBaseball Caps Author:Barry S. Strauss
