fbpx

Rowing motivation in the winter months

Rebecca February 9, 2020
rowing motivation in winter

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe set out their priorities for February training for masters rowers.

Sponsors – this podcast would not be possible without our advertisers. Please visit their websites and buy their products. https://rowing.chat/sponsors/
Prygl Rowing Camps – 2 events in July and August ideal prep for FISA World Masters
https://pryglrowing.com/rowingchat
12 Week Head Race Training Program for HORR, Vets Head, Heineken Cup, WEHORR
https://fastermastersrowing.com/courses/head-racing-12-week-program/

Timestamps to the show
04:00 What’s in the February Faster Masters training subscription programme?
06:30 Motivation in the winter months. This is a great book by James Clear Atomic Habits how to build good habits and break bad ones
Track your training.
Give yourself rewards.
If you miss a day…..don’t miss another one.
16:00 Planning a rowing training camp. Camp goals – training / technique / crew selection. NOT all three.
18:25 Invite a guest coach to your camp
29:00 Dressing for winter training. Hats – keep your head and feet warm. Pogies or knit your own mittens.
Have an eye to local rules about training temperatures and wind chill.
Hand warmers – Rebecca favors shooting mitts
https://nurseysheepskin.co.uk/products/sheepskin-sporting-mitts
n

Categories: Podcast
Tags: , ,

Related Articles

How I stay warm at regattas with a wind chill and rain

Hello again Reader We are all here because as masters rowers we enjoy our sport. Many of us see plenty of ways that rowing could be improved for masters – from different events, to ways clubs can be better aligned to our aging bodies, and improvements in training programs for 1k racing. We aren’t shrinking violets and so masters step up to help solve these problems. Many of us volunteer, coach, and administer our clubs and regattas. We are part of the solution. Since starting Faster Masters…

Rebecca May 3, 2024

Guidance on adjusting training to align with your race dates

Hello again Reader
Across the world there are events at different times of year. When Marlene and I started this business we researched the major events for masters rowers in English-speaking countries. We designed the training programmes to cater for the majority using our standard training plans. Sometimes, these don’t exactly align with races you want to do.
We got this question from Michael
Do you by any chance have a training program for a single sculler taking part in a 16km head race?…

Rebecca January 26, 2024

Report

Harassment or bullying behavior
Contains mature or sensitive content
Contains misleading or false information
Contains abusive or derogatory content
Contains spam, fake content or potential malware

Block Member?

Please confirm you want to block this member.

You will no longer be able to:

  • See blocked member's posts
  • Mention this member in posts
  • Invite this member to groups
  • Message this member
  • Add this member as a connection

Please note: This action will also remove this member from your connections and send a report to the site admin. Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete.

Report

You have already reported this .