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10 - Greg Searle MBE - Gold aged 20, Bronze aged 40, Olympic Rowing and training mental toughness
In this episode we talk about the following topics and more:
- Are Olympians born or made?
- Why he got into rowing in the first place
- Breakdown of rowing as a sport
- Olympic selection
- How to achieve balance and his philosophy on sacrifice
- Relationship with Steve Redgrave and Mathew Pinsent
- What makes someone a world class rower
- What did training for the Olympics look like
- Athlete funding and having a second job
- Over-training and Injuries
- Training on a rowing machine vs on the river
- How to become stronger and fitter with rowing specific exercises
- Free weights vs Isolation exercises
- How to train for mental toughness
- Visualisation techniques: what, why, how
- Whats it like actually being at the olympics?
- Why did he retire when he did?
- Why did he come out of retirement for one last olympics
- Advice for future Olympians
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Bio: My guest today is Greg Searle MBE. At the age of 20 greg rowed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, winning a Gold medal at the coxed pairs event alongside his brother Jonny. 20 years later, after being retired for 12 years he returned as part of the men’s eight at the London 2012 Olympics aged 40 and won Bronze. Originally more interested in ball games, Greg started taking rowing seriously after watching his brother win the Princess Elizabeth Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1985. To begin with the brothers trained separately and after realising they worked well together in the boat, they formed a bond that would take them to their first Olympics. Over the course of his career Greg rowed at four different Olympics, with a medal record of 1 Gold and 2 Bronze. After his first retirement as an International rower, Greg moved to New Zealand and joined the British Sailing team for the America’s Cup, competing In 2002 Challenger Series.
Greg's book: 'If Not Now, When?: One man's extraordinary quest for Olympic glory, twenty years after his first gold medal' can be found on amazon at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509829350/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_N-MtEbP0H21G9
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By Max WyllieIn this episode we talk about the following topics and more:
- Are Olympians born or made?
- Why he got into rowing in the first place
- Breakdown of rowing as a sport
- Olympic selection
- How to achieve balance and his philosophy on sacrifice
- Relationship with Steve Redgrave and Mathew Pinsent
- What makes someone a world class rower
- What did training for the Olympics look like
- Athlete funding and having a second job
- Over-training and Injuries
- Training on a rowing machine vs on the river
- How to become stronger and fitter with rowing specific exercises
- Free weights vs Isolation exercises
- How to train for mental toughness
- Visualisation techniques: what, why, how
- Whats it like actually being at the olympics?
- Why did he retire when he did?
- Why did he come out of retirement for one last olympics
- Advice for future Olympians
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Bio: My guest today is Greg Searle MBE. At the age of 20 greg rowed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, winning a Gold medal at the coxed pairs event alongside his brother Jonny. 20 years later, after being retired for 12 years he returned as part of the men’s eight at the London 2012 Olympics aged 40 and won Bronze. Originally more interested in ball games, Greg started taking rowing seriously after watching his brother win the Princess Elizabeth Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1985. To begin with the brothers trained separately and after realising they worked well together in the boat, they formed a bond that would take them to their first Olympics. Over the course of his career Greg rowed at four different Olympics, with a medal record of 1 Gold and 2 Bronze. After his first retirement as an International rower, Greg moved to New Zealand and joined the British Sailing team for the America’s Cup, competing In 2002 Challenger Series.
Greg's book: 'If Not Now, When?: One man's extraordinary quest for Olympic glory, twenty years after his first gold medal' can be found on amazon at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1509829350/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_N-MtEbP0H21G9