Phil Simmons
Streamed live on Feb 13, 2017 Phil is an Olympian and former international sweep rower who has successfully switched into coaching. He has been 7 years at Kingston Grammar School coaching boys and girls. Timestamps for topics in the podcast. 0:01 introductions and background in rowing 0:02 Transitioning from being an athlete to being a […]
Guin Batten
RowingChat today was with Guin Batten a pioneer leading new racing formats for beach rowing, coastal rowing and an energetic ambassador for the sport. She has taken on many new challenges such as rowing in the Maldives, winning the Coastal Rowing world championships and inventing beach rowing for the World Beach Games since winning a silver […]
Sara Hendershot
RowingChat today was with Sara Hendershot-Lombardi, a pioneer introducing High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to rowing coaching. She discovered this alternative method of training after serious personal injury, rehabilitation and recovery as she challenged for a place in the US Rowing team for Rio Olympics. Sara runs Rowfficient, the training company whose Project UP is […]
Womens Rowing in the UK
We had an awesome RowingChat today about the history of international British Women’s rowing. Jo Toch, Pauline Bird, Kate Grose all rowed for Great Britain and Helena Smalman-Smith is a rowing historian of the period. We have collated timestamps for the key points we covered during the interview. Below is a link to watch the video […]
Steve Gladstone
We had an awesome RowingChat today with Steve Gladstone and have collated timestamps for the key points we covered during the interview. Below is a link to watch the video on YouTube or Listen on SoundCloud. Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and, as ever, tell your friends about RowingChat. 01:00 How to up-skill […]
Troy Howell
roy Howell from Craftsbury Outdoor Center was our guest this week on RowingChat – he’s an expert sculling coach and the author of the book Ease and Comfort in the Boat Watch Troy Howell Video Recording Listen to Troy Howell Recording on Audio https://soundcloud.com/rowperfect/rowingchat-troy-howell-expert-sculling-coach-from-craftsbury-september-2016 Timestamps and topics we covered 0:00 Introduction and coaching CV […]
Kim Brennan
Today we welcomed Kim Brennan to RowingChat for an in-depth dive into her personal training philosophy and motivations. The RowingChat recording is on Soundcloud, YouTube and iTunes – please leave us a rating and share this link with your rowing friends. Timestamps: 01.00 Kim introduces herself and her background in rowing and sport 05:00 On […]
Toby Cunliffe-Steel
The July RowingChat podcast is published – with Toby Cunliffe-Steel. Watch the YouTube video or listen to the MP3 Soundcloud below. International rower Toby is currently one of the Lightweight Scullers in the New Zealand Rowing Team. A cancer survivor and determined achiever, he reveals his recipe for success. Timestamps 02:00 What is the annual […]
Tara Morgan Rowing and Aging
Coach Tara Morgan specialises in teaching adults to row and has developed a program for Seniors. She is writing a book about Rowing and Aging as a resource for clubs who want to offer these programs which will be published by Rowperfect later in 2016. Timestamps: 05.00 Three key parts of Rowing and Aging. 1. […]
Mark O’Donovan
Irish international rower, Mark shares insight into how a professional rowing team is run and his personal strength and conditioning advice for rowing and sculling. Timestamps: 06.00 Mark’s blog www.odonovanmark.wordpress.com 07:00 Developing large muscle groups 10:00 Bench press for developing rowers’ arms 14:00 Clue and the art of coaching 17:00 Training Zones UT2 and UT3 […]