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This week, Ready, Row! USA starts our previews of the Dec. 5-8 US Rowing Convention in Philadelphia. On this week's podcast, Reba Knickerbocker of #bendtheblade steps in to help #ReadyRowUSA preview the Women's & Masters tracks of the event. Comment here live and Reba will answer your questions! #usrowing #masters #rowing

Our coverage spotlights the new sessions on coaching and administrator development; diversity, equity & inclusion initiatives; and innovations in masters and junior programming. There’s also a new coxswains track and the exhibitor hall featuring the sport's most innovative companies. Stop by for chat as you catch up with old friends and new and make professional connections with fellow coaches, administrators, and other members of the rowing community.

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Welcome to Faster Masters with Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe.

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Rowing Related - independent journalism by Bryan Kitch with a subscription discount.

Gloves to prevent winter blisters and hand salves for water environments to protect and heal your hands.

In the subscription training program for November are: two separate rowing and land training plans for those doing head races this month and separately for those transitioning to winter training. We've got a technique focus on power drills.

The performance module features and article about the future of rowing data and Part 1 of the Elements of Endurance - factors affecting endurance training. In rowing lifestyle, Marlene talks about thoracic outlet syndrome a common nerve compression injury of the neck and how to take preventative or corrective measures.

Timestamps to the show

5:00 Questions and Answers - this podcast's listeners sent us their questions.

Emily Erbelding asked about the Taper period in intensity and whether it differs for sprint versus head racing.

08.20 Sebastian Kazmierczak asks whether tapering is for a couple of days or a week at the Masters level and what physiological signs there are for an optimal taper.

12:40 Jeff Murray wants to know the fastest way to negotiate a narrow hard 90 degree turn in a quad during a head race.

18:26 Tom Erickson asks is there a preferred technique for a fast stake turn in a single scull?

24:15 Diane Davis is using a mirror and wants to know hints for turning and the best way to do Head of the Charles Magazine Beach and Elliott Bridge turns.

Here is the Coxmate Mirror we discussed for sale on Amazon https://amzn.to/34cCiWQ

33:30 Graham Spittle has been watching YouTube and a pre-warmup, warmup. As a 71 year old heavyweight is this necessary?

Rebecca references a podcast from Rowe.rs by Caroline McManus - but it"s offline at present.

41:00 Ruth Berenson is racing HOCR and asks how to disentangle from another boat, pull yourself back to focus and take off again.

47:30 Michael Knowles from Bermuda Rowing Association asks when athletes use a seat pad, what adjustment is needed to the gate height?

What's special about your rowing club? What are the challenges? What keeps you coming back? Our guest this week is Ben Quick of Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club in Springfield, Massachusetts, and others guests to be confirmed. Past clubs we've spotlighted include Minneapolis RC, DC Strokes, Community Rowing, Upper Valley Rowing, Traverse City RC, Green Bay, and many more.

We love to surface the cool things that rowing clubs around the country are doing in this regular feature of #readyrowusa, so send us any job postings, recent hires, member awards and medals, upcoming regattas, fundraisers and other programs that you'd like to highlight. We'll mention as many as possible in our live broadcast and publish all eligible submitted items in the show notes. No club is too small, too humble, too posh, or too large!

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The Team who developed the Quiske app, Pentii and Kristina join Rebecca Caroe for a run-through of the features and coaching benefits of the app. Find out more at the website.

https://www.rowingperformance.com/?utm_source=RowingChat&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=Podcast

Timestamps to the show

0:00 Introductions and background in rowing

4:45 What is Quiske? a pod sensor and app that works on oars, seats and ergs

7:00 Why is indoor rowing a good use?

11:00 What metrics does Quiske track? - focus tile of maximising the legs and rhythm

14:00 Technical view and data explained including the seat stopped metric

Also this blog explains how to Quiske can make indoor rowing more enjoyable in 3 easy steps:

https://www.rowingperformance.com/blog/three-steps-to-good-rowing-technique

19:00 Do you provide instant feedback on rowing technique?

25:00 Coach Neil Bergenroth's remarks about technique entropy

27:00 In teh boat the oar angle "flight path" and seat, leg drive and recovery time are all tracked

30:00 Data storage and recording sampling at 100 Hz

32:00 The Hang and Bang technique blog post https://www.rowingperformance.com/blog/hang-and-bang

35:00 Using the app to compare technique between rowers

38:00 For on water rowers Quiske recommend dynamic ergs - Water Rower, OarTech. There are separate algorithm parameters for different rowing machines. You mount the pod on the seat for C2 and RP3. If you use the Citius Remex seat pad, the pod fits into the under-seat block space neatly.

44:00 Oar angles in the boat

46:00 Virtual coach as 3 levels - easy, moderate and challenging. The rower's score is from 40 - 100

48:00 Future improvements and plans - it's hard for women to get green leg speed. Gamification is possible.

50:00 Who should use the app? The guide to measuring rowing technique is 50 pages long - available on the Quiske shop [link below]. The blog is very lively and has great articles including case studies https://www.rowingperformance.com/the-blog

Buy a Quiske pod. Here’s the shop where you can get the pods, and also download the Quiske free Guide to Measuring Rowing Technique: https://www.rowingperformance.com/shop

The team loves getting feedback so please get in touch on the website https://www.rowingperformance.com/

From Jim Dietz's amazing memorial for his friend Larry Klecatsky during his singles race, to Gevvie Stone's 10th win, to the thunderous collegiate finishes, it was a Head of the Charles for the history books! Jim recounted his observations from his men's quad race and his station at the Cambridge Boat Club, and we talked with 3-time Sr. Veteran Women’s gold medalist Catherine Widgery and chief volunteer wrangler Cindy Larson. We have audio clips from Bill Becklean,

Links & archives at https://rowing.chat/category/ready-row-usa

"I love Coastal in the winter in Massachusetts; that's when we have the best waves," says Ben. But if you crave warmer waters, where in the US (and world) is Coastal Rowing available in fall/winter?

Special guests Ben Booth of Rebel Rowers and Michael Knowles of Skullers in the Bahamas will lead us around to the best Nov-March Coastal action and talk about some of the amazing youth programs they've started in their communities.

Both Knowles and Booth live the Coastal Life: "Beyond racing, coastal rowing can be a satisfying lifestyle/beach life/surf life," Ben says.

Senior correspondent Ryan Worth hosts this show, while Mark Wilson is enroute to the Head of the Charles

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Would you row for steak, pie, or cheese? Maple syrup or moose meat? Have you whacked the pterodactyl nest on the CT River at Rockrimmon? Stared down Death Row in Michigan? Rowed across the Atlantic Ocean? We’re going a little bit loopy here and delving into some of the really fun and creative regattas around the country; maybe even a few ways to have a lot of FUN getting into your boat (safely, of course!).

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In rowing and in business reputation counts for a lot. Coming back from a bad experience is even more challenging. The JL Racing business has had a torrid year and is fighting back to the forefront of the rowing apparel market as founder Joline Esparza explains, it has not all been plain sailing.

Timestamps to the show:

1:00 Introduction and background in rowing

3:00 The JL Rowing business- finding technical fabrics that FIT the athletes' body

7:00 The Turtleshell jacket. It allows us to row without distraction

10:30 Making clothes with different torso and shorts sizes means garments are sized for rowers

12:50 Campaigning at the Crew Classic 2017 against the US Rowing sponsor who excluded all other clothing companies from their regattas.

17:00 I had to take the issue to my friends. "Be Outraged. Ask me why."

21:45 The resolution included people taking US Rowing to task on other issues as well. The Board was shaken up and long term changes came about as a result.

28:15 A new Partnership - Kellen Brink and Jonathan Maloney of Wild Oar also had a family business. The opportunity to grow the potential in El Salvador with a 2000 person manufacturing facility.

33:00 The business aligns with out social and family values and pays the best local wages with benefits like a clinic and English classes

35:00 Then problems arose. We started with 72 different unisuit designs and we had to digitise ever pattern and size variation.

40:00 The online ordering system had to change as well.

44:00 Water use in garment dying is huge. Sublimation saves so much water and we need to convince people it's better

46:00 This year we switched to biodegradable and recyclable plastic bags

48:00 Cancer is why Joline hasn't been out at regattas this year... but she will be at HOCR

51:00 Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter in rowers is a new focus of research

55:30 Resolutions and Solutions. We have more quality control and order processing capacity. The design team is 15 people, colour matching is a challenge and analytics now feed good information to management. 94% of orders now ship in under 4 weeks.

1:01 What next? Joline's role has changed and her focus is on community aspect of rowing and supporting each other.

1:02 Share, learn and be healthy via the Pocock Foundation with disadvantaged youth. ErgEd for kids and Scholarships.

1:08 Plug for the US Rowing convention. The speakers are amazing including Steven O'Connor from Fulham Reach Rowing Club in London UK

1:10 Bryan Todd from GLRF has created the Rowers Pledge https://www.glrf.info/glrfcentral/pledgemovement.html You need everyone to sign. Teaching your daughters why you are not safe. Let's make it obvious that rowing clubs are safe spaces.

Find out more at https://jlracing.com/

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The Crew Stop make the worlds first specialist rowing gloves. Founded by Patrick Fricke, we discuss the intricate design process they used to make their classic rowing glove.

Timestamps to the interview:

1:00 Introduction and background in rowing

3:00 What does the Crew Stop sell?

4:00 Designing solutions to taping your fingers got us started

8:00 The challenge of getting the first design right and Concept Design Principles - materials conform to shapes

15:00 Consideration of elasticity in the fabric

17:50 Sweep versus sculling glove design. Silicone pad print on the palm and fingers.

20:00 Ongoing developments included different velcro

21.10 New technology of polyester nano-fabrics.

24:30 NASA Fabric which stores body heat as you warm and releases it as you cool

27:40 The Paddle Glove - with 5 fingers

34:00 Caryn Davies uses The Crew Stop gloves http://www.usrowing.org/news/2019/08/24/fifteen-u-s-crews-hit-the-water-on-sunday-at-the-2019-world-rowing-championships/

36:00 Manufacturing partner is in Connecticut and they make for Nike and Marmot

40:00 How to measure hand for snug glove fit

42:00 International distributors for The Crew Stop gloves

44:00 Common blister spot is the centre of the palm

50:00 A special offer for listeners buying The Crew Stop gloves - 10% discount and free shipping for 30 days to 7 November 2019.

Find out more http://www.thecrewstop.com/