Dear Rowers,

My name is Marissa Spitz and I am a graduate student at Texas Christian University currently working on my master's degree in exercise physiology.  For my thesis project, I am looking to use competitive rowers as my participants.  I was a collegiate rower at Ithaca College in Upstate New York and my passion for rowing grew in my years of competing which is why I'd like to study some aspects of it in my project.  Here is a brief description of what the study will entail:

-Up to six visits to the Exercise Physiology Lab at TCU in Ft. Worth

-Performing a maximal exercise test on a rowing ergometer

-Rowing in different temperatures while in the environmental chamber in our lab

-Performing 2000 meter time trials

-Collection of oxygen consumption, core and muscle temperatures, and blood lactate

-Gaining knowledge of your own personal exercise capacity!

I'm currently looking for participants ages 18-44 years old who have been competitive rowers for at least one year.  Please give me a call or send me an email if you are interested in learning more about my study!  Hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Marissa Spitz

Graduate Assistant

Texas Christian University

marissa.spitz@...

817-257-7489 (lab)

847-308-2374 (cell)