crewprobz:

Everyone eats their feelings like this

#psh #not a stalker

while the vmen have cute bromances and generally love each other

:(

the varsity men are so in love with each other it’s the cutest thing ever.

bromances everywhere and it just melts my heart <3

rowersworld:

may the odds be EVER in your favor

these are my shoes. they look really odd but they’re super comfortable, they fit into a lot of boats, and they’re alright for cross training. they don’t have a ton of support (obviously) so i wouldn’t wear them every time you run, but if you do run with them it’s a really intense calf workout. they’re about the same price as Vans but slightly better for working out.

ALSO

i’ve been working out a pretty decent amount, just the usual erging and abs along with some actual biking. it’s nice to get out and do stuff versus be stuck in the boathouse all the time.

if i don’t update about workouts it’s cause finals are next week and shit is cray.

-Lauren

p.s. anju and i are both five seats of our boats and that gif is totally true.

bowinglikeaboss:

THE ROWSBEFOREHOES

as per request of my fabulous new follower Rowsbeforehoes, this is the vans look.

classy, practical, and fast to dry. the vans rower is considerate to his/her boat mates as they are fast and easy to take off and put on. they also are easily recognizable as ones own and the vans wearer will NOT be black listed as a slides stealer. also, it is near impossible to trip over the hinges of your dock while wearing a close-toed shoe. i expect the vans rower to be trendy, current, and not awkward. decidedly not a career or die hard traditionalist (you know the type of rower i’m talking about), but the vans rower is one who is beginning a new era of fashionable AND efficient dock shoes.

though there are no vans rowers at my club, this may just be the new trend. because i’ve got to say- this is a mighty clever idea. thanks rowsbeforehoes!!

I definitely wear vans on the dock, and although they get smelly and gross, they are by far my favorite dock shoes.

-Anju

And I need some external motivation. Not much though. Just to keep me religious about it.

Today I made up a workout I call 30-30-30. Probably lots of people have done it before but I really like it, so I’m proud.

I did 30 minutes at around 80-90% pressure on the erg, making “moves” based on the drops of the music I was listening to, then 30 minutes of 6’ on 6’ off on the bike, then 30 minutes of ab sets, body sets, and weights.

It was fucking wonderful.

I was chilling on the erg at like a 2:20 for like four minutes and then I got bored. So I put some heavy-ass dubstep into a playlist and started erging to that, and I made it super loud to drown the pain and the sounds of the erg out, and then I started pulling pretty hard and it felt fabulous in a masochistic way. And then the beat would drop, I’d row at like 2k pressure until the chorus or whatever was over, then i’d row at around 75% pressure. If I felt my pace slacken I’d think about my last season and I’d get pissed and take power strokes. Dripping sweat.

Then on the bike I did this thing where I’d put the resistance low for six minutes, but go very fast, like 120+rpm. Then I’d put the resistance all the way up and go at like 60rpm. At the beginning I had kept the resistance relatively low and gone at 120 rpm for 3 minutes, and then 90 for 3, to keep up with the 30 trend (120-30=90!), but that got boring too and I liked how the 6’ on was really good for the respiratory rate and overall cardio, and then the 6 “off” was like super fabulous for the muscles. I wasn’t just dripping sweat at that point. I was like bathing myself in it.

And then when I did my body set I did 30s of everything:

• 30 crunches
• 30 pushups
• 30 leg lifts
• 30 deadbugs
• 30 Russian twists
• 30 spiders
• 3x30 planks
• 30 scullers

over and over again for 30 minutes. Then I did one cycle of East Germans with 30 reps instead of 10. Which took like 5 minutes so i dont really count that for my workout. then I did a 3 minute cooldown on the erg, working on not shooting my slide and engaging with the traps.

FABULOUS workout, just the perfect thing to get me out og my post-regionals slump.

Go summer training!

-Anju