Row Training and Physiology

Rowing

Physiology and Performance

This page is the index site for rowing specific training, performance, and physiology articles. The articles presented here will often assume you understand the basic concepts 

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Article Index

LAST UPDATED: In the process of updating this section now, 2005. If you have results for multple erg tests/races over distances from 500m to 10,000 meters and performed during roughly the same time period, please send them to me, along with your age, height, and gender. I will use the results to write an article and provide some “normative values” for the web page.
 

Physiology of Rowing

Introduction to Rowing.  The quick “who”, and “what”, without the grace and majesty that tells “why”. Pretty much for non-rowers.

 Physiology of Rowing A look under the hood at the engine that drives rowing machines like you and me.

 Analysis of Ergometer Performances by Elite Men and Women, Heavyweight and Lightweight. Physiological implications and relationship with actual on water performance.

Evaluating the Impact of Your Training A national team test you can perform in your own boathouse.

 Rowing Technique- The (very internationally successful) Mike Spracklen Method

 Specialized Strength Training for Rowers- Is the weight room the best place for the rower to be hanging out?

 A letter from a world champion lightweight. Brief thoughts on rowing training and strength training, and an appeal to other lightweights.
 

 Training Plan for a Championship. Danial Baker explains how he used the MAPP to help guide the training plan that carried his rowing team to first ever New England and US Rowing schoolboy “National” championships.
 

The Physics and Physiology Series

 1.  The Stroke An article about force, time, and training     

2.  Rating

 3.  The Start

  4.  Aging:  Physics, Physiology and the Gender Gap in performance