Masters Rowing
5-Reasons Masters Rowers need to do strength training. (Premium access)
This is the time of year (winter 2021/22) when a lot of masters rowers ask about strength training. Should they? Shouldn’t they? Should they lift heavy or light? Free weights or machines? And what about Crossfit? Rowing is a power endurance sport, listen to the top coaches and masters rowers on my podcast, and there…
Read MoreThis will help you set up your heart rate training zones. (Premium access)
Exclusive premium access and includes downloadable heart rate calculator. In order to train at the right intensity to reach your training goals, you need to establish your max heart rate to set up your heart rate zones. Get this wrong and you can end up training at the wrong intensity and killing your season. Get…
Read MoreZone 2 Training For Masters Athletes. Why heart rate shouldn’t be ignored.
Premium access. Now some of the masters rowers that read this, may be thinking, what has a Tour de France cyclists performance got to do with rowing? They are not they same sports, and rowing is way tougher. They are not the same sports, yet both have similar demands on the body to produce enormous…
Read MoreZone 2 Training For Masters Rowers. The importance of your aerobic foundation. (Premium access)
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Read MoreHow Little Training Can You Get Away With?
As we head into winter and the impending Holiday Season that now seems to stretch from October to January, it may be comforting to know that – if you must – you can get away with significantly reduced training without losing much of your hard-earned fitness. Came across this article and though you may be interested in reading it too.
Read MorePodcast interview with Adrian Cassidy
Excited to share this interview with Adrian Cassidy. Adrian has so much experience to share from rowing and high performance. Adrian rowed for Team GB winning world Championships from junior through to elite before an accident that ended his rowing career. Adrian shares his come back story from a broken neck to a career as…
Read MorePreparing for the 2021 HOCR with Greg Benning
Join Greg and I, as we discuss Greg’s preparations for this years Head of The Charles Regatta. How he adapted his training through Covid-19 and what he has been experimenting with. Greg Benning, started rowing at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 and has been engaged in the sport ever since. Greg is the Vice-Chair…
Read MoreTips to Go Faster in the same regatta next year. (Premium access)
Tips to Go Faster in the same regatta next year.
Read MoreWorkout of the week
The workout of the week is from Zurich club coach, Hugo Pfister. When Hugo is not coaching the club crews in Zurich, he is keeping fit and going extremely fast. Here is Hugo’s workout of the week for the ergo or on the water. VO2 Capacity Training 10 min warm up 4 x 2min at…
Read MoreWallingford’s Fantastic Five and their experience at the Head of The Charles Regatta
In this podcast episode, I chat with the amazing masters crew that set the masters record at the Head of The Charles Regatta (HOCR). The Wallingford crew of Mike Edge, Pete King, Steve Pearson and stroke, Richard Smith – coxed by Sara Ball, won the 2016 regatta by 30-seconds, with a new course record of…
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