Tag: mosman rowing club

  • 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

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

  • What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)?

    What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)?

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  • Faster Podcast Interview with Nick Lloyd, woman’s rowing coach, Swiss Rowing Federation

    Faster Podcast Interview with Nick Lloyd, woman’s rowing coach, Swiss Rowing Federation

    Nick Lloyd is the woman’s coach at the Swiss Rowing Federation, and the assistant coach to Ian Wright. Growing up in Sydney Australia, Nick has been involved in and led the coaching of some of the most successful school crews in Australia and New Zealand. Now assisting Head Coach Ian Wright in the Swiss programme, Nick shares his thoughts on what it takes to bring a crew together as one to go fast, and his approach to technique.

    Books mentioned in the interview.

    • True Blue
    • Last of the amatuers
    • Boys in the boat

    Video mentioned in the interview.

    ‘The Crew’ Rowing Documentary – Nudgee College 

  • Wendy Miller’s experience at the Head of The Charles – Faster Podcast Episode

    Wendy Miller’s experience at the Head of The Charles – Faster Podcast Episode

    My guest today, is Wendy Miller, from Mosman Rowing Club in Sydney Australia. Wendy competed in the 2019 Head of The Charles regatta, and gained 3rd place in her first attempt in the single sculls event.

    I first met Wendy in 2019, as she was travelling through Europe on holidays on her way to Boston. She gave me a call to ask if she could drop by Switzerland, (as you do:-) to do a spot of training with me, before heading over to race in the US. Wendy has a great story to share, with her journey through Europe, training on a yacht whilst sailing down the Italian coast, her ingenuity to source boats, blades and boathouses to use, staying with wonderful hosts in different cities, and finding races to sharpen up before the big event. Nothing stopped Wendy on her way to racing in the 2019 Head of The Charles regatta and having a great adventure along the way. I hope you enjoy listening to her journey as much as I did.

    Head of The Charles Training Plans

    If you are a Masters Rowers, and interested in training for the Head of The Charles Regatta, I have prepared training plans especially for Masters Rowers. Whether you are planning to race in Boston, or compete virtually, these plans will help you to be at your best. The plans are designed by the most successful Masters Rowers, specifically for the Head of The Charles, and for Masters with 6 hours a week all the way to 12 hours of training a week. Click on the link to check out the programs. HOCR Training Plan

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  • Peter Hardcastle – Triple Olympian – Head Rowing Coach at Imperial College

    Peter Hardcastle – Triple Olympian – Head Rowing Coach at Imperial College

    Peter (Pete) Hardcastle, is well known in Australian and World Rowing. Pete represented Australia at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games in different boat classes. After the olympics, Pete moved to the UK in 2008.  where he coached at Dulwich College, Emanuel School and London Rowing Club, and coached the men’s four at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2014.  In 2017, Pete joined Imperial College as the Head of Rowing and in his first season at Imperial, he coached the crew that won the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.  

    Pete is an amazing athlete, and still continues to amaze mere mortals, with his Ironman Triathlon exploits, and marathon running. In this episode, Pete and I explore what got him into rowing, and how he progressed to the U23 World Championships and then the Elite team under 4-years. We talk about personal motivation, and challenging others to explore what is possible. We review what is really going on with some of the rapid crews we are watching today, and he shares his tips on how to get yourself ready to race as well as preparing your race mindset.

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  • Conversation with Mick Miller – 6 x Olympic Strength & Performance Coach

    Conversation with Mick Miller – 6 x Olympic Strength & Performance Coach

    “I believe in challenging people so that they can grow and evolve, and change the world for the better.”

    Mick has seen it all. He’s worked with elite athletes chasing Olympic glory, world champions, professional Rugby League teams, America’s Cup campaigns, and up-and-coming youth champions. He’s seen athletes through good times and bad, through victory and meltdown, through triumphant euphoria and heart-breaking despair. He’s brought athletes back from career-threatening injury, rebuilt teams that were crumbling under pressure, and mentored his junior athletes through the challenges of growing up. Then in 2013, at age 49, he discovered a lump in his neck that turned out to be cancer. He then discovered more about himself that he could ever have imagined.

    Mick’s cancer survival journey started in a bed at the Oncology ward at Royal North Shore Hospital Sydney, then took him on a journey of recovery and discovery  around and  to the heart of Australia in a ‘68 VW Beetle. Only then was he able to listen to his own heart, let go of everything he was preconditioned to be, and discovered who he really was.

    In my conversation with Mick, we cover our mutual friendship and our passion for rowing and helping others to achieve high performance. We cover Mick’s journey of discovery on what it took, for Mick to find his right path and how through this experience, Mick is helping others to find their Right Path.

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