Faster Masters Rowing Radio

Tessa is a Kinesologist and strength coach with a passion for training rowers. She specializes in athletes aged over 50. – How to counter the natural decrease in muscle strength and size [...]

Marlene Royle showcases how rowing training programs need to be adapted for athletes as the effects of menopause begin. – Changes to make to your training and recovery – Ways to use [...]

Clarissa Kristjansson joins Rebecca and Marlene to talk aobut the physical aspects of peri-menopause and menopause. – Physiological changes in peri menopause and menopause – Managing [...]

Join coxswain Kim Degutis, (Riverside Rowing Club, Cambridge, MA USA) as we talk head racing and tips for coxing masters crews. Dive deep as we talk – what’s different about coxing [...]

Rowing is fun, so is a rowing vacation even more fun? There are amazing places in the world where water is near tourist landmarks. Rowing past the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or through Venice or [...]

Head racing rowing stories for you to learn the best tactics for overtaking, starting, fending off another crew, maintaining form, race plans, and sprinting for the line. Timestamps 5 Tips for [...]

Learn to row programmes for masters. Masters rowing has two types of member – returning rowers who learned in their youth and adult beginners. Should club boards consider adding more learn [...]

So you’re going to do CRASH-B or another erg race. We share our checklist of things you should (and should not) do before the big event. Timestamps 02:00 Erg races coming up. 04:00 The week [...]

When our rowing friends or coaches die, what can we do? We discuss ways to memorialize rowers. And what we can do to support and celebrate with rowers facing end of life. Timestamps 02:00 Rowing [...]

We discuss the different types of masters training programs – for elite racers, for club racers, for fitness rowers, for return-to rowing. Benefits of ‘cross fit’ versus the [...]