Marlene and Rebecca have recommendations for easing back onto the water, getting into a single scull gracefully and working effectively at rates 24-26.

Timestamps to the show

06:00 Recommendations for easing back onto the water. 50 - 30 - 20 - 10. In week 1 do 50% of what you would normally have done before Lockdown; week 2 do 30% less than normal i.e. 70% of your normal workload, then week 3 is 80% and week 4 is 90%.

10:00 Charles River GPS Speed order event from Rowsandall

https://analytics.rowsandall.com/2020/05/22/want-some-hot-singles-action-the-gps-speed-orders/

Here's a link to the challenge page on rowsandall: https://rowsandall.com/rowers/virtualevent/1995/

14:30 How to get into your single scull from a dock

21:00 How to get into your single scull from a beach launch

27:00 Changing ratings in your boat - have a clear definition of what the commands (words) mean. Then also have clear calls in a crew boat. Know how many strokes BEFORE the change you will call it

34:00 How to make rate changes through the difficult 24-26 SPM range. Moving from strength to speed.

The 15 stroke speedup drill.

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