This article explains why the curve carries more information than the split, what a healthy curve looks like at your age, and how to show yours to a coach.

The jump from junior to collegiate rowing is the largest sustained increase in training load most rowers will ever experience, and it arrives bundled with every other adjustment of leaving home. This article lays out what the evidence says about that jump, why it carries real injury risk, and what preparation actually helps.

The 2K erg score opens a recruit's file. What top programs publish and what coaches say shows how selection actually works once the threshold is cleared.

Strength training produces a real but modest improvement in rowing performance, it is safe for adolescents when supervised properly, and it earns its place in a training week without ever displacing the aerobic work that actually drives boat speed.