Training for the Complete Rower: A Guide to Improving Performance

by Paul Thompson, Alex Wolf

Overview

This book aims to provide and challenge coaches and rowers with best practice, advice, principles, and training programs to improve their rowing experience and performance. Regardless of whether you are looking to improve on-water performance, set an indoor rowing personal best, or enhance the quality of your training, you will find something of value within these pages. Topics covered include training and technique; egrometer training; specific rowing conditioning; strength training; monitoring and assessing land training; mobility and flexibility; weightlifting technique; trunk training; nutrition; and mental skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785000867
Publisher:	Crowood Press, The
Publication date:	01/25/2016
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Paul Thompson is Great Britain Rowing Team's Chief Coach for Women and Lightweights and has coached World and Olympic champions both for his native Australia and for Great Britain. In 2007 he was the International Rowing Federation's Coach of the Year and was awarded the MBE for services to rowing in 2013. Alex Wolf is the Head of Strength and Conditioning for the English Institute of Sport and has spent over a decade working with elite and high performance athletes in Olympic, Paralympic, and professional sports, including preparing the GB Rowing team for the 2012 Olympics.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6

Preface 7

Introduction 8

1 Performance, Training and Physiological Principles 9

2 Training and Technique 19

3 Rowing Training 38

4 Ergometer Training 46

5 Specific Rowing Conditioning 52

6 Strength Training 56

7 Monitoring and Assessing Land Training 76

8 Mobility and Flexibility 81

9 Weightlifting Technique 91

10 Trunk 104

11 Nutrition 114

12 Mental Skills 121

13 Conclusion 125

Index 126

Editorial Reviews

"With the approaches detailed in this book, were were able to break records on the water and on the rowing machine and face our Olympic final feeling totally prepared and genuinely excited about the challenge. Regardless of your starting point, the guidance in this book will help you take the next steps towards your own goal, and to making your own magic. Good luck!" —Dr Katherine Grainger CBE and Anna Watkins MBE

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