Masters rowing is about rowing with adaptations.
Timestamps:
00:45 Grant Faulkner quote: The speed the clock moves forwards and the things it takes away. Masters learn to enjoy age and the things we have to adjust for our rowing.
01:45 Recognising when you need to make the next adaptation
Nobody told me it was going to be like this!
Strength and Mobility are the main things you will notice first. Strength diminishes differently between men and women 50s versus 60s. Your 60s is a ‘hold steady’ decade. Read article. Use the Facebook group to post questions and get answers from people who have the same issues.
04:00 Mobility and aging
Range of movement in joints is important – pelvic mobility in the hips to get into the rowing stroke positions. Flexibility is also key.
Programs page has FREE STUFF including How to test your functional movement and strengthening exercises. David Frost’s webinar on Functional Strength and Movement is a deeper dive into exercises for body strengthening for daily life – essential for older women who find it hard to lift a boat. If athletes can’t get into the right positions for rowing it’s difficult to teach them.
05:15 Technique changes with age
Adjustments to take account of mobility issues. Adapting Rowing Rigging For Masters Physiology article Try to maintain your technique and range of motion as you age. Adjust rigging to accommodate physical limitations – some are easy, medium and hard – they take tools and more time to set up.
We can still always improve our technique as we age. Despite losing strength, masters rowers can always be more skilful at the catch, get the blade in without slip, get a full leg drive, recruit extra muscles to add to power delivery. Technique has no regard for age – you can improve at all ages.
What is the next horizon for you? Most of us delay making changes – if you are losing strength, you should be shortening your oars (Volker Nolte’s Rigging Webinar has charts for oar designs, Men and Women). Most masters row on oars which are too long for their strength and capability.
This webinar includes
- Volker Nolte’s oar rigging chart – learn how to rig your oars correctly based on the oar make and spoon design
- Mike Purcer’s Masters 1x rigging chart (span, oar length, inboard) different for men and women.
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