Define Rowing Meaning

Rowing
A sport commonly known to gods, or elite athletes. where depending on the boat size; 8 lunatics pull on a levered ore to feel the excruciating pain flow through their forearms and thighs. A sport where mental strength is the key to winning. And taking one stroke off, would be giving up and surrendering to the other "crews."

The Harvard Rowing team is one of the fastest

Rowing is the only sport where you don't play with your balls.
By Ibby
Rowing
A sport where people race boats backwards on water. It is arguably the most physically intense sport out there; it is not for the weak.

The U.S. Rowing team won the 2004 Olympic gold. Hooray!
By Candida
Rowing
Rowing is the only sport to originate as a form of capital punishment. I still can't figure out why I like it so much.

Vikings: Slaves and criminals would do the rowing, not the Vikings because they knew how much it sucked.
By Queenie
Rowing
The sport that consists of 1 to 8 people in which you row a boat with one oar each. It is extremely difficult and takes lots of different abilities. Most people think it involves only arms, which is so far from the truth. Most of the terminology can be related to sex, like the cox, crabs, and phrases like "In rowing, the catch is aggressive, the hands quick, the slide smooth, the drive powerful, and the oar is always hard." It is mainly a collegiate sport, but has been practiced around the world for ages.

Let's go row because rowing is the best sport ever!
By Lucy
Rowing
the most intense sport ever and is much harder than any sport like ballet

if rowing were easy, it would be called ballet
By Daffi
Rowing
Rowing is a sport that originated in Europe. It has a strong following in Europe and only a moderate following in the United States. In the U.S. it is mainly a high school and collegiate sport. It is a very difficult, yet also very rewarding sport. That not only pushes the body, but also requires a lot of skill and know-how.

UConn has a sweet men's crew team. Yes, UConn has teams other then basketball. Check out the UConn crew team and learn more about rowing at www.ucmenscrew.com
By Sibella
Rowing
see crew for a better definition of the sport.

By Nicolette
Rowing
taking a extreme dosage of robotusin. cuases blurred vision, nusea, extreme weirdness, and lack of motor skills

Brittney: dude are you rowing?
Torrie: yeah
Michelle: im rowing on robo ((robotusin))
By Vivian
Rowing
"Rowing"
the sport that never ends.

This sport in particular is a very time consuming one of which it will take up most of your week and free time. There are many different kinds of rowing,

The Eight: is when 8 men weilding single oars take control of a stern or bow side position in a coxin steered boat.
The Four: is when you only have four men driving the boat.
The Single Scull: A one manned boat requiring complete concentration with two oars one for each hand.

Regattas are the special occasions when the rowers congregate to a single location to row against each other for the worst 5 minutes of their life.

One training technique for the rowers is the Erg (Ergometer for long). This metal contraption evolved from the ancient torture devices of which the enemy would remove all skin from the victims hands and force them to row two thousand kilometers resulting in death.

It is believed that the Vikings were one of the many historical cultures of whom would row regularly through storms and oceans driving them bloodthirsty and ready to pillage the first town they would come accross.

Cmon boys get yer tape its rowing time!
By Silvana
Rowing
A sport in which 1 to 8 people sit on a seat going backwards while most likely being steered by a coxswain. Rowing also called crew, is one of the most physically demanding sports ever created working every major muscle group in your body. People on the same crew team typically become like family because of the constant travel to regattas to race.

I do rowing and don't have time for anything else. My legs always hurt after rowing.
By Stella