Yes that is true! I often wonder how I would done as a rower, but it isn’t so common sport in my country. I come to cycling from hammer throw. I can’t imagine how that has helped me to get to this fitness on the bike. It is all about neuromuscular power and middle body/leg strength at quite high body weight. I was 109 kg (180 cm tall) at heaviest but was strong too. Did 170 kilos in power clean once. One thing that I remember was that I could train very hard compared to others, but lacked the needed agility in the circle. I wasn’t so quick either. Maybe it has something to do with genetics.