Rowing Chat

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 […]

Martin Cross and Andy Triggs Hodge

Listen and watch the full interview between Andy Triggs-Hodge and Martin Cross as we discuss Ergos and the Olympic Rowing programme.  Listed below are timestamps so you can jump to the bit you want! 7:00 Ergometer Standards for GBR Team 10:00 Egos can get in the way of ergos – what to measure 12:00 Different […]

Strength Coach Roundtable Recap: Episode 2

In this episode of the Strength Coach Roundtable, we talked all about strength training for rowing performance. Tune in to hear the best lifts for rowing performance, tips to improve carryover from weight-training to on-water, and how to design your program to balance the different types of training. Hear it also on Soundcloud and iTunes 1:59 — Top […]

Bill Manning

Expert advice for rowers and coaches of lightweight athletes. Questions and timestamps How do I know I’m a Lightweight rower? 04.00 minutes How to coach the individual 06.00 Things to do differently with lightweights 11.00 Link to Harry Mahon’s Daily Diary Harry Mahon’s Rowing Technique DVDs How to acquire coachability 14.00 Efficient weight training for […]

Dan Boyne

Hear Dan explain top sculling technique tips and how he coaches body awareness for sculling and rowing. Dan is one of the first ‘mindfulness’ coaches in rowing – he also advocates yoga for rowers. Daniel J. Boyne is the author of Kelly: A Father, a Son, an American Quest(Mystic), The Red Rose Crew: A True […]

Annamarie Phelps

She answers our questions about the competition structure review how to recruit volunteers shortages of umpires How the international team is funded Coaching resources for fixed seat rowing ways to improve racing for all rowers Listen to MP3 on SoundCloud or subscribe in iTunes to RowingChat.