Mindset
Anne-Marie Howald – Swiss Rowing Team Coach
Anne-Marie Howald is well know in the rowing world, having represented Switzerland at the 1987 & 88 World Championships as a lightweight, and now as the Head Coach of the U23 and Junior Squad. In 2018, Anne-Marie was awarded the “Swiss Olympic Coach Award” for the impressive achievements of the junior national team at the…
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 MoreConversation with Mick Miller – 6 x Olympic Strength & Performance Coach
Mick Miller 6 x Olympic Strength & Performance Coach
Read MoreA seed of doubt can destroy your performance. What’s your mind set strategy?
In the 2012 America’s Cup Regatta, the New Zealand crew was leading the American crew by 8 races to 1 and only had to win one more race. One more win to take home the oldest trophy in world sport. The evening before the next day’s racing, James Spithill, captain of the American crew, was…
Read MoreDeparting Medtronic
Bill Chambers departing Medtronic.
Read MoreTHE DAY BEFORE RACE DAY
Being fresh with good form before a race is important – you need to get your mind and body primed and ready to race. The primary goal in the final day before a race is to prime the body to perform at its peak level. Making sure all the body’s interconnected systems are functioning as…
Read MoreLearning from masters
I use many different mediums to take on new information and recently listened to an interview with Sadguru on the London Real podcast. Sadguru book ‘Inner Engineering a yogi’s guide to joy’ comes across as pragmatic and grounded in common sense. A different perspective from an ancient wisdom to understand and add to the knowledge…
Read MoreThe man in the arena. Theodore Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who…
Read MoreFinding your natural fit in order to do what you love to do everyday.
Listening to Jim Collins on the Tim Ferris podcast last week, I was reminded of the elegant simplicity in which Colin’s frames complex subjects. In this case, the Hedgehog Concept. The concept of the three circles, or the Hedgehog Concept posited by Jim Collins, is a powerful framework for individuals looking to determine what they…
Read MoreNearly died this morning – no joke
Its mid-January and on Lac Leman in Switzerland it’s a clear sunny morning and +1.5°. A great morning for a row with my mate Craig. Forty-five minutes later I find myself upside down in 5°water, my feet trapped in my form fitting rowing shoes, and the first thing that pops into my head is the…
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