Word: jerk
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Since Monday there has been an improvement in the work of the second and third crews, but their rowing is not up to the standard. In the University crew the faults noticeable the first day on the river have not disappeared. The men still rush the slides, jerk at the catch and show a general unsteadiness. The individual work of the men in the first boat has been fairly good, but the crew rows as individuals and not as one man. The stern four are responsible for the tendency to rush the slides...
...twentieth of the capacity of the lungs. The changes in the exercises are as follows: In test 1 and 2 the dynamometer is attached to a movable foot-rest, instead of, as formerly, to the floor. This prevents the possibility of raising the dynamometer needle by a sudden jerk. In tests 6 and 7 the legs must be kept straight and on a line with the trunk and no swaying is allowed...