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Martin has always had some great observations about the sport so we thought we should get him to speak on our podcast.

Martin still rows recreationally, but in his heyday he was Olympic Champion in 1984 on Lake Casitas, having won a Bronze medal in Moscow in 1980. Not only that he, represented Great Britain for 18 consecutive years.

In this podcast we explore some of Martin’s rowing career as well as discussing how he feels the sport has moved on; for good and for bad.

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Twitter:@martcrossy

Sarah Winckless is an Olympic Bronze Medalist and two time World Champion, Sarah is a Henley Steward, and was the first woman to umpire the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Sarah is also the Chef de Mission for Team England at the Commonwealth Games in Australia in 2018.

After retiring from rowing in 2009 Sarah Chaired the athletes commission for the British Olympic Association in the lead up to London 2012.

Sarah is a far more than a great athlete.  Sarah offers a us fantastic perspective on elite sport and what it could learn from business.

In this podcast we discuss a wide range of topics, and even touch on how she sees having the gene for Huntington’s Diseases is a blessing and has given her the confidence to attack all her challenges and achieve so much in service of other people.

Sarah tells us that people are what drive her.

Wikipedia for Sarah Winckless

Twitter: @Sarah_Winckless

This podcast features Adrian Cassidy chatting to Alex Gregory about how he gained confidence and learned to win. They discuss how crucial that was as the first step to becoming two time Olympic Champion.

Alex was part of the British coxless four that won Gold in London 2012 and again in Rio 2016. Alex lives near Henley-on-Thames and is a father of three. Alex can now be found in the woods, climbing trees, making dens, lighting fires, camping and swimming in rivers with his family and dogs.

As an athlete who always had great ability, success did not come easily. He had to find his way to becoming a Champion.

Alex gives a great insight into how he has developed as an athlete. He discusses how he took control of his rowing career which led him to great success.

Follow Alex on Twitter and ask him any questions about the topic – @AlexGregoryGB

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This our second podcast in a series of conversations we will be having with coaches, athletes, coxes, physiologists and others involved in the sport. This podcast features Filip Ljubicic and Henry Fieldman talking about how coxes can have impacts off and on the water.

Alongside his coxing commitments, Henry has developed ‘Coxing Consultancy’ which is a service designed to help coach coxswains from all over the world. Through this service, he acts as ‘coxing coach’ to Cambridge University Boat Club. Henry now trains full time in the national team and dreams of representing his country at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.

For more coxing insights and knowledge visit coxingconsultancy.co.uk

Ask Henry your coxing questions on Twitter: henryfieldman

This our first podcast in a series of conversations we will be having with coaches, athletes, coxes, physiologists and others involved in the sport. This podcast features Adrian Cassidy and Caroline MacManus talking about how best to prepare for a race and how to recover immediately afterwards.

Caroline MacManus is currently the Performance Science lead at the Irish Institute of Sport. Having worked with High Performance sports for the last 17 years, Caroline is based between Dublin and Limerick in Ireland and travels abroad with national teams.

She completed her undergraduate degree at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, then went on to do a Masters at the University of Sydney in Australia. Also 7 years ago completed a physiotherapy degree in the University of Limerick.

Caroline’s interest and primary research in the past has been into the area of muscle fatigue. Since working in the high performance system, research interests have varied over the years. She works in an applied environment, not just in the laboratory. This gives a real understanding of the requirements in a competitive environment.

Having worked mainly with the endurance sports over the last 5 Olympic/Paralympic cycles gives Caroline a wealth of experience at the elite level.

An interesting project Caroline is currently working is a piece of technology which is a three lead ECG device that can be worn during rowing and that will transmit to a smart device. The research team has just completed a validation study against 12-lead ECG at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The aim is then to test it on rowers on the water with the ultimate goal of it being used within the training environment to inform how the heart is responding to training at given times during the season. There has been a significant number of international rowers, most notably Rob Waddell, who were forced to retire due to cardiac problems. They would have had a difficult journey to diagnosis as symptoms were transient. This device would allow much better monitoring in the field environment.

Follow Caroline on Twitter and ask her any questions about the topic – @carolinemacmanu

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