Tamara, you have done a great service to the sport with this documentary.Thank you! Long but beautifully done, compelling interviews, just terrific work!
at 1:29, the narrator Peter Mallory says "except for your teammates, in front of you, or behind you...." some rowers practice and compete in single sculls-- no teammates!
Rowing teaches you how to work hard all the time. It apparently doesn't teach strategical thinking such as how to conserve energy and manipulate other people to work for you, which is how you win at other sports such as cycling.
Loosely organized, scattered work about sums it up. This sport has also spawned a whole generation of crazies whose life ambition (and sometimes achievement) is to row across the Ocean (any ocean).
What is going on here? Horrible knocking sounds make listening to the audio extremely aggravating. When there is no knocking, the sound is just of terrible quality. Ruins the whole thing. Thumb Down.
The guy at 1:18:22 has no clue what he's talking about. The level of power output is definitely not unique and a combination of power and endurance is the case in many other sports. All you need to know is that at the 1980 Olympics, Eric Heiden won all the speed skating races from the 500m (38 seconds) to 10,000m (14 minutes 28 seconds). More generally, every year speedskating has an allround championship in which individuals compete in the 500, 1500, 5000, 10000 and the best overall wins. This is a more complete test of maximum power and endurance. As for the next guy, similarly to rowing, speed skating gives the impression of being effortless when done well, as stated by the following person. This is also the case for the individual pursuit in cycling. Basically, the people interviewed here only know rowing and are otherwise ignorant, so should not compare it to other sports.
Just bare in mind that elite rowers training includes running, cycling and olympic weight lifting. So, elite rowers do have at least a good idea what are other sports about. At least, rowers are the athletes with the biggest lung volume and the highest VO2 max values, because the use of over 80% of your bodies muscles. This isn't my personal estiamation, that are science facts.
@@SuperCbode Heavyweight rowers have among the highest absolute VO2 Max values. However, their relative VO2 Max (absolute VO2 Max divided by body weight) is among the lowest of endurance athletes. Since relative VO2 Max is how endurance athletes of different sports are compared, that's not so good...
Speed-skating and cycling share a peculiarly contorted position in which the athlete must be able to perform so as to minimize wind-resistance. Long-distance running skill is correlated to light weight. Not exactly what comes to mind when I think "maximum power" (and I'm both a former rower and the 2nd fastest X-C runner in the history of my HS league).
@@ilanpi Relative VO2 Max is a bit of a joke that will obviously favor 115 lbs speed skaters and marathoners. 220 lbs rowers are not uncommon. We must expect a sliding scale considering oarsmen often weigh nearly twice as much!
@@jhara812 There are no 115lbs male speed skaters. Eric Heiden had to lose over 10kg when he turned to cycling, and even then was probably one of the heaviest riders. Relative VO2 Max is not a joke, it is how endurance athletes from difference sports are compared.
It's pretty hard to learn to be a good sculler because nobody can afford or wants a full time coach. The group rowing is a joke. There's always that percentage of jackasses who are in the boat for the ride.
Technique wise it’s very hard I can’t say it’s the hardest because I don’t do other sports but I will say it takes a about a year to get alright at the sport. But if we’re talking about the amount of physical effort used I will say rowing is the hardest. Simply because every stroke you take uses every muscle in your body.you use legs abdomen and arms for every stroke you take hundreds of times in a race in most sports you use legs and maybe a bit of arms. In rowing your using 3 muscle groups all of the time. That’s why I think rowing is the hardest physically
Tamara, you have done a great service to the sport with this documentary.Thank you! Long but beautifully done, compelling interviews, just terrific work!
when Vespoli uses the documentary to plug merch
at 1:29, the narrator Peter Mallory says "except for your teammates, in front of you, or behind you...." some rowers practice and compete in single sculls-- no teammates!
Outstanding video
Eu pratico Remo em Belém do Pará , meu esporte favorito, gostaria de entender o documentário mas infelizmente não entendo inglês.
This is exceptionally informative about OUR favourite sport,rowing
Awesome
Rowing teaches you how to work hard all the time. It apparently doesn't teach strategical thinking such as how to conserve energy and manipulate other people to work for you, which is how you win at other sports such as cycling.
It does, strokesmen and single scullers develop that skill through racing and experience
There’s a lot of interesting information in this loosely organized, scattered work.
Loosely organized, scattered work about sums it up. This sport has also spawned a whole generation of crazies whose life ambition (and sometimes achievement) is to row across the Ocean (any ocean).
"Time management"
Concept 2 Model A 1981 - 1:08:40
I found one on the side of the road lol.
wow this is an hour long
We are crazy , and LOVING IT,,
What is going on here? Horrible knocking sounds make listening to the audio extremely aggravating. When there is no knocking, the sound is just of terrible quality. Ruins the whole thing. Thumb Down.
The guy at 1:18:22 has no clue what he's talking about. The level of power output is definitely not unique and a combination of power and endurance is the case in many other sports. All you need to know is that at the 1980 Olympics, Eric Heiden won all the speed skating races from the 500m (38 seconds) to 10,000m (14 minutes 28 seconds). More generally, every year speedskating has an allround championship in which individuals compete in the 500, 1500, 5000, 10000 and the best overall wins. This is a more complete test of maximum power and endurance.
As for the next guy, similarly to rowing, speed skating gives the impression of being effortless when done well, as stated by the following person. This is also the case for the individual pursuit in cycling. Basically, the people interviewed here only know rowing and are otherwise ignorant, so should not compare it to other sports.
Just bare in mind that elite rowers training includes running, cycling and olympic weight lifting. So, elite rowers do have at least a good idea what are other sports about.
At least, rowers are the athletes with the biggest lung volume and the highest VO2 max values, because the use of over 80% of your bodies muscles. This isn't my personal estiamation, that are science facts.
@@SuperCbode Heavyweight rowers have among the highest absolute VO2 Max values. However, their relative VO2 Max (absolute VO2 Max divided by body weight) is among the lowest of endurance athletes. Since relative VO2 Max is how endurance athletes of different sports are compared, that's not so good...
Speed-skating and cycling share a peculiarly contorted position in which the athlete must be able to perform so as to minimize wind-resistance. Long-distance running skill is correlated to light weight. Not exactly what comes to mind when I think "maximum power" (and I'm both a former rower and the 2nd fastest X-C runner in the history of my HS league).
@@ilanpi Relative VO2 Max is a bit of a joke that will obviously favor 115 lbs speed skaters and marathoners. 220 lbs rowers are not uncommon. We must expect a sliding scale considering oarsmen often weigh nearly twice as much!
@@jhara812 There are no 115lbs male speed skaters. Eric Heiden had to lose over 10kg when he turned to cycling, and even then was probably one of the heaviest riders. Relative VO2 Max is not a joke, it is how endurance athletes from difference sports are compared.
I saw da leg
sport is not childrens games it is wargames
Less than 2 minutes in and he's saying it's harder than any other sport. Just not true.
It's hilarious. EVERY sport thinks they're the hardest. And they almost always say it without really knowing how hard other sports are.
It's pretty hard to learn to be a good sculler because nobody can afford or wants a full time coach. The group rowing is a joke. There's always that percentage of jackasses who are in the boat for the ride.
Technique wise it’s very hard I can’t say it’s the hardest because I don’t do other sports but I will say it takes a about a year to get alright at the sport. But if we’re talking about the amount of physical effort used I will say rowing is the hardest. Simply because every stroke you take uses every muscle in your body.you use legs abdomen and arms for every stroke you take hundreds of times in a race in most sports you use legs and maybe a bit of arms. In rowing your using 3 muscle groups all of the time. That’s why I think rowing is the hardest physically
Sure it’s the hardest…. Have you done a 2k test before?