Rowing – One of the toughest sports

Rowing or crew as it is popularly known is rated among one of the world’s toughest and most strenuous sports. It requires tremendous physical fitness, stamina and mental strength to be a good rower. A standard 2000m race taking 7 minutes on an average might sound to be an easy thing, but racing neck-to-neck with other teams that drains a person of the last drop of energy, proves to be a different story. Towards the last 500m of a race, it is sheer mental grit that makes a person pull through, for physical resources are already depleted by then. No wonder only the fittest and ablest become good rowers.