Many of them speak with a typical Minnesota accent Minnewegian , which might as well be considered a Norwegian dialect of English . Sarah Palin ' s accent is an example . She grew up in an area in Alaska initially settled by Minnesotan Norwegians farmers . <| sep |> Alright , I ' ll try that . Thank you ! <| sep |> I sure hope thats not malicious . <| sep |> That ' s what I was saying about this not being a problem for other rowers . Most highlevel rowers have at least 12 training sessions per day , including rowingerging and lifting . Of course , they weren ' t able to just start this program out of the blue , they worked up to it . If you stick with it and give your body time to adjust , I think you can fit in lifting and erging . I do and the lifting definitely helps with my rowing performance .