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Bobbie Smith and Craig Doan talk running a regatta in a pandemic. Timestamps 01:00 The race started in 1973 to prove the West coast crews could beat the East coast US crews. The rowing season starts here with the San Diego Crew Classic. It's on 27 March 2021. 03:00 Popular events are masters, juniors and collegiate events. There are invitational events for collegiate crews and all are 8s, quads and fours racing on the water. This year an erg crew option is also offered. 06:00 This year it's all new. We had 3 plans for the event and hoped for a normal on water regatta. But that was not possible. We are working with Time Team to deliver the team boat erg timing. Instead of averaging a group of erg scores, they constantly merge each athlete's time into a single time for the whole crew so you cross the line together at the same moment. 08:00 On the water races are also offered with two 1,250m pieces raced in opposite directions. The final entry day is March 19th. www.crewclassic.org

Meet Margaret and Calvin Coffey who designed SimulatOar rowing machine. Timestamps 01:00 Our background is as boatbuilders - Calvin rowed at the Montreal Olympics and built his own boat. The indoor rowing machine was developed for our personal rehabilitation after a car accident. the SimulatOar is the most accurate rowing simulator available. 03:50 The SimulatOar demonstration - Balancing aspect as it's mounted on springs. The Oar handles have a full range of movement and include feathering. You adjust the load by changing the inboard and a damper on the flywheel. It includes the PM5 monitor from Concept2 and stores vertically for compact storage. We have 100% customer satisfaction. 07:45 What's new? We are always making improvements and all machines are upwardly compatible. The latest version has "competitive mode". It makes the catch quicker and the load heavier, giving more work in the legs like in a race. The Sinkovic Brothers in Croatia train on it in a pair 2- configuration. 09:00 Switching the rig fr

Women's Voices in Rowing is a new book edited by Daniela Nachezelova - a former lightweight international from Czech Republic. Joining her are Michelle Carpenter, CEO of Rowing Ireland who features in the book and Lucie Patkova - publicist. Sponsors – Rowing Directory – the place to find a rowing business selling what you need. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Timestamps to the show 02:45 Background in rowing 05:00 Womens Voices in Rowing - interviews with 14 prominent women rowers. Daniela's rowing library had only 2 written by women. Tokyo Olympics is gender equal and women's voices were missing from the media 08:50 The female experience of rowing is different - but it depends where you live. 10:00 Sport Ireland have invested in women in sport. Rowing has its own issue with a lack of women coaches. 13:30 Why do women's voices need amplification? 19:20 Structural issues in rowing - FISA has done a good job an we are a long way ahead. They pioneered equality and diversity on committees. 23:00 British Rowing h

Holly Austin is the founder and inspiration behind Ready Set Row - a camp program that teaches mental skills for rowing. Timestamps 0:30 Holly's background in rowing. She started with a running team that occasionally rowed! 05:00 Growing your internal capacity is my particular strength as a coach. 09:00 How can I still change the minds of rowers and also teach? I use conceptual diagrams. 2 week summer erg camps - founding Ready Set Row with a junior womens empowerment camp in 2016. 11:30 I wrote the Ready Set Row manual. The kids do daily mental preparation. Taking a different path. Distress tolerance and Bravery management are 2 modules which build into life skills not just rowing skills. 13:40 Our Top 3 Programs - Mental Skills 2 day course; Visiting clubs for a Clinic; and Virtual coaching - core videos where you learn. 16:40 What's New? Live virtual 6 week summer training camp was launched in 2020. Find out more www.readysetrow.com

Celebrating innovation in rowing clothing, Rebecca interviews 776BC clothing's Cameron McKenzie-McHarg. Timestamps 0:30 Background in rowing 02:00 What is 776BX? The year of the first Olympic Games 03:15 How did 776BC get started? Rowers use clothes hard and they need product that works. The preparation going into your training should be reflected in your apparel. Product that performs. Comfort, breathes well, works in hot conditions. 05:00 Bestseller products are the Motion Pro Row Suit. Comfort, wicking with a carbon mesh back panel and silicone leg band. Long Sleeve Base layer - titanium ion fabric which modulates with body temperature. Includes UV50+ protection. Rowing Shorts - wear on the boat, in the gym and on the erg. 10:30 What's new? Focus on water race day performance - launching a warmer mid-winter range made of performance merino wool. Outerwear is coming up. And a Rowing Vest which has 2 versions - a warm vest and a lightweight vest. 13:15 Its critical that movement is enabled by your rowing

Rebecca and Marlene discuss: - How does cross training fit in? Pluses and cautions - Force curves - common observations - Listener Calls Sponsors – Rowing Directory – the place to find a rowing business selling what you need. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Timestamps to the show 06:00 This Past Week - what we've been doing to advocate for Masters Rowing Marlene's coaching correspondence included an athlete who was under-performing and concerned about making progress. What time of day do you train? A busy schedule means you aren't getting enough sleep. You're tired. No wonder you're under-performing. Book Recommendation The New Toughness Training for Sports James E. Loehr https://amzn.to/3qDrMUf Try to add 1 hour sleep a night so you get 7 not 6 hours. Take rest days during the week and do strength training. Have a snack at work 3-4 pm and train at 5 pm when you get home. Then have a lighter dinner and eat a little later so you can get to bed by 11 pm not 12.30 am. Rebecca's participating in the Pembroke Vir

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - Erg racing mental approach - Guest: Claudia Pace from Sagamore Rowing Club - Should you scull or sweep first? Sponsors – Sculling Gear – everything you need after you’ve bought a single scull https://rowing.chat/sponsor/sculling-gear/ – Rowing Directory – the place to find a rowing business selling what you need. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Timestamps to the show 06:00 This past week. Mitzi Nicoletti medalled twice at Denver Indoor Sprints. A nice testimonial - Marlene Royle & Will Ruth "Just listened to your Science of Rowing podcast as I’m getting ready for my cold long-SLOW-distance trail run. I think one reason you both are such great coaches for masters (and ancient) athletes is that you don’t just say "do it this way" but are open to conversations about technique and training. Not all, but most masters rowers I know are smart, analytical, and questioning. They need to bring their brains, not just bodies, into the coaching relationship. I spend lots of time around and

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - The Science of coaching masters athletes - Erg Inspiration - how to make it fun Sponsors Timestamps to the show 04:15 This past week we are supporting masters rowing around the world by: - attending the Rowing Canada conference coastal rowing course - Marlene was interviewed on the Science of Rowing with Will Ruth - details below - listening to James Leath on intentional coaching https://unleashtheathlete.mykajabi.com/ - Running a scrimmage regatta locally for masters - Reviewing the "new masters" status for post-novice rowers before they become age group racers 10:30 Erg inspiration when you get depressed looking at the rowing machine - make it fun. Ear buds, play list; podcast - Groundhog day 14:00 Training programme for the Head of the Yarra - use the Faster Masters programme if you haven't got time to write a programme. Masters like to know workouts in advance because they like energy planning, time planning and consistency helps. 18:00 Rowing in 6s in an eight. What is t

Peter Haining elite rowing expert, Olympian and 3 times World Gold Medalist in Lightweight single sculls. Sponsors - Sculling Gear - everything you need after you've bought a single scull https://rowing.chat/sponsor/sculling-gear/ - Rowing Directory - the place to find a rowing business selling what you need. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Timestamps to the show 02:40 Peter’s background in rowing started when he come in 1966. He ended up winning World Gold in LM1x three times. 05:20 I was born lucky. My Mother was the only person in her maternity ward whose child wasn’t born thalidomide - the morning sickness drug’s side effects weren’t known. 07:15 I was brought up in a damp house and I had bronchitis and asthma as a child. My brother George died of pneumonia aged 6 weeks. 10:30 My Father, Jackie Haining was a member at Loch Lomond Rowing Club and he coached the juniors,. 17:30 George Parsonage and the Glasgow Humane Society. I was watching George sell and how he connects to the boat - he was so fast. I t

Lindsay is the author of Better Great than Never in which she demonstrates her striking lack of "superpowers" while gradually climbing the ladder into the US Womens Eight. Sponsors - Buy Lindsay's book - Better Great than Never https://amzn.to/3j8m8X0 - Sculling Gear - everything you need after you've bought a single scull https://rowing.chat/sponsor/sculling-gear/ - Rowing Directory - the place to find a rowing business selling what you need. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Timestamps to the show 02:30 Lindsay's background in rowing. On the Womens 8 team from 2005 - 2009 05:30 Success is a ladder. I hated running so I chose ergs. My first World Championships we were inexperienced and came 4th ad 6th. Novices are fast on flat water. 10:00 The voice inside my head is my guide and I reflect on what I did and how it impacted me. 14:50 Tom Terhar was in his first Olympic cycle when he coached me. He wasn't there to impart speed. When we showed progress he gave us a tip. What to work on next. 17:00 Injury - my fir

Marlene and Rebecca talk about - Weight loss and diet quality - Naming your erg and your boat Sponsors - Sculling Gear - everything you need after you've bought a single scull https://rowing.chat/sponsor/sculling-gear/ - Rowing Directory - the place to find a rowing business selling what you need. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Timestamps to the show 06:00 This Past Week - what we've been doing to advance Masters Rowing. Marlene has been at the Rowing Canada conference gaining a certification on coaching coastal rowing from Guin Batten. Rebecca investigates introducing a new racing classification "New Masters" in New Zealand; and also explains how to get an eights group training together in your club. 15:00 Naming your erg - Have you named your rowing machine? http://bit.ly/2MozjY7 Marlene's first van Deusen single scull was called Finse - the tallest mountain in Norway. We discussed Sobakevich from Gogol's novel, Dead Souls. 22:00 Weight loss and diet quality. Since Christmas how much weight have you lost?

Christine Coughlan started Sculling Gear when she couldn't find good products all in one shop. https://www.scullinggear.com/ Timestamps to the show 01:30 Background in rowing and coxing 03:40 ScullingGear.com is 5 years old. I went to Craftsbury and tried a flyweight boat and bought it. Then I started shopping for rowing "toys" like a mirror, slings and a boat cover. 06:10 Rowing Gloves are #1 Best Seller. There's a shift in attitudes about gloves. Silicone on the palm, elasticated fingers and they prevent ripping off blisters. Use at camp or racing. 09:00 #2 best seller is the Take a look mirror - it is popular as it comes with a case and a carry carabiner. Use in races for quick adjustments to your steering. #3 best seller is the Skwoosh Seat Cushion. It has circles of gel for your sit bones. The back is grippy for boat seats and ergs. 12:20 What's new in Sculling Gear's store? Health coaching - a foundation in nutrition, mindset change, psychology. For masters rowers. 14:45 Diet course for rowers will

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - Synching schedules. It's the hardest thing for a masters group to figure out. - Injuries outside training Sponsors Rowing Tales book. Buy 4 (one of each edition) for £35 or US$48 plus shipping. Less than half price. Email rebecca@caroe.com Timestamps to the show 05:00 This past week - Marlene is a nordic ski coach; she guested on The Science of rowing podcast and will be studying coastal rowing coaching at the Rowing Canada Aviron conference with Guin Batten. Rebecca has been reviewing the novice masters status in New Zealand and seeking a rule of racing change. You get the behaviours your tolerate in your club. 15:00 Ways to align your crew schedule. Review your lineups, the number of people in your group and seek regular days. Cliques in clubs can rip clubs apart. Good leadership is essential. 22:00 No wasted water time. This is something we value a lot. 23:30 Marlene has seen a huge increase in injuries from our athletes. when you get injured you have to heal the injury,

Rebecca interviews Adrian Cassidy, CEO Founder & Olympic Rowing Coach from Ludum Timestamps to the show 01:00 Adrian's background in rowing - former head coach Rowing Ireland, University of London and now CEO of Ludum 03:30 Ludum - Freedom to Coach What Ludum is - an online platform to collect data and comms to manage your rowing squad. Users include Rowing Australia, Germany's national team, Vesta Rowing Club. It allows you to use Heart Rate and GPS data as well as direct links from Concept2 erg workouts aligned via an app and collected into a single dashboard for the coach to review. 05:30 Ludum started as a hobby project to share training programmes and crew lineups and more and more people asked to try it out. During 2020 it was completely rewritten as an app as well. 07:00 Used by elite rowing programmes as well as clubs, the software is adaptable and flexible to suit different needs. Paul Thompson remarked that when you move to a new club it's "Different place, same problems". Adrian is skilled at cre

Marlene and Rebecca welcome 2021 and discuss - plans for 2021 - force curves on the erg Timestamps to the show 01:00 Welcome back after the holidays 06:00 CeCe Aguda's photo was featured in Rowing News. 11:00 Kathleen Heddle RIP - very interesting interview video with Marnie McBean https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/rowing/olympics-kathleen-heddle-dead-at-55-1.5871976?cmp=rss 15:30 Plans for 2021 - what will be happening on Faster Masters this year? We will be raising the price of the Annual subscription on 1 February - it's currently $300 compared to pay monthly which is $468. 21:00 Daily lessons - a new feature inside Faster Masters to check your program quickly 24:00 Your Next Race versus Peak Event - what's the difference when you are training? Choose the right program for your main event this season. It may be during May or August - but races which you do before then won't need to be a peak event (for which you taper). Each race builds your fitness and strength up towards your peak event. The

Steven Dowd became quadriplegic in 2016 in a cycling accident. Since then he’s taken on and beaten some remarkable challenges. The latest is the EnduRow Challenge. https://www.endurowchallenge.com/ He now has a bold, ambitious plan for a rowing challenge in 2021. With building a global community at it’s heart, the EnduRow Challenge will be the World’s biggest, fully inclusive, live, static-rowing charity event encouraging participation from able-bodied and adapted men, women and kids globally. Sponsors Rowing Retailer Directory - every rowing business listed and categorised for YOU. Find what you want from oars to gifts, from coaching to ergs. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Rowing Tales 2020 book - the collection of rowing stories you'll love for Christmas. https://rowing.chat/sponsor/rowing-tales-2020/ Buy from Amazon https://amzn.to/39WHcgI Timestamps 02:30 My personal story in rowing - June 2016 training for Bike London 05:00 Wings for Life Charity whose goal is to find a cure for spinal chord paral

Marlene and Rebecca discuss - Goodbye to all that - Review of the year & forward plans Sponsors Rowing Retailer Directory - every rowing business listed and categorised for YOU. Find what you want from oars to gifts, from coaching to ergs. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Rowing Tales 2020 book - the collection of rowing stories you'll love for Christmas. https://rowing.chat/sponsor/rowing-tales-2020/ Buy from Amazon https://amzn.to/39WHcgI Timestamps to the show 02:00 Head of the Fish trophy 07:00 Rowing From 2020 Virtual Regatta - enter by 3 January on Regatta Central 09:00 Review of the year. We went weekly during Lockdown. Marlene's favorite topic - setting up a home gym. It's important to keep up strength training twice a week. TRX straps and kettle bells, physio ball, elastic bands. https://fastermastersrowing.com/the-perfect-home-rowing-gym/ Free training program for home rowing during Covid19 lockdown https://fastermastersrowing.com/register/home-rowing-training-during-covid-19/ 12:00 Rebecca's fav

Rebecca and Marlene discuss - The difference between exercising and training - Keeping balanced as a single sculler Sponsors Rowing Retailer Directory - every rowing business listed and categorised for YOU. Find what you want from oars to gifts, from coaching to ergs. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Rowing Tales 2020 book - the collection of rowing stories you'll love for Christmas. https://rowing.chat/sponsor/rowing-tales-2020/ Buy from Amazon https://amzn.to/39WHcgI Timestamps to the show 01:00 Welcome. Marlene was teaching at the US Rowing Convention on Training for Life. She covered the effects of ageing on your rowing practice and keeping consistent training. 07:00 There’s a new Royle Row website http://roylerow.com/ it includes a link to the Newsletter archive in the footer 09:00 Exercising versus Training. What’s the difference? Training does not go inside exercise. You can do WOTD and that’s exercise. But it has not relation to what you did last week and plan for tomorrow. 11:00 Training - there is

Author of The Long Win, Cath is challenging our approach to success. A multi-Olympian and world medalist, she asks what does winning mean? How "winning" holds us back And presents a new approach to winning Buy Cath's book https://amzn.to/2IPCKVT Sponsors Rowing Retailer Directory - every rowing business listed and categorised for YOU. Find what you want from oars to gifts, from coaching to ergs. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Rowing Tales 2020 book - the collection of rowing stories you'll love for Christmas. https://rowing.chat/sponsor/rowing-tales-2020/ Buy from Amazon https://amzn.to/39WHcgI Timestamps to the show 03:00 Background in rowing - 2 Boat Races, 3 Olympics but she was categorised as not a sporty girl at school. 07:00 I was envious of the camaraderie the sporting girls had in the novice boat and decided to give it a try. This gave me the freedom to opt in it was liberating. Rowing is collaborative from the start 12:30 The Long Win book - my own reckoning as an Olympic rower. The culture of

Marlene and Rebecca tackle - exercises to improve finger and forearm strength - how to build aerobic base while training for the CrashBs Sponsors Rowing Retailer Directory - every rowing business listed and categorised for YOU. Find what you want from oars to gifts, from coaching to ergs. https://rowing.chat/retailer/ Rowing Tales 2020 book - the collection of rowing stories you'll love for Christmas. https://rowing.chat/sponsor/rowing-tales-2020/ Buy from Amazon https://amzn.to/39WHcgI Timestamps to the show 04:00 Marlene is presenting at the US Rowing Convention on Training for Life 10:20 Exercises for fingers and forearm strength. Things to get right first - handle grip size - get the correct size for your hands - Initiate the turning movement don't turn the full 90 degrees as you square and feather. If you get to 45 degrees, the oar will continue to turn under gravity - 3 With your fingers make sure the back of your hand and wrist never falls underneath the handle. Because you need downward pressur