DIFFERENT STROKES : ROWERS KEEP BOTH OARS IN THE WATER FOR EXERCISE AWASH WITH CAMARADERIE.Byline: Lynette Rice Daily News Staff Writer Brenda Gage feels sore all over. Her legs and arm ache, her butt is numb. Adding to her pain is some Harvard guy in Lycra shorts yelling at her to move faster and chiding her whenever she eats too much. You call this recreation? Absolutely, said Gage, who continues making her weekly treks from Sun Valley to Dock 52 in Marina del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
``I used to live in Hawaii and I kayaked. I missed the ocean and I needed the exercise,'' said Gage, 38, who sells printing services for a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. graphics firm. ``Then I found the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Boat Club and came in for a lesson. Rowing is a full-body workout and I feel great. It feels coordinated, close to nature. I don't like working out in a gym. I haven't been to one in the last two years. ``It's great being on the water.'' The hundreds of members who have come and gone from the Southern California Boat Club off Fiji Way can count on the Ivy League Ivy League Group of eight universities in the northeastern U.S., high in academic and social prestige, that are members of an athletic conference for intercollegiate gridiron football dating to the 1870s. treatment for their initial $300 investment for lessons (another $340 is due once you complete lessons and officially join the private club, not to mention $49 a month in dues). Owner Buz Tarlow treats his adult rowers as if they were the athletes he used to teach during his coaching days at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. . Except this time, his students are professionals from throughout Los Angeles and the Valley. Some are even in their 60s or 70s. ``At times we clash because they are recreational rowers and I treat them seriously,'' said Tarlow, 40, who lives in Venice. ``I do understand their time constraints In law, time constraints are placed on certain actions and filings in the interest of speedy justice, and additionally to prevent the evasion of the ends of justice by waiting until a matter is moot. . Some only can row twice a week and work out twice a week, so I can accept that.'' He does so, with pleasure. Just four years ago, Tarlow - a sociology grad from Harvard - stopped relying on the intermittent income from giving private rowing lessons and decided instead to create his own club. Today, he oversees the one of the largest recreational rowing clubs in the Los Angeles area, with more than 100 members from throughout the county and an inventory of 34 boats that include 4- and 8-man shells for rowing, both recreationally and competitively. Said Gage of Tarlow: ``He's really committed to the sport, even though we're like `Shut up! Look, people gain weight. This is the real world. You can't say that kind of stuff, Buz.' But he's always the first one to say you look great, too. ``He's a coach. That's in his blood. He's probably hard on people, but you don't really notice it. It's good ... in an offhanded off·hand adv. Without preparation or forethought; extemporaneously. adj. also off·hand·ed Performed or expressed without preparation or forethought. See Synonyms at extemporaneous. way.'' The cost to join the club is high only because the cost to maintain it is equally as steep, said Tarlow, who rarely takes a day off the water. (Tarlow also offers lessons in kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is differentiated from canoeing by the fact that a kayak has a closed cockpit and a canoe has an open cockpit. They also use a two bladed paddle. Another major difference is in the way the paddler sits in the boat. and sailing from his 100-foot dock space.) Besides operating from one of the most expensive docks in the nation, Tarlow's equipment ranges in price from $3,000 for a scull or one-man boat, to $20,000 for an 8-man sweep. He's the primary coach, though he's managed to recruit a few die-hard members to help with the load. Yet for many students, the hefty fee is a fair price to pay for good camaraderie and a great workout. Both participants and physicians not only claim it helps with weight loss, but relieves a number of ailments such as lower back problems. ``The best benefit is general conditioning and achieving cardiovascular exercise cardiovascular exercise Sports medicine Any vigorous aerobic exercise, which near-maxes the heart rate–eg, basketball, bicycling, cross-country skiing, dancing, hiking, jogging, race-walking, racquetball, running, skating, soccer, stair-climbing, volleyball. . That's probably the best reason to do it, especially for the larger population,'' said Dr. Michael Hollander, an orthopedic specialist at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center. ``People with shoulder conditions can benefit specially from this exercise because it can work certain muscles disproportionately. Yet anyone can benefit from a general cardiovascular conditioning program, and this provides the perfect opportunity to get that.'' Rowing doesn't just require upper-body strength, Tarlow says. ``In rowing, you really use everything,'' said Tarlow, who helped Pepperdine University Pepperdine University is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu. launch its own rowing team. ``It's a muscle you use the most. You win or lose on the heart first, then the legs, then the back, then you're arms and abdominals.'' Newcomers to Tarlow's club start at the dock, where he teaches them how to rig a scull and hold an oar (members don't jump in the 4- and 8-man shells until they master the solo ones Solo One is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network and screened in 1976. The series was a spin-off from the police show Matlock Police with Paul Cronin reprising his role as Sen. Const. ). Students must first understand how to feather their hand over the oar so it moves in and out of the water in a fluid, relaxed motion, Tarlow said. A trip out to the briny comes with the second lesson, and by the fourth, Tarlow expects his students to row back to Dock 52 without his guidance - and without weaving in and out of the buoys that dot the busy marina. It's vital that rowers learn to navigate the heavy boat traffic, Tarlow said. Members who pass the test - and there are plenty of chances for those who don't - get a key to the boathouse and the chance to row in a 4- or 8-man shell on the weekends. Get really good and Tarlow will tap you for one of his racing teams that compete eight times a year. At a recent regatta regatta: see rowing; sailing. A high-end Unix-based pSeries server from IBM. Introduced in late 2001, the model p690 incorporates mainframe class self healing capabilities and partitioning to the pSeries (RS/6000) family for the first time. in Lake Tahoe - where stiff competition came from recreational clubs in Oakland and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden - Tarlow's men's and women's teams took home gold and silver medals. Sid Oring of Reseda was instantly hooked by rowing when he joined the club just a year ago. He'd hit the dock at 5:30 a.m. to join a boat of four, get off the water by 7 a.m., and just make it to his job as an English teacher at Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). in Van Nuys by a quarter to 8. ``There was camaraderie, group purpose. There was a lot of great benefits for all of us,'' Oring said. ``Buz is a dynamic, great coach, a man of incredible knowledge of all parts of the sea and seamanship sea·man·ship n. Skill in navigating or managing a boat or ship. seamanship Noun skill in navigating and operating a ship Noun 1. . It's an exciting, adventurous activity.'' Yet such benefits come with a trade-off, admitted Oring. He's had to severely cut back on his trips to the marina because it competes with work and his other love - hiking. ``You have to love it. You have to find it in your day,'' Oring said. ``Unless you are right there, you have to work the boats somewhere within your active lifestyle. It's not always easy to do.'' Eric Fisher Frederick Eric Fisher (born July 28, 1924, Johnsonville, New Zealand, died June 19, 1996, Palmerston North, Manawatu) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1953. of Hollywood has no problem spending four or more mornings a week at Dock 52. He races and helps Tarlow with coaching. Though he can't argue with the fitness benefits, Fisher prefers to focus on what rowing does for his architectural work. After working out on the water all morning, Fisher walks into the office by 9 a.m. with twice as much energy as his colleagues who just rolled out of bed, he bragged. ``Rowing is something I'll do for another 40 years,'' said Fisher. ``Shoot, we've got guys in their 80s rowing really well. That's the great thing about this sport.'' More clubs for rowing Call it the home of the rowers. At least two other rowing clubs make their home in Marina del Rey and take new members. The UCLA Marina Aquatic Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . at 14001 Fiji Way has offered sculling sculling: see rowing. and sweep lessons since 1993. Participants must be 18 or older and have ties to the university - either through enrollment or to the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Alumni Association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni . That's easily remedied by joining the association for $45 a year, said Shea Garvin, director. Novices must take four, two-hour classes in beginning rowing for $85. After that, the center offers intermediate sculling and sweep rowing classes at $89. Once enrolled, members can either rent sculls on an hourly basis or get three-month or annual passes. Prices vary. Rental hours are 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. On weekends, it's 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Call (310) 823-0048 for information. The nonprofit Los Angeles Rowing Club is operated by its members, for its members. Some 55 or so participants - many of whom are adult professionals - row off of Mother's Beach at Basin D. The 10-year-old club owns eight boats - one eight-man sweep, five four-man sweeps, one pair and one scull - and offers a learn-to-row program of four lessons for $50. Dues are then $85 per quarter for those who want to stick around and row regularly. Die-hard members compete up to 10 times a year. ``We're basically a sweep club,'' said president Bill Sampson. For information, call Sampson at (310) 457-6789. MEMO: For information about the Southern California Boat Club, call (310) 822-0073. CAPTION(S): 5 Photos, Box Photo: (1--Cover--Color) EXOARCISE Novices and oldpros alike get good strokes from rowing (2) Southern California Boat Club members take to the bay in a 4-person racing shell. The fifth person in the boat is the coxswain, who leads the rowers. (3) Slava Astahov concentrates on his form during a morning row in Marina del Rey. Club members begin their training in scull - a one-man boat. (4) Following alongside in a motorboat, assistant coach Eric Fisher corrects the form of one of his rowers. (5) Former Harvard University coach Buz Tarlow, right, instructs Frank Reynolds “Frank Reynolds” redirects here. For other uses, see Frank Reynolds (disambiguation). Frank Reynolds (born East Chicago, Indiana, November 29, 1923; died July 20, 1983), was a well known American television journalist for ABC. at the Southern California Boat Club's dock. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News Box: More clubs for rowing (See Text) |
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