Faster Masters Rowing Radio

Meet Digger Barnes, he is on the Masters Rowing Commission for British Rowing. 01:00 Masters rowing clubs in UK – they tend to be run by masters rowers around the country. The opportunity [...]

Gwenda Stevens is the President of the Belgium Federation. We discuss masters rowing in Belgium, the clubs regattas and the new Masters National Championship event. Timestamps 00:45 Gwenda has [...]

Georg Gruetzner is the masters representative on the German Rowing Federation. Resource: Structure of masters rowing slides [...]

What’s masters rowing like in Ireland? Gerry Murphy is Chair of the Masters Representative Committee for Rowing Ireland. A big increase in member registration has happened and masters are [...]

You’re preparing to race and are concerned you aren’t rating high enough. Why rating matters. Two drills you can do to get the rate up. What prevents you getting the rate up? [...]

Staying hydrated for training and racing can give you hidden benefits. It’s very easy to become dehydrated and not realise. Performance improvements and recovery gains from hydration. [...]

Ever since the 2007 movie, we’ve started bucket lists for everything. Now it’s time for you to plan your rowing event bucket list. Timestamps 00:30 Things we are going to do in rowing [...]

We continue our mini-series on speed murdering mistakes in rowing and sculling. Part two follows last week’s deep dive into blades on the surface …. this week we take a look at [...]

We start a mini series on things which kill boat speed. And how to fix them. Part One: Dragging oars along the water surface Resource Pontoon Floats are a cheap aide to building confident [...]

Timestamps 01:00 Prevent rowing blisters Hand cream may be insufficient to keep your hands soft and supple enough to prevent blisters forming. By wearing rowing gloves – padded palm and [...]