"Ergometer is Greek for 'work meter'" — Barry S. Strauss

Ergometer is Greek for 'work meter' - Barry S. Strauss

"Ergometer is Greek for 'work meter'"

— Barry S. Strauss

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19 Quotes by Barry S. Strauss

Barry S. Strauss has 19 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The rower need to know technique and has to be in shape. He won't wrong by using strategy. Yet what…
The oars game me power but also taught me humility.
The greatest poet who ever wrote about rowing is Virgil, the greatest historian is Thucydides, but the greatest imagination ever…
Think of aerobics plus weight lifting minus the music or camaraderie. Combine unalloyed endurance with straightforward strength and demand poise,…
If rowing is a trial then the ergometer is the courtroom, the meter is the jury. And an honest jury…
So to the lyre of Orpheus they struck with their oars, The furious water of the sea, and the surge…
Rowing it was pointed out, was a sport that risked few injuries. So it was, I ould discover, but only…
Eakins rejected gentlemen athletics as his theme. Instead, he took a subject that had been the stuff of illustrated weeklies…
The single sculler, alone on the river at dawn, or spotlighted in his lane during a race, is th emost…
When you are rowing well and hard, the rhythm of the stroke takes over. It drives your days and restores…
Rowing was not simple for me. I nodded whenever the instructor made a point, as if I understood, but I…
The Greek in me wanted to know what it felt like to pull an oar. The intellectual wondered about how…

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More Ergometer Quotes

This quote is filed under Ergometer Quotes, one of 8 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I climbed on the rowing ergometer, and started to pull - losing myself in the rhythm of sweat and pain. — Stefan Kieszling
Think of aerobics plus weight lifting minus the music or camaraderie. Combine unalloyed endurance with straightforward strength and demand poise,… — Barry S. Strauss
If rowing is a trial then the ergometer is the courtroom, the meter is the jury. And an honest jury… — Barry S. Strauss
The ergometer simulates the physical demands of rowing, packaging the pains with none of the amenities that make it worthwhile… — Stefan Kieszling
After hooking up the fuel line and pumping a little gasoline through the hose, I prepared for a workout on… — Brad Alan Lewis
One training device is the ergometer. I never owned one, never trained on one, and practically never used one. The… — Brad Alan Lewis
It is no doubt technically possible to study metabolism and respiration of fishes during swimming at a constant rate, and… — August Krogh

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