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Crew
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:05 pm
by Errc
I was wondering what peoples opinion about crew were at the college level for pole vault. Would being on a crew team be beneficial to pole vaulting? Would the strength training required be terrible for vaulting? Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Crew
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:06 pm
by rainbowgirl28
Doing crew in college is extremely time consuming. They are rowing at like 6am and have multiple workouts per day. Maybe you could pole vault a little for fun with a club, but doing college crew would definitely not be beneficial to pole vaulting.
Re: Crew
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:39 pm
by Errc
It is a club sport at my college and they only practice once a day for about two hours. I am more curious about how the strength training would translate over to pole vaulting.
Re: Crew
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:51 pm
by rainbowgirl28
Errc wrote:It is a club sport at my college and they only practice once a day for about two hours. I am more curious about how the strength training would translate over to pole vaulting.
Not very well, it's an endurance sport. Also, I find it hard to believe they practice so infrequently. I would imagine they expect their members to do outside conditioning.
Re: Crew
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:27 pm
by Lax PV
Errc wrote:It is a club sport at my college and they only practice once a day for about two hours. I am more curious about how the strength training would translate over to pole vaulting.
Training for Crew is much like cross-country running, along with a lot of lifting.