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A conversation with Marina Muffelman of "WhereBoatsGo" and how Yoga can benefit your rowing and life overall.

Chris Hartley is the brains behind the resurrection of the Kings Cup - a race last run in 1919 at the Henley Royal Peace Regatta. Noticing the upcoming centenary he started a three year and multi mile journey to revive the event.

Chris talks to us about the concept, how he added two new countries to the race roster and the background to designing and commissioning the beautiful new trophy and its design significance.

Paul Thompson is head coach for the Chinese Rowing Federation. He talks about the challenges of coaching through a translator; getting visas to train in Europe, coaching catches and a relaxed recovery.

Tips for training and rowing in the heat and how to transition to racing at high stroke rates.

Faster Masters Rowing Radio July 2019 is hosted by Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. They write monthly training programs for masters rowers at www.fastermastersrowing.com

0:00 Introduction and summary of what’s in the July Faster Masters training program

4:00 Rowing and heat - home made electrolyte. Know your medications.

8:00 Rule number One for hydration. Calculate your sweat rate https://www.britishrowing.org/2018/06/beat-the-heat/

13:00 How too acclimatise to heat. The W.U.T. protocol. Pre-cooling your body.

20:00 Transitioning to doing high rates in the boat. Good bladework is key.

Four Workouts you can do: Speedplay / fartlek; Speed bursts; Accelerations; Stroke Transitions; Speed ups.

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We bring in special guest Dr. Fiona Wilson for this episode to discuss core training for rowing. Dr. Wilson is a rower, physiotherapist, academic researcher and professor at Trinity College of Dublin, and part of World Rowing’s expert panel for the Low Back Pain Clinical Pathway project debuting in 2019. In this hour-long episode, we clear up what exactly IS “the core,” what is the importance of the core for rowing performance, how to train the core for better performance and reduced risk of injury, and things that rowing and strength coaches should stop and start doing in their rowers’ training

0:00: Introductions

Will Ruth: RowingStronger.com, @StrengthCoachWill, @willruth335

Dr. Fiona Wilson: @FionaWilsonf

World Rowing Article: “Updating Low Back Pain Understanding”

http://www.worldrowing.com/news/back-pain-rowing-update-current-understanding

3:50: Defining “the core”

instagram.com/sarahendershot/

9:20: How does the core contribute to rowing performance?

Combination of propulsive power and force transfer

The “C-Curve spine position” https://twitter.com/WorldRowing/status/1142385546100187136

17:12: What is the relationship of the core and rowing injuries?

“The Research on Low Back Pain and Rib Stress Injuries in Rowing” https://rowingstronger.com/2018/09/10/low-back-pain-rib-stress-injuries-rowing/

29:00: Core training philosophy for a healthy athlete

Dissociate hip and trunk. Move through hip ROM with stable trunk.

Specific exercises (note: Dr. Wilson is filming these and will update when available)

Four point kneeling (hip ROM)

Squat from low box (catch emphasis)

Tall sitting (release emphasis)

Advanced core training examples https://twitter.com/johnny_wilson5/status/1124609751223029762

43:45: Changing approach for rehab

Go back to basics, fill in missing gaps

45:20: What should rowing/strength coaches STOP doing, or do less of?

Longer planks, or why are you doing them?

On the water and on the gym, more trunk endurance work

Work without focusing on movement quality and pelvic position

What should rowing/strength coaches START doing, or do more of?

Trunk extensor endurance work

Connect core training to rowing movements, don’t just train one element or train movements in sloppy fashion

Higher rep deep squats with careful attention to technique

“Mastering the Hip Hinge for Rowing” https://rowingstronger.com/2016/08/01/mastering-the-hip-hinge-for-rowing/

World Rowing Low Back Pain Pathway

Results coming in 2019! http://www.worldrowing.com/news/low-back-pain-care-pathway-designed

Thanks for listening! If you have a question or comment, please leave it below and we’ll respond. Until our next episode, you can listen to all of our old ones here on Rowing Chat archives. https://rowing.chat/show/strength-coach-roundtable/

Meghan wrote a stinging critique of US Rowing coverage of the US selection regatta on her blog. https://meghanoleary.net/2019/04/24/why-elite-rowing-will-never-be-popular-in-the-united-states/

We discuss the challenge and opportunity of media engagement for the future of rowing.

01:00 introduction and background in rowing

03:00 What made you write the blog post Why elite rowing Will never be popular in United States https://meghanoleary.net/2019/04/24/why-elite-rowing-will-never-be-popular-in-the-united-states/

06:00 What media was present at the US selection regatta?

09:00 Do you have a media contract with US Rowing?

15:00 Being a rowing writer and living the journey through writing

17:00 The ideal media future for rowing. Media and sports develop new disciplines which become mainstream.

29:00 Withholding niche sports in Olympic Channels - a sub license

31:00 World Rowing online media brand and sponsorships

45:00 Brands should look to where their future audience is

48: Bringing the public closer to rowing - Focus on the team compared to individuals.

55:00 An aggregated rowing platform place to create content interesting to rowers

57:00 If I had a magic wand - create a series of events that allows for non-rowers to enjoy and consume it separate from the Olympics

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Welcome to the Ready, Row! USA podcast, as we continue regular broadcasts featuring the best of rowing news, programs, gadgets & gear from clubs and rowers across the country. Today's topic is Learn-to-Row (LTR) in honor of US Rowing's Learn-to-Row Day, June 1. We like to call it the start of Learn-to-Row MONTH!

Our newest correspondent and today's host is Tara Morgan, founder of Seize the Oar Foundation. She’s also a Learn-to-Row evangelist, and a coach/member of the Vashon Island Rowing Club in Washington State. She joins regular correspondent Mark Wilson of the All-American Rowing Camp in DeLand, FL.

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Tara's Tips for Making It Stick

HOST or VISIT A National Learn To Row Day event

COLLEAGUES - TALK TO EACH OTHER - Check out my Learn To Row Facebook page

LTR COACH SHORTAGE: We are in an LTR coach shortage in our community, a masters coach shortage in general in the PacNW.

PLANT THE SEED: Learn To Row can take a lot of different forms in terms of approach (sweep vs scull, pick vs full stroke) and curriculum (setting/meeting goals, individual progress), length (weekend clinics to TRRA’s 6-month novice team).

COOL THE JETS: I’ve never met an LTR who said they were taking the class because they wanted to be on a competitive rowing team and compete.

CULTIVATE RECEIVERS: Working with the “receiving end” coaching staff, develop KSAs, or knowledge skills and abilitiesCOACHING GOALS: Find out the drills they should know, the rates they should be able to row at, the erg pieces they will be tested on, the extra practice they should be incorporating in their lives (stairs, running, weight lifting, crossfit, etc.)

THE BIG PICTURE: In my LTR, I teach and nurture team just as much as I teach strokes and tech.

FREE DOWNLOAD - Download here: http://www.seizetheoar.com/learn-to-row

THE KSAs - Coach Tara also uses an internal document she’s created over many years of LTR called “The KSAs” or Knowledge Skills and Abilities. Ask her for it at [email protected]

Mark's Coaching Tips for Learn-to-Row:

My approach to LTR is more focused on Learn About Rowing. I have some thoughts on this and how it relates to new people’s expectations. The LTR experience has several goals and needs to be clear at the onset of the program for the coaches, the club and most importantly the new rower. For the set of LTR coaching tips I designed for a club in NC this month, contact [email protected].

GADGETS & GEAR for Learn-to-Row:

MEGAPHONE - Hearing - there’s such a thing as “learning deafness” - absorbing LTR info for the new rower can cause them to not hear you from the coach launch. Use BLUE OCEAN megaphone if your community noise policies allow it.

MEDICAL TAPE - Use this to put on the back of the rowers for their pair partner - messages of reminders, hope, encouragement or simple “3 SEAT, STARBOARD, BOW FOUR” to help them remember all the names we call them other than their given name.

WALL SIT - Use this to wake up your rowers legs before they go out, because we all know they pick it up with their arms for the first 2000 stroke. And it teaches them to suffer willingly. And it’s measurable over time to show progress.

FORCE CURVE display on the rowing machine. This gets 'em every time!

OTHER: Pins/buttons/swag

Data is an essential part of rowing coaching and training. How much do you understand about how to use information to optimise your workout?

Collecting data in rowing - where can you get data from?

Being a data “janitor” - cleaning your data to ensure what you have is sensible.

The Ethics of data collection

Develop your hypothesis for rowing coaching - a new lens

Why should we care about rowing data?

Measurement shouldn’t over-ride the human factors in the boat

What is the opportunity cost of not looking at rowing data?

Using data to optimise your workouts.

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Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe discuss food and nutrition for rowers and how to practice racing starts.

Nutrition - from Nancy Clark's seminar

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"Sports Nutrition: Clarifying the confusion about what's best to eat".  The link below is to the 5th edition of Nancy's classic book.  Rowing Chat has an affiliate link code.  A more recent edition will publish on 20th July 2019. 

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Practicing Racing Starts

Start with 3 strokes

Build up to 10s

Ensure you include starts in your race warmup

Set a target race rate you want to hit - and make sure you do it

Practice the first 3 strokes - they are slower than you think.

Before doing starts in training - do some power strokes to get in the mindset of working hard.

Faster Masters Rowing is now launched.

https://fastermastersrowing.com/?utm_source=FM%20Radio%20June&utm_medium=Soundcloud%20link&utm_campaign=Launch

We have started a new subscription training programme service - get monthly training and technique advice for masters.

In June's Faster Masters Rowing training program you will get Training Program for May/June Peak and also August/September peak; Video on practicing racing starts for 1k racing; Video on body mobility - starting with the ankle.

Welcome to the spring season of the Ready, Row! USA podcast, as we continue regular broadcasts featuring the best of rowing news, programs, gadgets & gear from clubs, vendors, 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 by visiting the website.

Your host and producer is Charlotte Pierce. Our studio director is Nancy Diessner, and we both row out of Community Rowing in Boston. Today our new correspondent Tara Morgan joins me for a look at our fresh crop of Gadgets & Gear submissions. 

NOTE: Please listen for the episode hashtag and a chance to win a Coastal Rowing outing with Tara on Vashon Island!

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Mind Games by Annie Vernon, sports psychology book

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JustStrong athletic gear, especially for women

VIEWER GADGETS:

OXYHOOD: Altitude training simulator to maximize training effects

STROKESIDE DESIGNS: Beautiful siver rowing jewelry

RIGGER JIGGER wrench with lanyard--very popular with folks

"GET READY NOW" MaxRigging.com founder Mike Davenport's gear bible

GLOVES: RowTek's new offerings and Sculling Gear's ubiqitous suede gloves

TARA'S GADGETS:

WETSUIT SOCKS: Great for wet launches and cool clammy climes

WATERPROOF POGIES: Yes, we need these here in the PNW, especially for people with RA and hand issues

CHANGE UP YOUR ALARM CLOCK: Tricks for avoiding oversleeping

TENNIS BALL RIGGING PROTECTOR: Easy and cheap to make, and they’ll save a boatload of damage

UPCOMING SHOWS:

May 29: Preview of Learn-to-Row Day! with Tara Morgan & panelist TBA. Learning to row is fun and all that, but where do you take it from there, as a club or as a rower?

June 5: Order in the Club! - Club Management Software & Strategies with Kevin Goyena, Tara Morgan, Hydrow Athletes

June 19: "Catching" a Career - aka making a living at rowing,with Mike Davenport, Mark Wilson, two who do!