Strength Coach Roundtable #9: Strength Training for Adaptive Rowers
Guest Coach Tara Morgan of Seize the Oar Unified Rowing in Seattle, WA, joins the Strength Coach Roundtable for a discussion on strength training for adaptive rowers. In this 45-minute discussion, we talk performance needs, minimizing injury risk, how to structure your training area, making individual adjustments in training, and more! Check the shownotes below […]
Strength Coach Roundtable #8: Rib Stress Injuries
The Roundtable is back, and we’re joined by guest rowing physical therapist Karen Calara who draws on her 20+ years of experience in physical therapy, rowing, and strength training for a deep dive into an injury that results in some of the most missed water time of any rowing injury. The rib stress injury may […]
Strength Coach Roundtable #7: The Squat
After a few month’s hiatus, rowing strength coaches Will Ruth, Blake Gourley, and Joe Deleo return to the Strength Coach Roundtable to talk about the squat for rowing. This is an important lift, and in this 45-minute episode, we talk about how we teach it to our rowers, our favorite (and least favorite) variations of […]
Strength Coach Roundtable #6: Deadlifting for Rowers
We changed up the format a bit for this episode and spent the whole time just talking about one lift. We could make an argument that the best lift is the deadlift for rowing. The deadlift has a ton of carryover to rowing, for performance, reinforcing technical cues and coaching, and long-term back health. In […]
Strength Coach Roundtable #5: Performance Psych for Rowing
The Strength Coach Roundtable hosted a monster of a podcast about performance psych for rowing as we went nearly 90 minutes straight and all felt like we still had more to talk about. Will, Blake, and Joe were joined by guest Sara Hendershot for a discussion of performance psychology in rowing and how you can use […]
Strength Coach Roundtable #4: Recovery
We really jammed a lot into this episode to talk about recovery for rowing as well as strength training. You’ll learn all about active and passive recovery techniques, finding a recovery protocol that works for you, and of course WHY recovery is so vital to both short and long-term improvement, health, and performance. You can […]
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 […]
Strength Coach Roundtable Podcast Recap
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to the first-ever Rowperfect Strength Coach Roundtable! We all three wrote an article series for rowing injury prevention here on Rowperfect UK. In case you missed it: Blake: General Injury Prevention Tips Will: Rib Stress Fractures Joe: Low Back Pain, Part 1 Will: Snapping Hip Syndrome Joe: Low Back […]
Rowing Injury Prevention Series: Low Back Pain in Rowers
Low Back Pain in Rowers This article will examine possible causes of low back pain in rowers. I will lay the foundation of low back pain by examining the human body and the relationship the low back plays in rowing. The second article will follow up with specific exercises to strengthen the low back and […]
Rowing Injury Prevention Series: Rib Stress Fracture
This article is Part 2 of the Rowing Injury Prevention Series, brought to you by Rowperfect UK. In Part 1, Blake Gourley wrote about general injury prevention tips. Next, Joe Deleo will discuss low back pain before Will returns to break down Snapping Hip Syndrome. These articles will take us right up to February 14th when the three […]