Rowingchat

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 tran