3 Essential Rowing Reference Points
The most experienced rowers aren’t thinking about every movement: they are hitting three key checkpoints only. The finish, quarter slide and three quarter slide.
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01:30 The Finish
The finish is the only…
Form = fitness minus fatigue
0:00 Tapering is reducing volume while maintaining intensity. Deloading is drop volume and intensity. Remember form = fitness minus fatigue.
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00:45 How fit are you to race and train?
Three ideas for…
You get out what you put in to rowing
Dr Malcolm Howard, Canadian eight Beijing 2008 “People say it was always so easy for you, so straightforward. But it’s always been about the work. Rowing, by its nature, is…
Rigid rowers miss water
Why do so many masters rowers struggle with catch timing despite endless practice? Al Morrow’s counterintuitive principle. The causes and cures of rigidity in your body and the amazing catch…
Abrupt training changes cause injury
The risks of abrupt changes of your training and surprising outcomes from practice lineups, rigging, and winter to summer transitions with guest Marlene Royle.
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00:45 The effect of abrupt changes
Marlene sees…
Masters rowing in South America
Join Santiago Fuentes to discuss
– the growth in masters rowing in South America (country by country differences)
– the main rowing events in the region – long distance…