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[quote=Anonymous]I rowed varsity crew in high school and college. The sport is all about strength, endurance, and focus. It was a very useful tool to get recruited into a great college. I was recruited by and rowed at an ivy with a B+ GPA overall.

It's important to know that successful rowers have a typical body type, esp for women. Very tall, very strong, very muscular. You don't see petite girls getting recruited. For men in college there are heavyweight and lightweight teams. For high school was mostly heavyweight. Again, very tall, very strong. There are opportunities for smaller/petite people to cox. But above and beyond, most rowers I know are  large. Fwiw, I am 5'8" and 155lbs and was the smallest on my college varsity squad and on the small end of my Hs varsity team. I was recruited.

Rowing can also be very difficult on your lower back and knees. Many people don't realize that competitive rowing is all legs and not arms. Several of my HS and college teammates had back issues and required PT regularly.

The bonding is awesome and there is so much camaraderie, but it's also very competitive. Our coaches would often pit us against each other to see who had the fastest times, which would create the fastest boats. This was tough on friendships sometimes. You would have to seat race your friends and teammates which was hard.

Lots of time commitment getting to and from boathouse, to and from regattas and races, lots of time spent on the bus.

Also intense off season training.

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