Being in shape was not my goal. My body was a tool to test the capabilities of my will.
That morning each of us found a breaking point. Not only a physical barrier, but a point where determination, stamina and duty clashed and were overc… - Stefan Kieszling
That morning each of us found a breaking point. Not only a physical barrier, but a point where determination, stamina and duty clashed and were overc…
- Stefan Kieszling
Being in shape was not my goal. My body was a tool to test the capabilities of my will. - Stefan Kieszling
Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a number of generally sel… - Stefan Kieszling
Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a number of generally sel…
We shook hands. For a moment our eyes met - which I found surprisingly destabilizing. Then we pulled back and there was a mement of what seemed like … - Stefan Kieszling
We shook hands. For a moment our eyes met - which I found surprisingly destabilizing. Then we pulled back and there was a mement of what seemed like …
Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than rowing an allegory of life. - Stefan Kieszling
Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than rowing an allegory of life.
Although it takes a long warm-up for an eight to swing, on an erg such subtleties don't matter. For me the sound alone raised my pulse to 120. Tying … - Stefan Kieszling
Although it takes a long warm-up for an eight to swing, on an erg such subtleties don't matter. For me the sound alone raised my pulse to 120. Tying …
Those of us who stayed were younger, more tractable. Less sure of ourselves socially and intellectually, we gave ourselves to the sport with little i… - Stefan Kieszling
Those of us who stayed were younger, more tractable. Less sure of ourselves socially and intellectually, we gave ourselves to the sport with little i…
[Trading] With the French one had to be especially careful. French oarswomen were known to take men aside, point to whatever they wanted, and then pe… - Stefan Kieszling
[Trading] With the French one had to be especially careful. French oarswomen were known to take men aside, point to whatever they wanted, and then pe…
The ergometer simulates the physical demands of rowing, packaging the pains with none of the amenities that make it worthwhile. - Stefan Kieszling
The ergometer simulates the physical demands of rowing, packaging the pains with none of the amenities that make it worthwhile.
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