Rigging is like Zen meditation. You must bend over the boat until your back is breaking, until your brain is filled with numbers and fractions of numbers, until you can accurately measure an oarlock's pitch without bothering to use the… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Immediately upon entering the weighing-in zone, I sensed an oppressive tension in the air, the lightweights staring and glaring at each other, snarling like… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
You need flawless balance on the recovery. You need white hot focus and the concentration to row square blades cleanly for seven miles. Smooth… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Unless you've also had some experience dragging around a boat trailer, [topping off the gas tank] may not sound important. But trailer driver's know:… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
The slow boat-I know it's the slow boat because I've been watching them for thirty-three weeks-won the first piece by a full length. Then… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of self-realization, you'll… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Like any good drug, anger can mask all reality. But anger is not an easy emotion to call up on demand, which is why… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Long live the elite rower's motto:'early to bed, early to rise, never meet the regular guys.' — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
One training device is the ergometer. I never owned one, never trained on one, and practically never used one. The few national team tests… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
One of the unique aspects of rowing is that novices strive to perfect the same motions as Olympic contenders. Few other sports can make… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Rigging is like Zen meditation. You must bend over the boat until your back is breaking, until your brain is filled with numbers and… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
I led by three or four feet, with Biggy (John Biglow) surging closer on each stroke. I hated him in those last few seconds;… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Rowing is an absurdly simple sport. I can easily guide a beginner throught the right technical motions. The difficulty arises when the beginner attempts… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
Racing serves as a formal demonstration of your ability to ride the three-headed monster. The first monster is your physical preparation-lifting weights for strength,… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
If anyone here is secretly dreaming of making the Olympics, I can tell you exactly how to do it, two words: Sustained Obsession. The… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share
