Dutch Rowing Erg Session

The Dutch Mens' Heavyweight squad during their winter preparation for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
In order to produce maximal output at low rates, the backswing is used accordingly.

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Seriously? Is this a trick to get other international teams injured by trying to copy?

[@charalampe]

Hahahaha

[@wistom89]

Hi, very interesting. What is the training benefit from doing this exaggerated back swing?

[@Sea4nl]

you win a lot of gold medals