RowingChat

The new indoor rowing app team from Rowith discuss future plans.

Timestamps

03:00 Introduction to Morgan Hellen and his background in rowing

08:07 What does Rowith do?

12:50 When did you start the business?

13:36 Nike Run Club was the inspiration for Rowith and the introduction to Chaymae Samir your business partner

18:09 Raising money to build the business with Crowdfunding

21:35 How can RowingChat listeners help?

The Crowdfunding website link

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/rowith

Thanks to our sponsors: https://rowing.chat/sponsors/

- Oar Inspired - tripod rowing boat mount for video camera

- Faster Masters Rowing training programmes for individuals, crews and clubs

Follow Rowith on Instagram

@rowithapp

@morganrhellen

contact the team [email protected]

Get ready for a glimpse into US Rowing's Masters Nationals. The legendary Olympian Jim Dietz will help us preview the whole event, from weather, to events, to rivalries.

Welcome to another exciting episode of Ready, Row! USA, as we continue regular broadcasts featuring the best of rowing news, gadgets & gear from clubs,companies, and rowers across the country.

Ready, Row! USA is part of the international Rowing.Chat network. You can subscribe at https://rowing.chat to receive notifications of upcoming shows, send in news tips, and join our community on this website and on our YouTube channel.

The producer of Ready, Row! USA is Charlotte Pierce; assistant producer and host is Tara Morgan; our regular correspondent is Mark Wilson; and our executive producer is Rebecca Caroe of Rowing.Chat.

Tune in for a discussion about the transition to Head Race season - news, training, and racing strategies for races from the Hooch, to Head of the South, to Music City Regatta, to Head of the Lake in Washington State, to Head of the Charles #55 in Boston. A fun discussion with Tara Morgan of Seize the Oar and Vashon Is. RC and Ryan Worth, head coach for UT/Chattanooga and SE rep for Swift Boats.

Ready, Row! USA broadcasts feature the best of rowing news, gadgets & gear from clubs,companies, and rowers across the country.

Ready, Row! USA is part of the international Rowing Chat network. You can subscribe at https://rowing.chat to receive notifications of upcoming shows, send in news tips, and join our community on this website and on our YouTube channel.

The producer of Ready, Row! USA is Charlotte Pierce; assistant producer and host is Tara Morgan; our regular correspondent and sometime host is Mark Wilson; and our executive producer is Rebecca Caroe of Rowing.Chat.

Today, we'll reveal how to get in a boathouse and row anywhere in the world; introduce you to the world of rowing touring; and take you virtually to places you must row before you die (examples: Maldives, Scotland, Charles River).

Ready, Row! USA features the best of rowing news, gadgets & gear from clubs,companies, and rowers across the country. Today Tara and I will be talking about some recent moves by US Rowing, and a spotlight on some other juicy news from the rowing world. (should we just make this sentence generic and not change week to week?)

Ready, Row! USA is part of the international RowingChat network. You can subscribe to receive notifications of upcoming shows, send in news tips, and join our community on this website and on our YouTube channel.

The producer of Ready, Row! USA is Charlotte Pierce; assistant producer and host is Tara Morgan; our regular correspondent is Mark Wilson; and our executive producer is Rebecca Caroe of Rowing.Chat.

Being a parent and training for rowing are both time consuming. We discuss how one busy parent (Carl) manages his time to try to do both.

Apologies for some of the audio breaks.

We discuss

- Times of day to train

- Partner support

- Finding a crew who understands

- Erg training versus water training

- Racing and regattas

Top tips were supplied by members of the Masters Rowing International Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/595853370615544/ Thanks to you all. Here are their quotes

Alessandra Novak - be gentle with yourself

Margot Mayor - Rowing is a mistress that never has enough

Guillermo de las Casas - training erg at home, Waterrowers make less noise

Cristin Flynn - forgive each other in the crew when we miss sessions

Natalie Dustman - ask the coach about flexible outings and check out online coaching www.fastermastersrowing.com

Taya di Angelo - at regattas use the power of the rowing village while you're on the water to mind the children

Catharine Saarvela - Irvine is a coach and she connects juniors to masters as babysitters and co-ordinates outing times to facilitate

Karen Stryker - bring your child to the club as a cox

Anne Buckingham - be willing to race with anyone

Cynthia de Joux - take the kids to regattas on the promise of fun things to do on the way home like water parks and ice cream

Mike Victorsen - I multi-task having an erg in the spare room, I watch rowing videos instead of TV and put the wine back in the fridge more often.

Shelagh Tubby - my erg lived in the car boot and I trained in swimming pool car parks while my kids were training in the pool.

Marlene and Rebecca discuss race day eating tips, how to video your crew effectively for coaching analysis. Active recovery paddling, eating and hydration and the Go Pro mount kit from Oar Inspired.

Timestamps to the show

0:01 Race day eating tips

11:00 Race day finishing sprints

19:30 Rowing video analysis how to do it; what not to do

SPECIAL OFFER - the GoPro rowing boat mount for 4/8s or 1/2x is available at a 20% discount when you use the coupon "Rowingchat" at the checkout.

https://www.oarinspired.com/product-category/accessories/

There are two adjustable sizes available:

Single and pairs adjustable from 500mm – 1000mm

4’s and 8’s adjustable from 740mm – 1200mm

Faster Masters Rowing Radio is sponsored by www.fastermastersrowing.com training programs for masters.

Sander Roosendaal is the founder of the Rowsandall.com rowing data analysis website. Today we discuss how to use rowing data to plan, measure, adapt and repeat your training goals.

Sander starts by explaining the 3 steps needed

1 - a framework is needed to organize the data - https://rowsandall.com/

2 - efficiently analyse the data to draw conclusions

3 - use the conclusions to drive specific feedback on technique and fitness to be used by the athlete.

Timestamps to the show

01:00 Introductions and background in rowing

03:00 Turning rowing data into performance improvement

05:00 What is the "Critical Power" concept?

11:00 These performance curves should be based on power - joules versus watts [Work vs Power]

17:00 Recording rowing data enables you to construct a very precise critical power curve

20:00 Preparing for head races using rowing data

29:00 Applying the same method to sprint racing

35:00 Does this work in team boats?

39:00 Power is not the only measurement

44:00 Summary

Links to help you learn more

Greg Smith and Sander Roosendaal are collecting a lot of thoughts and advice on https://analytics.rowsandall.com

Especially relevant is this blog post: https://analytics.rowsandall.com/2019/01/22/turning-rowing-data-into-performance-improvement/

Slide Deck https://www.slideshare.net/rcaroe/turning-rowing-data-into-performance-improvements

Tune in for a discussion about the transition to Head Race season - news, training, and racing strategies for races from the Hooch, to Head of the South, to Music City Regatta, to Head of the Lake in Washington State, to Head of the Charles #55 in Boston. A fun discussion with Tara Morgan of Seize the Oar and Vashon Is. RC and Ryan Worth, head coach for UT/Chattanooga and SE rep for Swift Boats.

Ready, Row! USA broadcasts feature the best of rowing news, gadgets & gear from clubs,companies, and rowers across the country.

Ready, Row! USA is part of the international Rowing Chat network. You can subscribe at https://rowing.chat to receive notifications of upcoming shows, send in news tips, and join our community on this website and on our YouTube channel.

The producer of Ready, Row! USA is Charlotte Pierce; assistant producer and host is Tara Morgan; our regular correspondent and sometime host is Mark Wilson; and our executive producer is Rebecca Caroe of Rowing.Chat.

Ready, Row! USA: Lifelong Rowing by Rebecca Caroe

Welcome to another exciting episode of Ready, Row! USA, as we continue regular broadcasts featuring the best of rowing news, gadgets & gear from clubs,companies, and rowers across the country. Ready, Row! USA is part of the international RowingChat network. You can subscribe to receive notifications of upcoming shows, send in news tips, and join our community on this website and on our YouTube channel.

After our brief holiday break, we'll focus on a fun mish-mash of the "ham & eggs" of rowing - boat naming, masters coxswain care & feeding, in-boat water bottles, seat racing, air travel to regattas, oar grips, developments at US Rowing; a Canadian study on Masters athletes. Expect a lively discussion!

Remember to submit your favorite Gadgets, Gear & Hacks and your Club News and let us know if you'd like to come on the show and showcase your rowing club. No club is too small, too new, or too old!

The producer and host of Ready, Row! USA is Charlotte Pierce; our regular correspondents are Mark Wilson and Tara Morgan; and our executive producer is Rebecca Caroe of Rowing.Chat.

TODAY"S TOPICS: Sorry, lightweight rowers! US Rowing has eliminated the Lightweight category. Here’s a Miami Herald article on the development: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/article232399207.html

NE/MA Masters Regionals Cancellation: Due to low registration numbers, US Rowing cancelled the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Masters Regional Championships in Lowell, MA. US Rowing pledged to “continue offering masters racing opportunities to the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region in the future.” Did they do enough to promote the event? Masters in the region can let US Rowing know your thoughts by emailing [email protected].

Rowing in Nepal: We've started a WhatsApp discussion group for those interested in helping start up of the potentially spectacular sport of rowing in Nepal. International “rowing tourist” interest will be critical, so please join and contribute your ideas & energy! https://chat.whatsapp.com/EPc7UatMzLqCAy4G5cCQKp

Masters Rowing Survey: A team of Canadian researchers is invites Masters athletes to participate in a new study aimed at understanding the role of athletic identity in Masters athletes. Info at https://uleth.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2s2BCHRGukEjRBj and coachingmastersathletes.com. CONTACT: Derrik Motz via email at [email protected], or call +1-403-332-5207.