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Returning rowers should start with 3 core water sessions a week at around 50% of normal programmed volume, hold that for two weeks, then add roughly 500m per outing only as recovery allows. Wear a heart rate monitor to catch early fatigue, track daily recovery using a simple HRV app or a subjective wellness score, and do land based str...
UT2 is easy, conversational-pace rowing (60-70% max heart rate) that builds your aerobic base and should make up roughly 80% of a masters rower's weekly volume.
Threshold is the "comfortably uncomfortable" zone (80-85% max heart rate) just below the pace you could sustain in a ...
Follow one hand through one stroke in sweep rowing. Your outside hand is a second oarlock - controlling the handle when the blade is under the water.
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00:45 Setting the heightVisualise your outside hand tracking through one stroke. It's setting the height for the oar. It goes through the longest arc. You get control for ca...
A Faster Masters member wrote to us
Can you please direct me to any materials you have created addressing singles (1x) racing strategies for masters and grand masters (I am 69) when faced with hot and humid weather conditions? I am not looking for materials about hydration, heat stroke, sunscreen, etc., but rather materials focused on pacing, stroke rate progre...
How gripping tighter makes you slower.
In this episode you’ll discover why the tightest grip on the handle is often the slowest stroke, and what to do about it instead. The idea comes from Tai Chi, not the boathouse, but it applies directly to your hands, wrists and shoulders on the water. Here is the reframe. Softness is not the absence of power. It is how power a...