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Battling visual technical difficulties for the first minute or so, Paralympic and world-champion Dutch rower Corne de Koning is a man of SO many talents: in the gym, on the erg, in the boat, and in the kitchen. Corne talks about how to do alot of things, from how to get better at pull-ups to how to make a killer pizza. This is your rowing almanac of an episode, so get ready to be inspired along the way!

Back after our holiday break, Marlene and Rebecca discuss this week's masters rowing news, Listener questions and the Fall Racing Season Program. Buy a question / answer https://fastermastersrowing.com/our-courses/ Timestamps 02:00 Ian Perkins asks I have recently been getting feedback that I’m opening my body early at the catch. Check the muscle sequencing on the drive phase. Bring the handle with you as you initiate the drive. "Drive the knees away from the chest which is different from lifting the chest away from the knees." 06:00 The legs only rowing drill 10:00 Andres Carazo asks about Training for Head Races. What would be the best way to start the program should I wait til next Month to start, or should I just go ahead and start with the head race module mid-month? 15:00 Rowers versus Oarsmen article https://fastermastersrowing.com/oarsmen-versus-rowers/ Bend a Rowing movie by Daniel Pallotta. Watch the trailer https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bend 16:00 process-oriented athletes and goal oriented athlet

What's your boathouse/club doing to weather the pandemic and safely invite members back? Our special guest for this episode is Director of Rowing Programs for the George Pocock Rowing Foundation, Padriac McGovern. Padraic has been a thought leader throughout the COVID crisis, approaching shutdown and re-openings and future planning in a thoughtful and collaborative manner. Padriac also runs two of GPRF boathouses and is in the midst of opening a third. We've also invited several rowers and club managers from across the country to discuss post-shutdown boathouse recovery. You can offer your own experiences, best practices, and ask questions in real time in the event on Rowing Chat YouTube channel and Facebook page! PLUS: Rowing News Roundup with Kymberly Reynolds (ROW)

A brand new rowing competition just being launched. Be the first to hear about it from Alix James, President and CEO of Nielsen Kellerman. Timestamps 1:00 Background in sport - NK founded by Alix's stepfather. 03:30 NK was the first company to do rowing electronics as a business. Friends with Ted Nash whose crew used a home made amplifier system. Paul Nielsen fixed it - but suggested he could make a better amplifier. Later added stroke rate and timing. 04:50 British founder chose the "Cox Box: name which is tongue in cheek from Alix's father who was also a Gilbert and Sullivan fan. Concept 2 had made the rowing machine but hadn't worked out how to output wattage onto a screen. 06:00 The 500meter split was invented in 1981-82when Dick, Peter and Paul went for a run and were looking for a way to make the rowing machine output meaningful for rowers. It is aligned to the wattage / speed translation for a heavyweight mens 4- boat speed. 08:30 Many rowing companies date from late 70s - 80s, it's not a coinc

Robin Dowell is mainly known as the coach of Swiss World Gold medal winning sculler, Jeannine Gmelin. He talks his journey as a coach from being a nearly-national team athlete from the British World Class Start programme through school, junior and international team coaching. Timestamps 02:00 My personal journey as a swimmer into rowing as a talent identified athlete. It’s the coach’s job to make you enjoy it and keep you coming back. I joined World Class Start thanks to Peter Shakespear. 0800 Understanding what it’s like being around world class people. They U23s needed a stroke side substitute for their seat racing and I got to go. That was my big break to step up which lead to the 8 for the European Championships. 12:00 Pulling together great coaching role models and experiences. Henley Royal Regatta is another higher level of performance. 17:00 I tried to win Henley another season in the 4+ including having an infected blister on my hand You may feel like a wet lettuce…. You’ve always got to bring y

Marlene and Rebecca discussed Timestamps 03:00 Rethinking the Olympics - what’s the purpose of it? Striving to achieve the highest potential you can. Dame Katherine Grainger on rethinking the Olympics https://open.spotify.com/episode/1VG3FAbAVWZsUIYKqBbFFn?si=efZQWup1TNa2sc8iRY1sLQ 07:50 The Economist asks if electronic sports should be included in the Olympics https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/06/27/why-the-next-olympics-should-include-fortnite 16:15 Volker Nolte on the Olympics https://rowing.chat/volker-nolte/ 21:00 Sculling to lose weight. Obviously this year it is not possible for sweep masters teams to get on the water. So I have taken up sculling, is three times a week sufficient for weight loss? How many times a week were you sweep rowing? Number of calories you need for weight maintenance how to calculate for your body weight. 26:00 July’s Faster Masters program - technique module backing into the catch drill which builds on the erg suspension drill from last month. Performance module is Quic

Rower, author, & speaker Arshay Cooper joins me to talk about how a group of all-black high schoolers in a rough area see a boat on campus one day and against all odds, become unlikely teammates that learn to trust and work as a very different kind of crew. Arshay's infectious energy and stories about finding his voice through rowing with athletes from many rival gangs is a do-not-miss story that made it to the cover of the newspapers and garnered attention from around the world! Arshay's book "A Beautiful Thing" releases June 30! Arshay Cooper Instagram: @arshaycooper Whitney's Instagram: @IronWillWhit & @TheCandidCox

Michael from Chicago Rowing joins me to discuss how AWESOME the gay Games are and what the realities of LGBTQ+ athletes still deal with. This humbling episode really shows us how federations still don't know how to "deal with" certain issues (this was fascinating!), how creative clubs are getting to recruit and include minorities and LGBTQ+ athletes, and SO much more! Gay and Lesbian Rowing Foundation: https://www.glrf.info/glrfcentral/ Stonewall Regatta: https://www.stonewallregatta.org/ Gay Games: https://gaygames.org/

At Ready, Row! USA, Pride Month is all about inclusion and opportunity, supporting your friends & teammates in this amazing sport. Guests include Aquil Abdullah, Olympic and Hydrow athlete. Hydrow's virtual reality rowing featured 8 workouts, one for each color of the Pride flag (hydrow.com). Also invited is Brian Todd, founder and executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Rowing Federation. You may have seen him at regattas or the USRowing convention, inviting people to sign the Rower's Pledge (glrf.org). PLUS: Rowing News Roundup with Kymberly Reynolds of Recovery on Water (ROW) Hashtag: #ReadyRowUSA

Concurrent Training in Rowing presented by Dr Koen Levels of KNRB the Netherlands Rowing Federation. The full audio for this presentation are on www.rowing.chat Koen Levels is a former PhD student of Human Movement Sciences. After his PhD in thermophysiology, he worked as a postdoc on a project on concurrent training in rowing at the Human Movement Sciences department at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). At this time, he is employed by the Dutch Rowing Association as an exercise physiologist. In that position, he is involved in monitoring and physiological testing of elite rowers.

Power, Pulse rate and Perception as a telling trinity in training monitoring of endurance athletes. The full audio and slides for this presentation are on www.rowing.chat Stephen Seiler received his doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is past Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation and past Dean of the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway. Currently, he is working as a full professor at the same institution. His research interests include exercise physiology and training adaptations, particularly to endurance training for cyclists, rowers, XC skiers, orienteers and distance runners. Slide deck https://www.slideshare.net/rcaroe/power-in-rowing-symposium-stephen-seiler?qid=bdde449d-1cc4-48d4-9612-1c6bdbc4fadd&v=&b=&from_search=2

In search of effective feedback variables The full audio and slides for this presentation are on www.rowing.chat Lotte Lintmeijer finished her research master in psychology at Utrecht University. In 2013, she decided to leave her comfort zone and apply for a phd position at the Human Movement Sciences department at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), on a project at the interface of sports performance, biophysics and motor learning, and all that in the context of rowing. Even though she did not meet the job requirements in a strict sense, she was hired. Now, she has successfully finished her PHD. In the coming months she will start as a sports data scientist at the TU Delft on the project: “Sport Data Valley”. Lotte's slides https://www.slideshare.net/rcaroe/power-in-rowing-symposium-lotte-lintmeijer?qid=bdde449d-1cc4-48d4-9612-1c6bdbc4fadd&v=&b=&from_search=4

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe discuss drills as part of rowing practice for masters rowers. Timestamps 03:00 Silicone wedding ring Silicone wedding rings Men https://amzn.to/2V5tIqH Women https://amzn.to/2YjEbRp 06:50 Carol Daley’s question I’d  like to  hear  Marlene Royle, Rowing Coach discuss  a  little  more  in  depth  about  inboard  and  its relationship  to  rigging. Goal of rigging is to have a longer stroke / time in the water. Effective stroke length incorporates physiological comfort. 16:00 changes in rigging should not create pain or aches 2-3 days after you make the change. 22:00 New to the 1x tip is get a good posture in the boat - get a correct placement and correct extraction of the oars. Get your own oars allows for customisation of rigging. 27:00 When to incorporate drills into your practice. The role of drills. Drills for crews are about blending timing and rhythm. Early in the session your attention is at a peak. 31:00 The push and pull drill. Sponsors Help Rowing Retailers Recov

Kristin is a lightweight rower who discusses with Rebecca how to be successful at rowing lightweight and improving your 2k. Timestamps 02:00 Background in rowing and professional personal training and fitness training for women and weight loss. 05:00 Pacing your 2k correctly. Knowing what not to do is important. Physiology - lactic acid flood hurts and the 3rd 500 is a suffer fest. 07:00 Have a strategic approach. The ideal approach is to get on a pace you can sustain and a little bit faster at the end. 10:35 When you drift off the target split. Mental strategies to follow. 12:50 Physical strategies - focus on rate. 1430 Being a successful lightweight - coaches need to get educated. Create a plan for yourself 16:30 Write a calendar for your weigh in - 8 weeks in advance. Weekly target weight loss. Build healthy eating habits. 23:00 Coaches need to learn. Systematic ways to lose weight. They might go faster while losing weight. It's an opportunity for athletes to get to know their bodies. Learn how

There's both corruption and racism in rowing. Saul Garcia is a former Mexican team international lightweight athlete. Having studied in Canada and trained in the national development squad there, he has a unique insight into the differences between both systems. 03:00 Background in rowing - I chose University of Victoria in Canada for my rowing career. Howard Campbell was my training partner. https://govikesgo.com/sports/mens-rowing/roster/coaches/howard-campbell/112 10:30 The differences between Canada and Mexico rowing. We “tropicalize” rowing in Mexico 07:00 I just asked Mike Spraklen if I could join his group in Canada. The Mexican system has less structure. In Canada people and careers in rowing after university; in Mexico it’s juniors. I was too serious for Mexico and spend as too light hearted for Canada! 15:00 Kenia Lechuga Alanis is the most famous Mexican rower - she’s from Monterrey who row on a windy dam but trains in Mexico City on the man-made basin. It’s really flat water. She i

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe answer your rowing questions. [Ask Me Anything]. H Help Rowing Retailers Recover - We are building a giant sale page with a product from as many rowing businesses as we can. Send us your favourite product web link and we'll get permission to add it to the page. #RowingSale Timestamps 03:16 AMA and please comment. 05:30 Should you vary racing starts by weather or boat type? Your start is 2% of your race in a 1k. So it's not very important in the big picture. Practice your starts square blade to check you are being effective and have clean transitions. 10:30 The Danish Women 4x in 1996 start sequence. Our job is to follow the stroke 15:24 The best race Marlene ever had in Aiken, South Carolina in a single. "I remember thinking tap out a fraction earlier for the first 20 strokes. Keep the wheel spinning." 17:20 If you have a peak race, go back 24 hours and identify what you did to set you up for that performance. You need to learn how to turn on / off your stimulation dep

Fergus Mainland from Junior Rowing News (UK) and I talk about updates, what's happening during Covid (yes, things are happening!), races, predictions, and SO much more. Think it's not relevant to you if you're not in the UK? Think again. Follow @Juniorrowingnews for their new podcast and all the hot updates! Follow/Subscribe (or don't): YouTube: The Candid Cox Instagram: @Ironwillwhit & @TheCandidCox

Luke Walton from The Rower Academy cohosts an awesome show with me about getting into university as a rower and cox, especially during Covid. What do you need, what are the misconceptions, and what are the tips and tricks you might simply overlook that could help you out? Geared towards junior rowers and grads going back for more, this is definitely a show for you! https://roweracademy.com/ @Theroweracademy As always follow me (or don't) for updates and killer candid shows I have coming up or send in your questions and topics: Instagram/Youtube/Snapchat: @Ironwillwhit and @Thecandidcox

Marlene and Rebecca kick into a discussion on how to row on rough water. Timestamps 07:00 Tips for new 1x single scullers. The Crossover hand position. Nest your right hand knuckle under the heel of your left hand 13:00 Sculling in rough water. Feather higher - focus on the release of the stroke and move fluidly round to crossover hands position. Relaxation - an active lack of tension. Lower body - let your hips adjust the balance with the boat hull. 20:00 Greece junior world championships - the "Hurricane" regatta. Relax your neck and focus on quality in a drill to improve your skill. 25:00 Square blade rowing as training for rough water. 31:00 Good drills for square blade rowing. What to do if you have a mental block? 38:00 Align and activate your lats using your scapula. Marlene demonstrates how. Sponsors Please help us by clicking on these links and sharing with your friends. GPS speed order races https://rowing.chat/sponsor/gps-speed-orders/ Blake Gourlay The movement of Rowing book offer discou

"The Strength Coach Roundtable" is rowing strength coaches Will Ruth, Blake Gourley, and Joe DeLeo. In this episode, we're joined by guest rowing strength coach and outreach coordinator of the Oakland Strokes program, Frank Clayton. Frank shares his knowledge and experiences of strength training with a large powerhouse junior program, his perspective on current events, and promotes the Rowers4BLM erg/jogathon fundraiser occurring Saturday June 13th. Fundraiser: bit.ly/rowers4blm Shownotes: https://rowing.chat/strength-coach-roundtable-17-black-lives-matter-guest-frank-clayton Part of the RowingChat network and the 8,400-member Masters Rowing International group on Facebook. You can subscribe on our website www.rowing.chat to receive notification of upcoming shows or send in news tips, and listen to other shows in the network wherever you get your podcasts.