Pilates For Rowing

From Library Journal

Boyne (Essential Sculling), a former women’s varsity rowing coach at Tufts University, has written an exhilarating story about the early days of the U.S. women’s national rowing team. Noting that society in the 1970s was radically different from today’s, the author details some of the obstacles faced by women attempting to enter the male-dominated sport of rowing, especially in the Ivy League. The reader also learns a great deal about the complexity of rowing (more…)

Amazon.com Review

Some sports–the solitary ones, in particular–are simply more prone to mysticism and mystery than others. Golf, certainly. Long-distance running, of course. Fishing. Climbing. Each has a literature that confronts the essence of its lonely pursuit and explores the way the solitude and self-discipline these sports demand grow the spirit and fill the competitor. Lambert’s graceful reflection on rowing is a lovely addition to the genre, part memoir, part nar (more…)