Last week for a few minutes I got to watch Derek coaching the guys doing blasters on the ergs. It looked like a pretty tough workout and having rowed on my erg. quite a bit over the summer to get in shape ( I'd never tried blasters) I asked Dakota to coach me through a session of Blasters later that evening to see how well I could do at them. For those of you who like myself didn't know what Blasters are they are around  6 sets of minute and a half all out rows followed by the same rest time ,then 6 one minute sets with the same rest  and then 6,  30 second sets or something like that. Man are they a great workout! I was dying by the middle of the final 30 second sets and had to quit before I passed out. I’m definitely going to add them to my rowing schedule. Looking back now on what I saw some of the guys doing I am impressed. I saw several rowers with split times ( average) in the a low 130's and once in a while dropping into the high 120's ! I was lucky to stay in the high140's. Of course I'm an old timer by these kids standards and no real judge of good rowing but, from what I saw at this stage of winter practice I was impressed!

  I’m curious if any of you crew boosters or parents work out on erg’s? I can’t remember if parents can compete in the erg. triathlon they have but I’d like to try it and it would be fun to comptete with other parents.

  Scott Springston

  Please share this with other parents/boosters