Shorter training tips and other posts with updates from my coaching.
We use plyometrics for rowers to improve general athleticism and increase rate of force production. Although rowing is not truly a plyometric sport, power and…
Continue reading → Plyometrics for Rowers: The Complete Guide
Is 2,000-meter rowing aerobic or anaerobic? Modern research puts an all-out 2,000-meter row or erg between 77-88% aerobic and 12-23% anaerobic. However, this simple answer…
Continue reading → Is 2,000-meter Rowing Aerobic or Anaerobic?
I have found that rowers go wrong in one of two ways during in-season rowing strength training. Some rowers train hard in the off-season doing…
Low back pain is the most common rowing injury, causing around 60% of rowers to miss at least one session per year. The vast majority…
Continue reading → Rowing Low Back Pain: What Rowers and Coaches Need to Know
Rib stress injuries are an overuse injury affecting up to approximately 10% of rowers in a given year of training. While not as common as…
Continue reading → Rowing Rib Stress Injury: What Rowers and Coaches Need to Know
Rowing injuries are typically defined as pain limiting the ability to fully participate in training as planned for more than 24 hours. This excludes minor…
Continue reading → Rowing Injuries: Understanding, Preventing, and Managing
Rowing has changed immensely in the last 40 years, with watershed points in training methods and performance standards due to equipment, access to the sport,…
Continue reading → Modern Rowing Strength Training Key Concepts
The Second Edition of my book, “Rowing Stronger: Strength Training to Maximize Rowing Performance,” came out five years ago this month. I’ve coached, written, and…
Continue reading → Five-Year Update to “Rowing Stronger, Second Edition”
It’s hard to gain strength, gain muscle, lose body fat, and increase rowing or erging performance all at once. Even getting just two of those…
Continue reading → Gaining Muscle, Losing Bodyfat, and Rowing Training
