Posts Tagged ‘Rowing’
Faster Podcast – Conversation with Istvan Nemeth – Bont Rowing
In this episode I connect with Istvan (Steven) Nemeth of Bont Rowing. Istvan, is a masters rower and cyclist, Director at Bont Cycling & Bont Rowing, workaholic, designer of Bont Cycling and Bont Rowing shoes. Bont Rowing is committed to producing the world’s best rowing shoes. Built around innovation, research and passion for the sport…
Read MoreHow to hydrate for rowing
Podcast interview with Andy Blow from Precision Hydration. In this episode, Andy and I cover the topics related to hydration for masters rowing, and answer questions from the Facebook Masters Rowing Group. Click here to join the Masters Rowing Group on Facebook. How does hydration affect cramping What to drink, how much and when What…
Read MoreWhat 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 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 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 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…
Read MoreTraining Update – Week 34 – 4 Weeks To Go!
Wow. What a big week,following a big week of both volume and the introduction of more high intensity. It’s always a fine balance of when to introduce high intensity, and how to introduce the intensity. I have found that I respond best to a 4-week block, two to three session a week is enough, and…
Read MoreConversation with Dr Mark Campbell – Faster Podcast
My guest today is well known in Australian rowing and surf lifesaving, competing and winning over the last 40+ years in both still water and surf boats. He has served as the President of Mosman Rowing Club in Sydney. Along with his wife, and Olympic athlete Gillian, awarded coach of the year. He is a…
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