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

20:00 Testing heart rate zones protocol

23:00 Irish Squad using heart rates for training

25:00 Mental training for novices

30:00 Visualisation training

33:00 Mark's personal journey to Rio Olympics

38:00 Irish national team

43:00 How to keep athletes rowing after University

45:00 Chances of Irish crews in the Olympics

48:00 What is trending as new to enhance performance