Rowing Chat

Voices in Rowing

Women’s Voices in Rowing is a new book edited by Daniela Nachezelova – a former lightweight international from Czech Republic. Joining her are Michelle Carpenter, CEO of Rowing Ireland who features in the book and Lucie Patkova – publicist. Sponsors – Rowing Directory – the place to find a rowing business selling what you need. […]

Irish Rowing Podcast Episode 3

Irish Rowing Podcast Episode 3, hosted by Niamh Hayes In this episode, I speak to Rowing Ireland’s CEO Michelle Carpenter who fills me in on how Covid-19 is affecting rowing in Ireland, including its operations, how it’s affecting clubs and athletes. With the cancellation of many world and Olympic qualification events, how are the high […]

Irish Rowing Podcast Episode 2

In the second episode of the Irish Rowing Podcast, I look back at the Irish Indoor Rowing Championships and we hear from Joe Cantillon who runs the event. I look at how the Irish athletes performed at the recent World Rowing Indoor Championships that were held in Paris, France. It continues to be award season […]

Irish Rowing Podcast Episode One

The very first episode of the Irish Rowing Podcast, hosted by Niamh Hayes who looks at the latest news and events around the sport of rowing in Ireland. Thank you to our sponsors, https://pryglrowing.com/ Meet Niamh Hayes, the host of Irish Rowing Podcast. Hear her background, how she got into rowing and how this podcast […]

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 […]