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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Exercise Sublime waiting for the Boom in rowing by William n. Wallace new York times though recreational rowing meaning sculling in a single scat vessel n being heralded As ins exercise Sublime the sport has be i to Lake Alt in the United Stales in a Way comparable to jogging cycling or Svon windsurfing. The Boal builders have been waiting or a Boom in rowing to Lake Oil since about 19w." said Thomas Baker an Industry observer and editor of Small boat journal published in Bennington Al they re still  there Are four reasons for rowing s Urcla Lively modest growth limited Shoreline Access to suitable Waterways. Initial equipment expense of at least $1,700. Dill Cully in finding a place to keep a boat 16 to 26 eel Long plus its nine fool oars. The Perez Pron of rowing As an Cli list activity exclusive to Ivy league collegians. Of course dedicated rowers Brush aside the obstacles. Bill Ellenbogen who was a guard lot the giants in the mid-1970s, came Oine Sporl Nihro urfi a health club where lie worked out on a rowing machine. He had Sweet memories of having rowed a couple of times As a youth in new Rochelle . So he ordered a Boal called an  and taught himself he has rebuilt the Boal to til his weightlifter s Irmo 6 Leet 4 and 255 pounds and he is a dedicated Culter on Caylor Lake near his Home in Blacksburg. A Arnold Fraiman a retired new York slate supreme court Justice had been a serious runner Lor 40 years until the cartilage in his Knees wore out and arthritis crept in. Turning to rowing As an exercise alternative he Learned How at the Craftsbury sculling Center on Lake Hosmer in Northern Vermont soon an enthusiast Fraiman founded his own school the Florida rowing Center on Lake Well Nylon in West Palm Beach Doug Norland handicapped from a childhood disease discovered rowing to be a sport in which he could participate Hestand eventually Lound his Way into racing and became coxswain in a Boal the pair with Cox hat won a Bronze medal Al the 19b4 olympics. The experiences of Ellenbogen Fra Man and Herland represent three common routes by which newcomers come to rowing according to Paula Oyer the executive director of the United Stales rowing association whose membership has doubled to 25.000 in the past two years. Rowing fits perfectly into the nation s growing preoccupation with fitness because it exercises All the Muscles and is injury free said Oyer. The Usra is doing what it can to overcome the Walo ways limitations and its Magazine american rowing has reported on new or revived clubs and facilities open to All in Albany Austin tex., Augusta Ades Moines. Oak Ridge. Tenn. St. Louis Topeka and along the Harlem River in new York. Such clubs and rowing centers like Fraiman s in Florida and Craft sub a in Vermont provide the Way for newcomers to embrace a sport that was a Means of transportation in 19th Century America. Unfortunately in Ine 20th Century an exercising sculler has difficulty finding quiet water away from speedboats or water skiers and a Dock float or ramp ram which to launch. Because powerboats Are forbidden on Lake Wellington the Florida rowing Center s situation is Ideal Aller spending four Days there recently 1 concluded that it was easy to learn How to Row but not so easy to learn How to Row Well. The Challenge is to perfect the stroke into one smooth repetitive motion and to Power that stroke with the tags not the arms if s lha same As grooving the swing in Golf said Jamie Gordon he former Yale oarsman and coach who was Chiel instructor. Some people gel it right away and some never  the Center attracts every kind of sculler from beginner to recreational master and serious racer teen Ager to septuagenarian. We re slowly moving away from the elitist perception said Fraiman. I Don t know Why but it was definitely  another feature of the Center is its inventory of boats in this sport 27 major manufacturers of recreational or racing shells Oiler about 100 different models. Selection of the right boat Means balancing Trade offs Between Speed and stability open water or protected exercise rowing or racing. Rea Peanh How that adding am movement to exer Clis bums More Ca wave your arms by William Stockton new York times erotic dance instructors Tell their students that to obtain a More thorough workout they should use their arms More waving Ham higher in the air and More energetically. Anyone who Lotos i hat advice quickly discovers its Wisdom. New research comparing exercise using Bolh he arms and tags Wilh exercise involving the legs alone has borne Oul the aerobic dance instructors empirical exercise Ore. But added a new twist. Exercising Wilh the arms and legs appears to Burn More calories without placing additional stress on the cardiovascular system. The research was conducted at teachers College of Columbia University. I think our results rather clearly show thai you can use up More calories without increasing cardiovascular Strain by using Bolh the arms and legs said or. Bernard Gull professor of applied physiology and education at teachers College. We found that you can do More work without the same feeling of of Arguo the findings lend credence to the idea of pursuing a variety of activities to achieve and maintain fitness. While regular running or Tennis or swimming May provide a certain Tevel of fitness a variety of activities provides More by exercising different muscle groups. Variety of course is the Best Anli Doie 1o boredom. The research scheduled to be published later this year in to archives of physical me Teine and rehabilitation involved male volunteers who wonted Oul on an exercise bicycle White using their arms to turn Cranks on an Arm Eig Omeler. In one portion o the study the volunteers who were All nonsmokers Wilh an average age of 31 years worked Oul for 60 minutes. They peddled the bicycle and turned lha Crank Al exact cadences so that the amount of work done Over Page 14 the stars and stripes time could be precisely met blood pressure end oxygen also measured. The Volunta hard they perceived they w themselves the Overall workload wat session. In some sessions Only their legs. In others 10 of the work was Given Over the researchers wanted detect a difference in nor Sci system or consumption of c different exercise regimens pressure end heart Rale to cardiovascular stress higher oxygen consume of How Many calories Are to expected the researchers i consumption went up when the exercise regimen. This i calories Ware being burned to anyone trying to lose Wei but the heart rate and m increase in the same Way. 1 Only Small differences that significant. This meant that together produced no add stress. An added Bonus in someone would be Able to without feeling he was Havi thl Wai borne out it rated their own level of end seals. They Fejt they were e same amount Al Energy we using the tags atone As we legs together. Why exercising Wilh boil such an effect is not entire the higher rate of Bumon from spreading the work it amount of muscle. This Alto metabolism to tolerate a or bum More calories. Wednesday  
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