try-outs for the Cambridge rowing team

[@TomLynch248]

the next video is kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3y5mmuAq9ZraZosi=_ICra02Dr4icZsI9

[@ramsden35]

What an amazing insight into a British institution. I remember my dad religiously watching the boat race every year and telling me about the rowers being some of the fittest men on earth. So I grew up never missing a race. What I hope makes you realise why the boat race is an institution. We’re from a northern town with no links to rowing, possibly beliefs that Oxford and Cambridge universities are only for elitists and the privileged. Yet my Dad a hard working miner said we had to watch the boat race as it’s part of our culture. Thanks for creating this channel, it reminds me of my dad.

[@EamonGlavin]

These are incredibly edited

[@TomLynch248]

Thanks Eamon! Means a lot coming from you

[@XabiA11]

i watched one of these videos yesterday and then went and did a 5k test. my first one! i dont think I did a good job pacing it and spent almost 9 mins in Z5 HR - which was lovely. time was 17:26 which I'm pretty happy with as a 43 year old . I can go faster though! thanks for the inspo! i think I would have liked rowing at uni. looks fun

[@TomLynch248]

props for doing it! 5ks are brutal. 17:26 is pretty good for any age. Was it close to an even split?

[@XabiA11]

@@TomLynch248 im not sure what you mean, I'm not a rower (yet!) my fastest split was the first 500. 1.42. did that for the first 1500, did a slower middle bit 1:47 then 1:44s till the finish. all at 30-31 SPM . I quite like rowing at that SPM, if I go slower I'm faster but cant hang on as long.. really loving your videos man!! 🙂

[@XabiA11]

@@TomLynch248 i dind twarm up either, so my first split 161 bpm haha came down to 140 for the next 1000m as I settled in a bit. then a steady climb up to 175 ave. peak was 180bpm which I guess might be close to what it will do these days. might have to try and do a max HR test or something

[@TomLynch248]

r30-31 is about right, my best ever was at r30. You could try doing it more even, so hold 1:45 for the middle, but that sounds like a great first go

[@XabiA11]

@@TomLynch248 Thanks. I just went out from zero to hero and need the HR to come back down. maybe a more conservative start and try to build would work well.. or maybe I do a bit of a warm up haha. looking forward to trying again!!

[@TomLynch248]

you can hear the Barbie lawyers copy-striking the video

[@fredericknewman6338]

This series is awesome!

[@zaidanamiji]

Great content, really insightful.

[@杨大琦]

thank you for the video tom！first time see blue boat in vlog🎉

[@giovannifergocci7739]

Sick vids. Seriously great work

[@elliottbest7221]

The Pirate Goatee is a choice

[@TomLynch248]

yeah not proud of that in hindsight

[@mikemarshall2747]

great, more vids pls

[@stephenlynch303]

ah yes very informative, thank you sir !!

[@TomLynch248]

who are you

[@0Architectdude0]

What split do you row at for steady state compared to ur 2k and or 5k

[@TomLynch248]

depends, but around 5k + 16

[@mayhewfisher62]

true athlete-scholars...

[@a-lk3us]

What were the fastest scores to get cut?

[@TomLynch248]

slower than ~17mins for heavyweights

[@allensmall5448]

How many years have you been rowing?

[@TomLynch248]

seven

[@iskconpremi]

@@TomLynch248 ❤

[@mi.on.adventure661]

Do you know what the test times of the woman’s eight are?

[@TomLynch248]

around 18-19 minutes

[@felixmikael9495]

This was great but at times the vocal audio is too quiet and gets drowned out by other audio

[@TomLynch248]

fixed in most recent vid I think