Faster Masters Rowing Radio August 2019

07/30/19 • 33 min

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.

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Remote coaching using rowing data

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

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Rowing training while raising kids

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.