| Women are getting out of the house, out
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| | rowing to be an exercise in wholeness.
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| of the gym and onto the water! What is it
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| | Being one with the water, one with
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| that's capturing their attention and
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| | themselves and their surroundings, it is
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| stirring their passion for health,
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| | a peaceful meditation as well as a
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| fitness and overall wellbeing? It's
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| | powerful exercise. The confidence and
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| rowing.
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| | empowerment that fills a woman's soul is
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| Rowing meets the 4 key requirements that
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| | nourishing to her daily life and
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| fuel women's wisdom:
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| | overflows into her relationships,
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| # Health
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| | activities and overall sense of wellness.
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| # Fitness
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| | Women are reaching out to others and
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| # Energy
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| | forming rowing groups, sharing their
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| # Confidence
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| | wellness experience with others in a form
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| Rowing is a full body aerobic exercise,
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| | of group meditiation and community. Women
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| working so many of the muscle groups in
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| | as young as their early teens to women
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| the body that it delivers a total body
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| | well into their 70's are turning to
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| workout in less time than it takes to go
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| | rowing as a vital part of their daily
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| to the gym. Rowing works the muscles of
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| | life. They are helping each other
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| the arms, legs, abdomen and torso as well
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| | overcome their fears and build new
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| as the heart and lungs, building
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| | confidence.
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| endurance and strength- not to mention
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| | Rowing is quickly becoming the sport of
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| great shapely legs!
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| | choice for women in their middle years.
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| Moving out of the gym and onto the water,
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| | "50 is the new 30," is the phrase being
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| rowing offers an exciting change of pace
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| | coined by two of America's top models:
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| and an easier, more desirable way to stay
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| | Christie Brinkley and Cheryl Teigs. "Our
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| committed to health and fitness. Being in
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| | generation, the baby-boomers, have always
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| the open air, at one with nature and the
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| | been the driving force," says Brinkley.
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| serenity of the water, the peace and
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| | Baby boomers are a large majority of the
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| quiet nurtures the soul and provides a
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| | population and these women want more from
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| haven in the midst of a hectic lifestyle.
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| | life. They want to be recognized, active
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| The energy that comes, not only from
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| | and connected. What better food for the
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| increased endurance and muscle strength,
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| | soul than rowing- a sport that meets all
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| but from a deeper connection to their
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| | 4 key requirements for women's wisdom?
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| spirit and wellbeing, women are finding
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| | © 2005 J.
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