I've started reading Daniel Brown's book The Boys in the Boat, the story of the Washington men's 8 that won gold in the 1936 Olympics. It's a compelling read and I recommend it. Here's a short passage as he describes the physical demands of rowing:
"When you row...your body burns calories and consumes oxygen at a rate that is unmatched in almost any other human endeavor. Physiologists, in fact, have calculated that rowing a two-thousand meter race --the Olympic standard -- takes the same physiological toll as playing two basketball games back-to-back. And it exacts that toll in about six minutes."
Watch the short trailer and be ready to start erging on Monday!
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