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...while building up your arm strength is important, having huge shoulders is not entirely necessary. All that extra muscle just adds unwanted weight to the lightweights’ lean bodies...
...rowers don’t necessarily live at their rowing weight either. Most walk around heavier than ideal weight, so there is always a big push right before a race to get under the limit...
...don’t have to live at that weight completely,” Todd-Geddes said. “[Plus] it adds a whole new dynamic to rowing...
...help drop those extra pounds right before a race, all the lightweights will actually cut out water for a whole nine hours before weigh in. Water weight can add up fast and may just be the difference that swings the scale in the right direction...
...more important than diet are the changes that these rowers have to make in their exercise regimen. Rowers don’t do that much weight training anyway but they still tend to build up a fair amount of muscle. If they spend all winter riding the ergometer—a rowing machine designed to increase endurance—they are going to develop some pretty huge shoulders...