Different Works...

After these last few weeks of fitness, and team gathering, we have started to really focus on posture. This last week was awful for my lower back but important for my rowing. If you know me, I over-reach at the catch and end up on my knees. Not this year though! I'm working really hard and keeping a solid figure throughout the entire stroke.
Now that this part of the movement has been engraved, we are moving the catch.

Finally a day of clean water, and of course Coach makes us do most of the practice right in front of the boathouse (it was worth it though).  As we worked on reaching the extremities together at a stationary state, the rest of the boat was able to catch my rhythm and flow with me. Towards the end of practice, we started to move the shells by doing the add-a-pair exercise, which consists of starting with one pair and adding a new one every 10 strokes. The tricky part is to accelerate with the rate with the speed of the boat. Being in the Quantum made it even better as we hauled threw meters with deck-passing puddles.
Overall, I'm excited to see how all this work will show by 8s as we approach our first race.

There is an outline of the V8 at the moment but anything can change.