Paul Thompson, Head Coach China

Paul Thompson is head coach for the Chinese Rowing Federation. He talks about the challenges of coaching through a translator; getting visas to train in Europe, coaching catches and a relaxed recovery. Learning to coach in a foreign language – Paul uses rock over, relax, legs first, power as his first words in Chinese! I […]
Faster Masters Rowing Radio July 2019

Tips for training and rowing in the heat and how to transition to racing at high stroke rates Faster Masters Rowing Radio July 2019 is hosted by Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. They write monthly training programs for masters rowers at www.fastermastersrowing.com 0:00 Introduction and summary of what’s in the July Faster Masters training program […]
Faster Masters Rowing – sponsor for June

New this month is a training advisory service for masters athletes – Faster Masters Rowing by Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. Designed for masters who train alone, or who are at clubs where coaching is not provided, this program allows self-directed learning oriented towards masters who want to improve their skills for fitness or competition; […]
Meghan O’Leary
Meghan is a US Rowing athlete in the W2x and she wrote a stinging blog post about the lack of media coverage for the US national selection trials. Why Elite Rowing Will Never Be Popular in US which got a lot of commentary, particularly when she compared the amount of media coverage US Rowing got to […]
Rowing Data with Lou Harwood and Henry Palmer

A new podcast series focused on the data side of rowing training and coaching. Data is an essential part of rowing coaching and training. How much do you understand about how to use information to optimise your workout? Collecting data in rowing – where can you get data from? Being a data “janitor” – cleaning […]
Faster Masters Rowing Radio June 2019

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe discuss food and nutrition for rowers and how to practice racing starts. Nutrition – from Nancy Clark’s seminar “Sports Nutrition: Clarifying the confusion about what’s best to eat”. The link below is to the 5th edition of Nancy’s classic book. Rowing Chat has an affiliate link code. A more recent […]