Heart Rate, Masters Rowing, Rest & Recovery
This year I’m experimenting with monitoring HRV to understand both how I’m responding to training (stress) and recovery (rest) to optimise my training response and avoid overtraining. So far, I’m…
Books, Heart Rate, Hydration, Masters Rowing, Nutrition, Podcast Episodes, Polarised Training, Rest & Recovery, Strength Training
Excited to share my latest episode of the Faster Podcast, this time with Dr Charlie Simpson. Charlie is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at Oxford Brookes University…
Heart Rate, Masters Rowing, Rest & Recovery
Sharing exerts from original articles on HRV, published on Harvard University Health Blog (2017) and Oura website 2020. What is HRV? As popular as the metaphor may be, a healthy…
Equipment, Heart Rate, Hydration, Masters Rowing, Rest & Recovery, Sleep
Every year I take a look at a few things to experiment with. All with the aim of improving my personal performance. In this post I’m sharing what I’m experimenting…
Heart Rate, Hydration, Rest & Recovery, Sleep
One of the things I’ve been experimenting with, over the last 8-weeks, is measuring and tracking my Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Morning Resting Heart Rate (MRHR). I’m doing this…
Aerobic Foundation, Endurance Training, Heart Rate, Masters Rowing, Polarised Training, Training, Training Plan
We are aerobic beings, and your basic aerobic capacity plays a major role in performing at your best, especially when it comes to training and racing. Unfortunately, a common mistake many Masters Rowers (and other…
Aerobic Foundation, Endurance Training, Heart Rate, High Intensity Training, Masters Rowing, Rest & Recovery, Training, Training Plan
Sharing some of the common mistakes and lessons learnt so that you can prepare for your best season ever in 2021. Always training in the middle is a common mistake…
Endurance Training, Faster Online Courses, Heart Rate, High Intensity Training, Masters Rowing, Polarised Training, Rowing Faster, Training, Training Plan
FASTER is thrilled to announce this seasons intake for How To Create Your Annual Training Plan, featuring experts in what it takes to build a successful training plan. In this interactive…
Aerobic Foundation, Heart Rate, Masters Rowing, Training
Original article published on Training Peaks, by Molly Breslin 2020 Rowing is predominately an endurance sport, and mitochondria play a fundamental role in your performance as a Masters Rower. Molly…
Endurance Training, Heart Rate, High Intensity Training, Masters Rowing, Mindset, Podcast Episodes, Racing, Training
Really excited to release my follow up interview with Greg Benning. With 19 wins at HOCR, 4 course records, and 7 wins at SilverSkiff, I just had to get him…