Posts by whchambers
What business leaders can learn from one of the world’s most successful rowing coaches.
Building high performance teams with Noel Donaldson, former Head Coach and High Performance Director of Australian Rowing and New Zealand Rowing. The last time Noel and I spoke on the Podcast, we talked about the evolution of rowing across the last 30-years and the success habits and behaviours of winning crews do. With Noel’s success…
Read MoreConversation with Edouard Blanc – Head Coach, Swiss Rowing – Faster Podcast
I am excited to reconnect with Edouard today, and to hear what he has been up to since we last spoke in April this year. I’ve been looking forward to this for some time. It’s not often, one has an opportunity to gain insights, into a world class team, and in this episode, Edouard share…
Read MoreSwiss Rowing Championships championnats suisses d’aviron 2020
So the racing season is over. One race done, and all done for the year. Very grateful, that with everything going on around the world, and in Switzerland, we were able to come together to race together. Great organisation skills from the Swiss Rowing Federation, the organising committee of Luzern, and discipline from all the…
Read MoreConversation with Noel Donaldson – Faster Podcast
Insights into how rowing has evolved over the decades Really excited to share with you, my conversation with Noel Donaldson. Noel is widely recognised, as one of the world’s most successful rowing coaches. He has held posts as the head coach at the Victorian Institute of sport winning countless King’s Cup races, Elite Development, Head Coach and high-performance director at Rowing…
Read MoreTraining Update Week 38 Final Week Of Preparation
Last week, was the start of my taper for the Swiss Champs. Good solid week of volume and intensity. The club moved to a small lake, for the final preparation days. We are so lucky to have this lake so close by. It’s sheltered and ideal for race training. Introducing more and more race like…
Read MorePlanning for the Head of The Charles Regatta with Greg Benning
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 back on the podcast, to share with us his approach to training and preparing for an event. Anyone that wants to get insights and inspiration,…
Read MoreThings I’m testing out
Precision Hydration: So after a whole heap of time sweating on ergos and bike ergs over the lock down period, I started to do some research on hydration and the impact on both training and racing performance. I came across a company called ‘Precision Hydration’ via a sports science podcast, and I just did their…
Read MoreTraining Update – Week 35 – 3 Weeks To Go!
Nice to have a recovery week. Time to recover from a big block of volume in the last two weeks, as well as to allow the body to ‘super-compensate’ and build on the hard work done. So in a recovery week I normally drop down to about 8-9 hours of volume, yet maintain the intensity.…
Read MoreAvoid a pain in the ass.
I use and recommend this seat-pad for rowing and especially on the ergo. The ProW seat pad developed by Olympic and World Champion rowers, with Citius Remix in Denmark. This seat pad has an innovative shape that relieves bottom/ass pain, helps you to sit tall at the finish of the stroke and assists in the…
Read MoreConversation with Greg Benning – Faster Podcast
My guest today is well known in both World Rowing, US Rowing and business. He is a competitive master-level rower, with 19 wins at HOCR, 4 course records. 7 wins at SilverSkiff. Half dozen FISA Veteran or US Masters Nationals with 6+ wins/regatta. He is the Vice Chair of US Rowing, captained the 1984 crew…
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