Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Quote of the moment:
"No training for the novice squads tomorrow, but we'll be meeting around 3 to go for get-to-know-each-other drinks" - That's prior to the 8pm meeting for all rowers (in a different pub) and the traditional post-sports afternoon union night, called "Rubber Duck".
Given that the club shuts at 2, I make that a solid 11 hours on licensed premises.
The aforementioned information was given out at the end of the first circuit training session, which was suprisingly manageable (apart from aching stomach muscles after failing to stretch off on Saturday). There was a warm-up, stretching, 45 minutes circuit training, a warm-down, core strength stuff for about 15 minutes, stretching and home. Since the session didn't get going until about 7.30 (having "started" at 7pm) the girls didn't get to do the circuits and we didn't do their "come on a jog to show you where the boathouse is", which was apparently a mere 3 mile round trip.
The circuit training consisted of exercises marked out down the middle of the hall including squats, burpees, press-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips and various holds (legs up, press-up position etc). Each group of 5 people has to do an exercise for a minute, run/jog for a minute, then the next exercise for a minute, etc. Those not doing an exercise had to jog laps of the hall around the exercising people in the middle, sprinting one side of the hall from end to end.
Sounds fun, doesn't it?
It wasn't as bad as I expected, but I've definitely got a bit of (extra) freshers belly. It'll soon come off with 2 of those a week, but the next (Thursday night) clashes with my Civil Engineering pub golf, so I'm taking the unhealthy option then.
I'm spending Saturday from about 12 at the boathouse (meeting outside the Talybont gym at 11.40 and it takes at least 20 minutes to get there) which will include rowing in the 'tank' (a training pool with a fixed boat) and learning cox calls, learning to move the boats in and out of the water and doing the first 2km rowing machine assesment. Exciting shizzle all round.
"No training for the novice squads tomorrow, but we'll be meeting around 3 to go for get-to-know-each-other drinks" - That's prior to the 8pm meeting for all rowers (in a different pub) and the traditional post-sports afternoon union night, called "Rubber Duck".
Given that the club shuts at 2, I make that a solid 11 hours on licensed premises.
The aforementioned information was given out at the end of the first circuit training session, which was suprisingly manageable (apart from aching stomach muscles after failing to stretch off on Saturday). There was a warm-up, stretching, 45 minutes circuit training, a warm-down, core strength stuff for about 15 minutes, stretching and home. Since the session didn't get going until about 7.30 (having "started" at 7pm) the girls didn't get to do the circuits and we didn't do their "come on a jog to show you where the boathouse is", which was apparently a mere 3 mile round trip.
The circuit training consisted of exercises marked out down the middle of the hall including squats, burpees, press-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips and various holds (legs up, press-up position etc). Each group of 5 people has to do an exercise for a minute, run/jog for a minute, then the next exercise for a minute, etc. Those not doing an exercise had to jog laps of the hall around the exercising people in the middle, sprinting one side of the hall from end to end.
Sounds fun, doesn't it?
It wasn't as bad as I expected, but I've definitely got a bit of (extra) freshers belly. It'll soon come off with 2 of those a week, but the next (Thursday night) clashes with my Civil Engineering pub golf, so I'm taking the unhealthy option then.
I'm spending Saturday from about 12 at the boathouse (meeting outside the Talybont gym at 11.40 and it takes at least 20 minutes to get there) which will include rowing in the 'tank' (a training pool with a fixed boat) and learning cox calls, learning to move the boats in and out of the water and doing the first 2km rowing machine assesment. Exciting shizzle all round.
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