
Fact 1
Prince Albert became the first royal patron of the Henley Royal Regatta in 1951, and since then every single reigning monarch has been a patron of the event

Fact 2
“Catching a crab” doesn’t mean a rower is fetching their dinner. It actually means that the rower has failed to make contact with the water with their oar or has taken too deep a stroke, which has an effect on the rhythm of the boat

Fact 3
Rowing has been staged at every Games since making its debut on the Olympic programme in 1900 in Paris, after the rowing event at the 1896 Games was cancelled due to bad weather

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Rowing Machine
It's a highly-efficient fat burning full-body workout that has numerous mental and physical health benefits
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