[secondhandloser]

Originally Posted by Willie

Uh... I do this as well-- the "hitting legs regularly because of 'crew'" and I still lift legs at least twice per week. You'll increase your power for starts and decrease your risk of hamstring / quad imbalances.

Endurance - type lifting will prove real handy in the last 500m of a race.

(and, for the record, 'crew' refers to the people in the boat... the sport is 'rowing')

I assume you row in college, given your dorm room-esque photos. A club sport, I assume, so you'll have no access to the university's trainers. Your coach may or may not have any experience wrt weight lifting, as most club coaches do not, in my experience. Either way, if you're still rowing-- hitting your legs-- you're about to be in the middle of your spring season, presumably with your first race right around the corner.

I would think that your coach should know about your lifting. Have you told him? As a coach, I insist on knowing the "extracurricular activities" of my athletes (not necessarily to make them stop, but to revise their individual training programs). Furthermore, the split that you posted above is not very rowing-friendly. You might want to check out Rowersworld.com and even Concept II's website for some lifting advice (not all of which is good, but imo, is better than what you're currently doing).

Good luck.

I row D1. My training with the team is really sufficient for the goals I have for myself.