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London hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 is...

a good idea		81%

a bad idea		14%

something I'm not sure about		5%

Total: 21 members' votes (10 comments...)

What are the most annoying things about using non boat club gyms?

Anyone who's ever used a gym - even a posh one - in the holidays will have come across some of these...

People who can't row to the extent that it's painful rather than funny		41%

Fat smelly people wearing inappropriate kit to erg in thus showing the room their ugly butt cracks when they erg		18%

The fact that there are 100s of running machines but only 3 ergs stuck in the corner		35%

The fact that you can't see the tv's from the ergs		41%

People who look at you like you're mad when you spend more than 3 minutes on the erg		24%

No bench pull		53%

The ranks of sad looking people on the running machines - why don't they go for a proper run		24%

Lack of natural light as the gym is always in the basement		12%

People who sit on weights machines in between their reps and just stare into space - don't they know some of us are in a hurry!!!		18%

People who don't have the faintest clue about rowing telling you that you've got useless technique		18%

Something else - see below		29%

Total: 17 members' votes (5 comments...)

Daddy or Chips?

Daddy		43%

Chips		57%

Total: 21 members' votes (2 comments...)

Favourite Poll

FaT		36%

North or South		7%

Vault		0%

Dancing		29%

Lech Walesa		7%

/.		21%

Total: 14 members' votes (1 comment...)

Which is your favourite part of the stroke?

Blade entry		0%

Connection		17%

Leg drive		25%

Back through		4%

Finish		21%

Extraction		0%

Hands away		4%

Bodies over		4%

Slide		0%

The bit where your hands rise up to go over your knees		25%

Total: 24 members' votes

What is your favourite weights exercise?

Select as many of your favourite exercises from the list as you want (apologies if I have forgotten any of your favourites).

Deadlift		23%

Clean		41%

Shoulder Press		23%

Bench Pull		50%

Bench Press		59%

Incline Bench Press		5%

Leg Press		59%

Leg Extension		36%

Leg Curl		27%

Calf Raise		9%

Squat		41%

Hack Squat		9%

Forward Lunge		14%

Backward Lunge		9%

Diagonal Lunge		9%

Plie Lunge		9%

Pelvic Lifts		14%

Other core exercises		32%

Hip Flexor		5%

Hip Abduction		5%

Side Leg Raises		5%

Toe Press		9%

Bicep Curl		32%

Lat Pull		27%

Cable cross-over		18%

Tricep Dip		14%

Triceps Extension		23%

Wrist Curl		5%

Press up		32%

Chin ups		50%

Sit up		50%

Dumbbell Fly		23%

Incline Dumbbell Fly		14%

Shoulder Shrug		9%

Seated Row		32%

Back Extension		14%

Overhead Press		9%

Rear Deltoid Raise		5%

Military Press		5%

Upright Row		9%

Back Butterfly		9%

Leg Pull-In		5%

Total: 22 members' votes (11 comments...)

What is your favourite type of land training?

Long erg		13%

AT erg		4%

6x500m		9%

Heavy weights		30%

200 reps		22%

Circuits		4%

Running		4%

Lard consumption		13%

Total: 23 members' votes (15 comments...)

Favourite summer regattas

Summertime, and the living is easy. Apparently.
Choose up to 4 regattas - based on whatever criteria you choose (e.g. previous wins, beer tent quality, course, weather on past visits, all of these, etc.)

Kingston Amateur		22%

Bedford Quarts		61%

Molesey		28%

St Neots Saturday		11%

St Neots Sunday		17%

Peterborough Saturday		39%

Peterborough Sunday		22%

Royal Canadian Henley		33%

Gloucester		11%

Bristol		17%

Ross		6%

Cambridge Autumn		11%

Total: 18 members' votes (1 comment...)

Favourite boat class?

8o		26%

4x		0%

4-		17%

4+		13%

2x		4%

2-		17%

1x		17%

Laser		4%

Total: 23 members' votes (4 comments...)

Categories to be included in FaT Top Trumps

500m Ergo Score		44%

2k Ergo Score		69%

2k Ergo Score as percentage of WR		34%

Bumps Races Done		63%

Bumps Up		31%

Net Bumps Record		75%

Blades		38%

ARA Status		34%

Pots (etc.) Won		53%

Versatility (Get a point for each of Bowside,Strokeside,Cox,Sculler)		53%

Year of Novicing		63%

Age		72%

Height		81%

Weight		88%

Total: 32 members' votes (25 comments...)

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