Rowing Chat

Limiting beliefs in your rowing

What are limiting beliefs and how do they affect your rowing? PLUS Book of the month with Jess Di Carlo. Timestamps 00:40 Today’s show is Book of the Month by Jess DiCarlo and the we talk about what are limiting beliefs…Some of call it the voice of the inner lizard. We’ll talk about how to […]

Mahe Drysdale on athlete unions

Mahe is leading The Athletes Co-operative who are bringing an employment case against High Performance Sport New Zealand. He discusses the issues around giving athletes a voice in elite sport. Show notes Our goals are to balance the power out. We want input to athlete welfare and to be respected and valued. When you see […]

Liz Winter

Could masters rowing use a developmental model analogous to the Norwegian Youth Sports Development model? i.e. Make it fun first, developmentally oriented, and give equal respect to peoples’ varied, developmentally informed performance choices as their bodies and life needs change. Timestamps 01:00 Introduction Oxford University Womens Boat Club 02:00 Norwegian Youth Sports Development covers biological, […]

Strategies for long erg rows

We need endurance training at low rate but golly it’s boring. Learn some strategies to pass the time profitably investing in improving your performance and training consistency. Timestamps 02:00 Low intensity sessions – how to approach them Common training mistake is to do the lower intensity session too hard. “Conversational level” workout – can you […]