Tag: david Filippi

  • Training intensity for Masters Rowing with Dr Charlie Simpson

    Training intensity for Masters Rowing with Dr Charlie Simpson

    Excited to share this 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 and well known for his publications. The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing and Advanced Rowing.

    In this episode, Charlie and I cover the following topics and a lot more…

    • Defining training intensity
    • The holy trinity in training intensity; heart rate, RPE and power
    • Key training zones to pay attention to
    • Lactate testing
    • How to set up your season and week for training
    • Nutrition and hydration strategies
    • The Big 5 supplements that can make a real impact on performance

    It’s a long episode (99-mins) and perfect for a long indoor endurance session.

    The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing, is the first comprehensive book to focus on this unique form of strength-endurance training. It is aimed at serious athletes, outdoor rowers and normal gym users.

    Advanced Rowing , brings together a selection of leading experts in the sport of rowing, including international head coaches from New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and Denmark, who have all coached crews to World and Olympic medals. Distinguished club and university coaches contribute from across the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. Between them, these coaches work with the top national level athletes in their countries and specialize in preparing them to an international competitive standard.

    Books recommended by Charlie

    • Wanted rowing coach by Brad Lewis
    • Assault on Lake Casitas by Brad Lewis
    • Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
    • The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
    • Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond

    Thank you to our Faster podcast supporters: Precision Hydration, Bont Rowing, Filippi Boats and Citius Remex seat pads. These companies want to support Masters Rowers to go Faster and offer exclusive benefits to my newsletter subscribers. To gain access to exclusive bonus offers, ensure you subscribe to my newsletter.

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    If you’d like to connect with Charlie, you can email him at: charlessimpson@brookes.ac.uk

  • New Features For 2021 Filippi Boat Range

    New Features For 2021 Filippi Boat Range

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  • Things I’m testing & trying out in Rowing this year.

    Things I’m testing & trying out in Rowing this year.

    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 with for rowing, across different aspects, and over the coming months, I will share updates in my newsletter.

    New Carbon Pack from Filippi

    I’ll be testing the new ‘Carbon Pack’ from Filippi Boats with the Filippi F22 single scull. I first learnt about these developments in late 2020, when I spent some time with David Filippi at the Italian Championships. I’m curious to see Filippi’s new developments in carbon fibre footplate, seat deck interface, rigger and gate technology. More information will be revealed as I share the process of the new boat build and interview David Filippi on the Faster podcast about the new technology.

    Clothing

    Testing 776BC rowing clothes for comfort, durability and how their ‘Motion Technology’ works. The 776BC Motion System highlights key biometric markers and lines on the body. The aim is to show how you’re moving whilst rowing on the ergo or in the boat. To achieve this, 776BC developed a motion sensor app, that you can use to film the session, and observe how the biometric markers line up vs the desired technique.

    I have order some 776BC customised kit for a few willing masters and juniors to try at my club. Will update how the kit looks, feels and how it is to work with the Motion App for filming and providing feedback.

    Hydration & Pre-Loading

    I’ve been paying more attention to how much and what I’m drinking  during training, especially with the increase in time on the ergo, and this year I will be experimenting with how my performance is influenced by how hydrated I am when I start exercising.

    Precision Hydration have a protocol they call, ‘preloading‘ and the practice has been widely studied in the last 20 years. There’s strong evidence that taking in additional sodium with fluids before you start sweating is effective in promoting increased acute fluid retention and in improving endurance performance, especially in the heat.

    I will be working with the team at Precision Hydration, to dial this in over the coming months and I’ll share updates along the way.

    Monitoring HRV

    On the advice of masters champion, Greg Benning, I will be monitoring my Heart Rate Variability (HRV), and using this metric to measure my response to, and readiness for training. I’ll be using and comparing the Oura Ring and Elite HRV app & heart rate belt.

  • Overview of 2021 Filippi Single Sculls

    Overview of 2021 Filippi Single Sculls

    Below is an overview of each of the single sculls offered by Filippi, organised by rower weight. To find out more, visit Filippi Boats website.