Training programmes for masters rowing 2020
Masters training plans designed for you
Written by expert masters coaches who also row.
Are you training for long distance head races – Veterans Head, Heiniken Cup, HORR, WEHORR, Trent Head choose the Head Racing Plan.
Sprint racing over 1km for National Masters Championships, FISA World Masters, Henley Masters, choose the 1k Racing Plan.
12 Week Head Racing Plan
12 week 1k racing plan
What Our customers say
Faster Masters is definitely helping me - it is extremely hard to coach yourself sensibly.
Dr Persephone Wynn - Nottingham Boat Club, & British Rowing Coach Assessor
Amazing thing is the programme works to a plan and is very logical.
Gordon Williams - F1x National Champion, New Zealand, North Shore Rowing Club
Masters Rowing Specialists
If you’re a masters rower and you are preparing to race you need 3 things
A well designed training program that gets you fitter and stronger
Our program will deliver a peak performance on race day
Progressive training increments bring speed gains
If you train alone, or in a group without a coach, it is hard to focus on each workout and plan what you are going to do every time you train. Getting occasional coaching is great, if your club has a coach. But few are knowledgable about how to coach masters. Masters are special – rowing technique as you age is different than what we did when we were young!
What’s in a Faster Masters Rowing Program?
- Phase 1 Training – Builds the Foundation: Low-stress training, good routine, gradual increases. Focus on improving technical weaknesses.
- Phase 2 Training – Early Quality: Prepare for the type of training that will be of most importance in the following phases, introduce accelerations/reps/plenty of recovery time/improve mechanics.
- Phase 3 Training – Transition Quality: Most stressful phase that is event specific and it sets you up for the final quality phase that is less stressful. Stress the proper systems for the event distance. Stay with proper training paces and do not overdo it here. Avoid injury and illness. Get all tough sessions in but be flexible.
- Phase 4 Training – Final Quality: Prepare for actual race conditions. Focus on strengths. Concentrate on what you do best in the final phase of training. Be fresh, not fatigued.
- Phase 5 – Taper to racing and race week training programme.
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