Rowing Chat

Mike Davenport on Rigging

Mike Davenport from MaxRigging talks how to learn boat rigging and the tools you need. Mike wrote THE book on rowing rigging – The Nuts And Bolts Guide to Rigging. Get it on his website www.maxrigging.com Timestamps to the show 03:40 Background in rowing 05:15 Duct Tape versus WD40 08:00 New = Fast and Old […]

James Coote Rowing New Zealand

James coaches the New Zealand womens lightweight double scull and the heavyweight double scull, Both won gold at last year’s World Rowing Championships and are hot prospects for gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Sponsors Pryygl Rowing Camps ideal preparation for the FISA World Masters Regatta https://pryglrowing.com/rowingchat Faster Masters Rowing new 12 week training programs for […]

February 2020 Faster Masters Rowing Radio

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe set out their priorities for February training for masters rowers. Sponsors – this podcast would not be possible without our advertisers. Please visit their websites and buy their products. https://rowing.chat/sponsors/ Prygl Rowing Camps – 2 events in July and August ideal prep for FISA World Masters https://pryglrowing.com/rowingchat 12 Week Head […]

Sarah Winckless

Sarah Winckless is a multiple Olympian for British Rowing and a leading umpire (referee) and advocate for women’s rowing. She’s just been appointed the umpire for the 2020 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Thanks to all our sponsors who make this show possible. https://rowing.chat/sponsors/ Prygl Rowing Camps – https://rowing.chat/sponsor/prygl-rowing-camps/ Rowing Tales Book – https://rowing.chat/sponsor/rowing-tales-books/ Timestamps […]

Rowing and Menopause

Rebecca Caroe Rower and Podcaster

  The sport of rowing is seeing a giant growth in membership from women over the age of 40. Why? What is it about mid-life that makes a traditional water sport so attractive? Let me start by telling a story. I have been privileged to meet an amazing group of women through rowing. Women who […]

Volker Nolte

A veteran of international rowing and high performance sport, Volker Nolte is recently retired and now has time for even more rowing. He has coached for Canada and competed for Germany in his past. Mostly he’s known for editing two books – Rowing Faster and Rowing Faster 2nd Edition. Both are on Amazon Rowing Faster […]

Power in Rowing Symposium

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We are delighted to announce a collaboration with the team at Rowing Science.  They are hosting a Power in Rowing Symposium on 17th December with an impressive array of speakers: Conny Draper – biomechanical measurements in rowing practice Stephen Seiler – Power, pulse and perception – training monitoring in endurance athletes Harjo de Poel – […]

Rowing and menopause

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Teamwork, great exercise, pulling together instead of falling apart. Masters Rower Rebecca Caroe tells us why rowing is the perfect sport for women over 40.   Thanks to Jill Angelo who is working hard to enable conversations about #midlife so there are fewer surprises as our bodies change.  Here’s the opening anecdote from the article.  […]

Rowing Tales Book 2019

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Rebecca Caroe who founded the Rowing Chat network, has just published her book, Rowing Tales. It’s a collection of 35 short stories on rowing themes – told to her by rowers, coaches and guests from the RowingChat podcasts. Rowing is a sport characterised by great story-tellers – witness the number of people who enjoy reunions […]

Faster Masters Rowing Radio – December 2019

Welcome to December’s podcast for masters rowers. Marlene and Rebecca took questions from listeners for this episode. Timestamps to the show 1:13 Faster Masters Rowing training program elements for this month. 4.45 Are erg sprints a good winter goal? 7:30 Goal of winter training programs. Faster Masters Rowing Episode 7: The Role of Testing & […]