Injury rehab programme
An injured sportsman is like a sick gorilla - no use and a lot of trouble. The coach has to deal with the mind as well as the body in maintaining the athlete's equilibrium.
View ArticlePre-race dehydration
Pre-race Dehydration: When rowers try to meet international weight requirements for competition, they often resort to 24-hour, pre-race dehydration regimes in hopes of reaching the required weight.
View ArticleTraining to Win
To win, you must prepare yourself to be the winner - not simply to "do my best"
View Articlerowing machine training
Rowing Machine Training: Our veteran rower moves into the third stage of his record-breaking programme.
View Articlemetabolic rate and exercise
Metabolic Rate And Exercise: Researchers have been trying to puzzle out the effects of exercise on energy expenditure (calorie burning) for decades.
View Articlerowing training
Rowing Training: Here's the start of a month-by-month rowing programme which led to two world records.
View ArticleNoel frost | rowing world record
Noel Frost: How I started from nothing and won a rowing gold medal in nine months
View Articletreadmill training
Treadmill training: In mid-May, newspaper headlines trumpeted the news: treadmills are the best exercise device for individuals interested in burning calories and losing weight, beating stationary...
View ArticleMethods, fitness, lung function
A critical look at recent research into training methods, fitness needs and lung function
View Articleendurance training | Noel frost | rowing
In late 1996, at the age of 57, Noel Frost set two rowing world records in his sector - 55-59 male (heavy) - for the 30- and 60-minute distances. Here he describes months 2 and 3 of the training...
View ArticleTraining: altitude or sea-level
In related work carried out by researchers at the University of Copenhagen, competitive rowers who trained at sea level achieved significantly greater gains in fitness, compared to rowers who trained...
View ArticleWeight training
Weight Training: In hopes of improving their raw muscle power, competitive rowers engage in weight training during the off-season, but new research suggests that they might be better off pushing on...
View ArticleSynchronising breathing
Rowers work long and hard to perfect their rowing strokes, but should they also learn to coordinate their breathing with their rowing?
View ArticleElite Rowing: Maintaining Maximum Condition
Life at the top – how are elite rowers tested and monitored?
View ArticleRowing training: how to maximise your 2,000m rowing performance
2,000m rowing is the ultimate test of power and endurance
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