• Zagorath@aussie.zoneOPM
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    Dang, NZ a very strong rowing nation. Two races now (a men’s single heat and women’s double semi-final) where they’ve come first.

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    50 strokes per minute towards the end of the men’s 4 sweep rowing. That is so impressive.

    But what I want to know is, how do they even communicate among themselves that they’re all capable of upping their cadence?

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      Then you get the interview afterwards and they say how much fun they had! That said, I go to the gym, lift something scary and heavy (for me) and it nearly kills me and I’m like,‘yeah that was great’. So I guess we aren’t so different.

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        1 month ago

        Honestly I get it. I have the muscles of a wet lettuce, but I love running. The feeling in your body after completing a hard run is hard to describe.

        But it definitely is after. Only a minute or so after; it doesn’t take long. But the feeling is great.

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    BMX. This is what skateboarding should be! Some really impressive tricks (to a layperson) that they *gasp* actually land!

    And the commentary is so much better, doing a good job in the short time I’ve been watching of showing where they messed up and why it’s bad for them, so I have some context to understand what’s going on. This is great.