Podcasts about British Rowing

Dr. Chris Shambrook, is a renowned expert in performance psychology with over five Olympic cycles of experience. In this episode, Chris shares his journey from earning a PhD in sports psychology to working extensively with British Rowing, Olympic athletes, and high-performance teams across various sports and business settings.We explore the evolving role of sports psychology in elite environments, discussing how athletes and coaches can integrate psychological skills into daily training rather than treating them as separate sessions. Chris explains the challenge vs. threat mindset, the importance of psychological adaptability, and how mental preparation can influence an athlete's ability to perform under pressure.Additionally, we dive into the nuances of confidence-building, the balance between outcome-driven and process-focused athletes, and the critical role of self-awareness in long-term success. Chris also shares practical strategies for managing expectations, developing resilience, and maintaining performance consistency across different competition scenarios.Chris is now focused on applying his expertise in the corporate world through PlanetK2, where he helps individuals and teams develop high-performance mindsets in business environments. You can learn more about his work at PlanetK2.com or access free high-performance resources at The Performance Room.Tune in for an in-depth discussion on the psychological factors that shape elite athletic performance and how these principles can be applied both in sport and beyond.Support the show

If you could design and build your very own cruise ship, The Jesser Ship” What would that look like?  What activities would be on there, what shows, what would the design be, the different stops, if it was all you and you had to answer to no one what would your ship look like? My ship would be clean. Everything is in its place—a library FULL of books. A track all the way around to run on It would have a pool, and game rooms, a big kitchen to cook in, Full of Mexican food and diet coke. A surf boat would be attached, and a driver would take me surfing. Now think of Yourself, as this lone ship. What career path would you have taken? What dreams would you pursue if it was only the Jesser ship? When I was younger, I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer. I wanted to be a flight nurse. Or a doctor. Every one of us has an ideal “dream, or Jesser, ship” But it doesn't work that way for most of us. What we have in reality, is the “Rydalch ship” We all in a sense give up our dream ships, to be part of a bigger ship, the family ship. We give up some things or come to some compromises as part of our family ships. That family ship takes some sacrifice of each of us. We sacrifice time, desires, wants, money, and needs to keep this family ship afloat and moving forward.  Sometimes the family ship moves slower, sometimes faster, but we are always trying to keep that family ship afloat and moving forward. As we move on our "Family Ship Journey" we can ask ourselves a question similar to the British Rowing team that won gold, "Will this make the boat move forward?" Listen in to today's podcast to hear more about the "Family Ship" and moving that ship forward!   The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy 

In this special edition episode, our hosts meet with Benjamin Pritchard, Paralympian and Freemason. A former cyclist and triathlete, Ben became paralysed from the waist down after a cycling crash in September 2016. He first took up indoor rowing during rehab and was soon noticed by British Rowing staff, joining the para development squad in 2017.He came fifth at the Tokyo Paralympic Games and has achieved two World Championship podiums.Ben's journey from a cycling accident to proudly representing Team GB on the world stage is a powerful testament to resilience, determination, and the strength of the human spirit. Don't forget to tune into the Paralympic games from 28th Aug – 8th Sept to show your support for Ben and the rest of Team GB as they compete for glory and the gold!

With the Paris Paralympic Games just around the corner here on RNIB Connect Radio we are catching up with some of the Paralympics GB visually impaired athletes who will be competing out in Paris with the hope of winning some medals too. At the home of British Rowing in Caversham just outside Reading and on the edge of the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Paralympics GB visually impaired rower Sam Murray who will be competing in Paris in the new PR3 mixed double sculls boat class with Annie Caddic. Rowing in this new event will see Sam fulfil a Paralympic aspiration that started at a talent identification event back in 2007 where he was first noted as a potential rower.  Sam and Annie have rowed together since 2023 and were recently crowned European champions. Sam tells Toby about how he got into rowing, being inspired by tales of his Great Grandfather who was a Thames Lighterman, how he and Annie feel coming into the Paris Games as European Champions in this new boat class, how rowing in the mixed double sculls differs from the mixed coxed four and how it works on the boat between him and Annie. To find out more about the Paris Paralympic Games do visit the official games website - https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/paralympic-games Image shows Sam stood with the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake behind him wearing a navy team GB t shirt with his arms folded looking towards the camera

With the great British Olympic Rowing Team coming back from Paris with 8 medals and the Paralympics GB Rowing squad including visually impaired rower Sam Murray hoping for medals in Paris too. Have you ever wondered about taking up rowing as a blind or partially sighted person whether that might just be for pleasure or maybe having your sights on representing Paralympics GB at a future Paralympic Games? Well, RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey recently caught up with Nick Baker, who is Paralympic Head Coach at British Rowing to find out the best ways to start rowing as a visually impaired person whether it is at your local rowing club or looking at the pathways of getting into the Paralympics GB Rowing Squad.  For details about where to find your nearest rowing club and for more on how to get into Paralympic Rowing do visit the British Rowing website - https://www.britishrowing.org (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Meet Digger Barnes, he is on the Masters Rowing Commission for British Rowing. 01:00 Masters rowing clubs in UK - they tend to be run by masters rowers around the country. The opportunity for anybody to join and learn to row. Digger started at age 45. That's the really good thing about rowing. 03:15 Major regattas and events in Great Britain The British Masters Championships in May - has 2 categories - the masters age group or the intermediate event. The Henley Masters Regatta is in July - run in 2 lanes. Head racing in the winter includes the Vesta Veterans Head of the River in eights during March run on the Thames in London. 05:30 Innovations in masters rowing The connectivity between masters groups is changing since covid. Now the group is pre-planned lineups before going out rowing. All racing is done on points so there is no longer a 'novice' category. There is still age group racing and the points mean they select crews of similar points in separate races when enough enter. In head races the higher point people start at the front of the race. 09:30 Future plans to develop masters rowing The British Masters Champs evolves every year. Time handicaps may get updated to become different for men and women in future to ensure fairer racing. 11:00 Adult novices 80% of clubs are volunteer run and his club has a waiting list for over 100 people wanting to learn to row and the majority are masters. Until we find enough volunteers to help them, we can't take on many novices. It's important not to disappoint them through the first 12 months of their membership. British Rowing does not have a masters strategy or a masters pathway. We have to do what we can locally, the federation won't be helping masters novices. When Digger learned to row in a 10 week beginners course and he knew he couldn't row well after that. He doesn't want others to have the same experience. Want easy live streams like this? Instant broadcasts to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn. Faster Masters uses StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5694205242376192

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The last chance regatta isn't the nicest of titles for an event but the GB women's double sculls don't mind! Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins Bruyne bagged their place in Paris with a brilliant row in the final in Lucerne this weekend, to ensure British Rowing as 10 boats competing this summer - and Becky tells the world to watch out for the rejuvenated British team after the disappointment of Tokyo! We round up the rest of the News from the Games from diving to judo, athletics to swimming And it's 100 days to go til the first ever Paralympics in France - we hear from 2012 legend and Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead and Commonwealth gold medalist Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker on the summer ahead and keeping healthy! This is Anything but Footy - enroute to the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode I'm delighted to speak with Dr Paul Mansell and Dr Katie Sparks. Paul is a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University. Paul completed his PhD in 2023 at the University of Birmingham which investigated the role of trait beliefs in determining stress appraisals, performance and well-being. Paul continues to research in this area, with a specific focus on stress mindset and irrational beliefs. Specifically, Paul has constructed an intervention informed by the REBT framework to enhance well-being and performance under pressure. Katie is a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University and is currently undertaking her PhD at University of Birmingham. Katie is also a mindfulness practitioner. She previously worked with British Rowing as a Performance Lifestyle Advisor and ran psychology educational workshops within their talent development pathway. Paul and Katie discuss the findings of a study that investigated whether a multimodal cognitive-behavioural intervention could enhance young athletes' psychological well-being and performance. The intervention employed a combination of education and reappraisal delivered in 6 × 1-hour group workshops. Content included stress mindset, irrational beliefs, self-compassion, and imagery. They found that teaching athletes simple cognitive behavioural techniques can change their ‘stress mindset' and, in turn, enhance their wellbeing and performance.

In this episode of Last Stroke Counts, we are honoured to host a true rowing luminary, Martin Cross, a quadruple Olympian, Olympic Champion, and the esteemed voice of World Rowing. Martin, with his iconic voice, has been at the heart of rowing commentary, bringing races to life for fans around the globe. His journey through the sport offers a unique window into the evolution of rowing over the past five decades. Martin takes us back to the beginning, sharing how he first dipped his oars into the waters of rowing and what the landscape of the sport looked like in the 70s and 80s. He recounts his experiences with vivid detail, from the tense atmosphere of the Moscow Olympics, marred by boycotts, to the triumphant gold medal win at the Los Angeles Olympics alongside Steve Redgrave, under the guidance of the legendary coach Mike Spracklen. Through Martin's eyes, we witness the pivotal moments and the significant changes within British Rowing, leading to the formation of a national squad that would go on to dominate the world stage. His narratives not only capture the essence of his Olympic voyages but also paint a picture of the sport's growth, evolution and the challenges faced along the way. So, tune in & join us as we embark on a journey through rowing history with one of the sport's most iconic figures. This episode is a treasure of insights, anecdotes, and reflections from a man who has not only achieved the pinnacle of Olympic success but has also dedicated his life to promoting and sharing his love for rowing, where every last stroke counts. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @martincross @laststrokecounts @rowgearuk @thomasclark.gb @piotrgggolawski

The much anticipated episode of The Burnt Chef Journal is out now! Joining Founder, Kris Hall, is Dr Sarah Gilchrist FBASES. Dr Sarah Gilchrist FBASES, spent over 20 years working in the high performance sport industry, latterly as a Technical Lead for the UK Sports Institute (formerly the English Institute of Sport) and Senior Physiologist with British Rowing. Her doctorate specialised in sleep and athletic performance and she now provides consultancy on a range of performance areas, particularly relating to sleep health, through her own consultancy, Gilchrist Performance. She is on the Advisory Board for the Sleep Charity, a fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and is High Performance Sport Accredited.   This conversation covered the importance and accessibility of naps, and why sleep is much needed for our cognitive system.   Let us know if you found this topic insightful!     References for conversation: Why sleep matters — the economic costs of insufficient sleep: A cross-country comparative analysis | RAND The Sleep Charity  & National Sleep Helpline 03303 530 541 Home - Teen Sleep Hub Sleepio or Sleepstation – CBTi NHS: Insomnia NHS: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Royal College of General Practitioners Mind Mental Health First Aid England

To purchase a copy of 'Water's Gleaming Gold' with an exclusive Broken Oars Listener discount, please go to:    https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/biography/waters-gleaming-gold-hb and quote " BROKENOARS " at the checkout page. This discount code will allow you to buy the book at a 15% discount - and enjoy one of the great rowing stories!    -----   Welcome back, dear listeners, to the world's greatest podcast about the art, practice and lifestyle that is pushing a boat backwards down a river.   Today, author Gavin Jamieson joins your genial hosts of the Northern One and the Southern One to talk about his fantastic new book 'Water's Gleaming Gold' - a biography and celebration of the life of Hugh 'Jumbo' Edwards.   This is not just one of rowing's great untold stories - Jumbo was a Boat Race winner, Henley winner, Olympic champion and one of the great rowing thinkers and coaches through one of the golden ages of British Rowing - but a story of a rich and full life rich and fully lived.     We explore the reasons that led Gavin to research and tell Jumbo's story and the world and lives he uncovered on that journey and brought into the light. We talk about British rowing in the 1920's and 1930's, back when it was one of the sports the nation stopped for; look at the challenges Jumbo faced; and talk about how he not only met and overcame them, but rose to become the greatest British oarsman of his generation, and with it, the world's greatest.   It's a fantastic chat with a fantastic guest about a fantastic chapter in rowing history.   Listen to it, and then go and buy the book. We've managed to wangle you a discount!   To purchase a copy of 'Water's Gleaming Gold' with an exclusive Broken Oars Listener discount, please go to:   https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/biography/waters-gleaming-gold-hb   This discount code will allow you to buy the book at a 15% discount - and enjoy one of the great rowing stories!    And Christmas is coming? All eight, what are you waiting for?   ------   Enjoyed this episode?   Buy us a coffee, download a training plan, and support us so we can carry on making Broken Oars Podcast, the best rowing podcast in the world.   https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brokenoarsd   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/brokenoarspodc1   Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelandingstage/                                           www.instagram.com/brokenoarsindoors/   Read more Broken Oars: www.thelandingstage.net  

How do we judge our greatest ever Olympian? We'd love to hear from you on your thoughts... As Sir Mo Farah retires at the age of 40 in his last Great North Run - somewhere he's won 6 times - it's time to reflect on his outstanding track career and double double at London 2012 and Rio 2016. But is he better than Sir Steve Redgrave, Jason or Laura Kenny? We round up the GNR results and hear from Charlotte Purdue, Sammi Kinghorn and David Weir. The Brits are back on the water - we have a full British Rowing review of the World Championships Novak Djokovic IS the greatest (just not the GOAT!) and there's Para table tennis and latest News from the Games too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Qualifying as many boats as possible for the Paris 2024 Games... The aim of British Rowing as 62 strong Olympic and Paralympic team named for the 2023 World Rowing Champions in Belgrade this coming week... We hear from 6 members of British Rowing in this special episode - reigning world champs Oli Wilkes and David Ambler of the men's four, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw from the Women's quadruple sculls and Frankie Allen and Morgan Fice-Noyes from the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Racing equivalence for masters depends on using time handicaps. Does this work well? Can it be improved? What would you change? Timestamps 02:00 What are handicaps? Welcome our guest, Christopher Anton, a World Rowing multi-lane umpire. Handicaps were introduced 1980-1990s to try and level the playing field for crews of different age. There are tables which are standard times - based on regatta distance and the masters age groups which then indicate the handicaps by age group. The younger crew starts after the older crew and if everything works perfectly, they will dead heat on the finish line. The regatta organisers publish a set of standard times before the regatta starts. Now in the UK they race over 2 or 3 categories of adjacent age groups. Scotland has a different set of tables than England. 05:30 The timetables have been derived empirically over the years. US Rowing has a formula depending on the average age of the crews which deducts time at the end of the race. There are advantages and disadvantages of both methods. It's an art more than a science. In England the older crew wins about half the races. 08:50 Head races use the tables but this was introduced more recently. The tables were extrapolated out to 50 minute long races. The handicap gets deducted from the elapsed time at the finish. 11:00 Are handicaps a good thing for masters rowing? Christopher thinks generally they are good. They provide racing opportunities where they wouldn't before when insufficient entries are received in a single age group. Handicaps were not designed to enable a 27 year old to race an 80 year old. In UK they tend to use 10 year age bands. They shouldn't be used as a way to get out of giving prizes - Head Races use them to give one prize for masters. 13:30 British Rowing Championships introduced a "Club" race which uses 3 age groups together along with ranking points. This is A, B and C; then D, E and F as a separate group. These show better correlation than age. This is for non-championship events. So they do not use handicaps. British Rowing ranking points explained for seeding each heat in the event. These roughly correlate with speed. With a tailwind the "standard time" for the course would reduce to account for the wind. 18:00 British Rowing are reviewing their handicaps - they haven't changed since they were first set up. The older age categories were extrapolated from the younger ones. Should handicaps, be the same for men, women and mixed? If an F sculler has a 15 second handicap should this be the same for women? Menopause affects women so their times degrade more steeply than men. 21:00 The Concept2 world ranking is a big data source for erg race times as they are globally comparable. More women in 50-60s train more frequently nowadays so we better understand diet and strength training post-menopause which affects race times. There are higher levels of competition into age 70s. Marlene has seen men who stay in good fitness through their 50s and 60s don't get erg times dropping off a lot until they are over 70. 24:00 Are the handicaps appropriate for those new to the sport in their 40s? Pathway for the adult beginner. The San Diego Crew Classic introduced a new rower / intermediate category for masters in their first 5 years of rowing based on Faster Masters recommendation. Skill is a bigger determinant than age for beginners. British Rowing no longer has a novice category. But river regattas are offering races for masters new to the sport. New Zealand rowing offers a. novice year for your first year after you have entered your first race. Masters practice less frequently than juniors and so Rebecca is encouraging regattas to offer events for those new to the sport (3, 4 or 5 years). Christopher thinks British Rowing could look at having intermediate level event races. 30:00 FISA Masters Champs has a big entry for popular events e.g. E1x and FIx. can have 50-60 entries. They put you in heats in order of age - you may be against F age or older. It ensures fairness by age and you can end up in the oldest heat when nobody in the race is actually an F age. FISA has no appetite for change because they have enough entries in every category. By comparison, the World Masters Games has heats, semis and finals so you know who the overall winner is. The skill levels are very different at older age categories. The Euro masters had heats racing together at the end after day for small boats in order to try to find the overall champion. In Australia they have a 10 lane supreme sculler handicap race at the end of the regatta for all the single scull age group winners. #rowing #Mastersrowing #worldrowing Want easy live streams like this? Instant broadcasts to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn. Faster Masters uses StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5694205242376192

Top headlines for Tuesday, August 8, 2023In this episode, we begin with the untimely passing of Liberty University's freshman offensive lineman, Tajh Boyd, who was known for his deep faith and ritual of praying before each game. The mystery surrounding the cause of his death remains. We then delve into the alarming disappearance of a beloved Texas pastor and the devoted search efforts being made throughout the state. Lastly, we highlight the distressing dilemma faced by an Oregon woman battling breast cancer, who claims she was dropped by her primary care doctor due to her opinions on their display of a transgender pride flag. Subscribe to this Podcast Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Overcast Follow Us on Social Media @ChristianPost on Twitter Christian Post on Facebook @ChristianPostIntl on Instagram Subscribe on YouTube Get the Edifi App Download for iPhone Download for Android Subscribe to Our Newsletter Subscribe to the Freedom Post, delivered every Monday and Thursday Click here to get the top headlines delivered to your inbox every morning! Links to the News Liberty University offensive lineman Tajh Boyd dies at 19 | U.S. News Police ask for public's help in search for missing Texas pastor | U.S. News Thousands join search for missing Texas pastor | U.S. News Pro-life activist targeted in FBI raid is running for Congress | Politics News Oklahoma governor's executive order enacts Women's Bill of Rights | Politics News Louisiana classrooms now required to display ‘In God We Trust' | U.S. News North Texas district votes to provide schools with armed guards | U.S. News Calif. school board threatened over parent notification policy | U.S. News Breast cancer patient dropped by Oregan clinic after complaint | U.S. News British Rowing bars trans-identified males from women's events | World News ‘Jesus Revolution' rising on Netflix's top 10 trending list | Entertainment News ‘Unsung Hero' tells life of Rebecca St. James, for King & Country | Entertainment News

Stati Uniti, afroamericana all'ottavo mese di gravidanza arrestata per errore. 'Barbie' record, supera 1 miliardo di dollari nel mondo. Ballerino afroamericano ucciso a New York, arrestato un 17enne. Simone Biles è tornata. Nigeria, il primo titolo AfroBasket della storia a un'allenatrice donna. Uganda, test di paternità e polemiche. Le donne transgender non saranno autorizzate a competere nella categoria femminile degli eventi di canottaggio della British Rowing.

Sam Boylett-Long has been an accredited S&C coach with the UKSCA since 2012. Since completing his MSc in Human Performance in 2015, Sam has worked with a number of Women's Football internationals during his 4 year spell with Reading Women.In January 2020 Sam began working with the GB Rowing team providing S&C and sport science support, leading various projects including warm up strategies - maximising physical readiness & developing objective diagnostics for Fmax assessment. In this episode Sam discusses: His winding road into full-time S&C Coaching. His time at Reading FC Women's team at the start of the Super League. A baptism of fire in Namibia with British Rowing during Covid. The various components that make up elite rowing performance. You can keep up to date with Sam via his Twitter: Sam Boylett_Long and his Instagram: @Sam_boylettlong . To learn more about the LTAD Network check out www.ltadnetwork.com  or follow on Instagram: @ltadnetwork or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ltadnetwork  . You can keep up to date with Athletic Evolution via our www.athleticevolution.co.uk  , Instagram: @athleticevouk and Twitter: @athleticevouk .

It is a privilege to have a  guest join me on the podcast; Oonagh Cousins is a professional athlete living with Long Covid. Oonagh made the difficult decision during Christmas 2022 to retire from her rowing career and from her place on the British rowing team. Oonagh talks openly with me about her journey with Long Covid, the impact of her symptoms and trying to rehab with her old club ULBC before rejoining the British rowing team in September 2020.We talk about the sterotypes of Long Covid and the difference in Oonagh's experience, due to her being an athlete. Oonagh talks openly about her Long Covid journey, and her loss and the experience of loss everyone has in different ways with Long Covid. Oonagh talks about her return to exercise following a year and a half of rest and recovery, Oonagh explained her return to exercise was not graded exercise and she worked with a physiologist to workout what was possible. Unfortunately Oonagh was then diagnosed with Dysautonomia and eventually she experienced a relapse. We talk about Oonagh's decision to leave her rowing career and her thoughts for the future among much more. I thank Oonagh for joining me on the podcast and hope you enjoy this episode, as always take care. My Links:https://linktr.ee/joulesthttps://twitter.com/julieTa58407536https://www.facebook.com/livingwithlongcovid/https://www.instasgram.com/julietaylor9545https://amzn.eu/d/9v9MP4vhttps://amzn.eu/d/1QVK8zn - Return to work plannerhttps://amzn.eu/d/a1Safxc - well-being planner https://www.julie-t.com/ - Julie Taylor life coaching website

Broken Oars Podcast, and your genial hosts Lewin (Southern, oppressive) and Aaron (Northern, oppressed) return ...   ... and you'll notice that we're practically fizzing with glee as we do.   Why?   Because we're joined by Peter Holmes.   We are no strangers to hyperbole on Broken Oars Podcast. Our episode blurbs are masterpieces in the art of all of its forms: hyperbole, repetitive hyperbole, deflationary hyperbole, inflationary hyperbole and (our favourite) the sort of hyperbole Han got out of the Millennium Falcon only done with oars.   (Give me ten on the legs and horizon this bunch of sadsacks, now ... ! is a call neither of us have ever used (much)).    But in this instance, we are somewhat underselling it when we say that Pete is one of rowing's great coaches, thinkers and communicators.   Beginning his rowing journey at Latymer, and continuing during his time at Cambridge, Pete's engagement with rowing developed in tandem and conversation with his younger brother, Andy - an individual who remains one of the undersung heroes of British Rowing despite being a double-Olympic champion, fierce and committed competitor and an outstanding oarsman who, among others, inspired the young Matthew Pinsent to take up the sport.   Applying the insights about boatmoving that Andy was learning, applying and developing while working with Spracklen and Redgrave as he moved on to teach and coach at Eton, St. Paul's, the University of Manchester and Agecroft, Pete developed a coaching ethos centered on empowering athletes to own and take control of their development and progression by understanding and embracing what actually moves a boat.   In this freewheeling, insightful and essential episode we discuss what actually moves a boat - pressure against the pin against the blade - and explore what the logical outcome of this means for the rowing stroke: it is the application of maximum pressure through the arc of the stroke from beginning to end that moves the boat the most efficiently.   Breaking down how we can translate that to the actual practise of rowing leads to a fascinating conversation on avoiding coaching mood music; the importance of avoiding fads and fashions; why the first step in any squad journey must be standardising equipment so that it can then be individualised to the rower later in the programme; the importance of knowing why you do the drills you do; why the search for magic bullets is part of human nature but ultimately unproductive ...    ... and why the most important question a rower can ask is 'why' (because it leads to the understanding of 'how').   Some of this might be counter-intuitive to modern orthodoxies; it might challenge some preconceptions, but this a masterclass on a par with Drew Ginn's much-heralded episode on Broken Oars. Pete puts a lifetime of knowledge on the art and practice of moving a boat well in this podcast, coaching, what makes a rower, what makes a crew, training, and more beside ...   And he's currently not coaching?   Someone snap that man up for their programme!     Get some!   All Eight? Drive the legs like you're kicking a burning dog off you... ----- Try listening to us with a coffee - and if you're feeling generous, stand us one.   Buy us a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/brokenoarsD?new=1   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/brokenoarspodc1   Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelandingstage/                                           www.instagram.com/brokenoarsindoors/  

Welcome to another episode of the For Stars Podcast, where today we get to hear from Fergus Mainland. The man behind the mic for “The End of The Island Podcast”, also apart of the Junior Rowing News media accounts, Mainland has always had his foot somewhere in the sport of rowing, whether that be podcasting, writing, researching, or even commentating for British University Championships and Henley Women's Regatta. Fergus attended Newcastle University for five years, where he rowed for their crew team; yet, had to part ways when he was diagnosed with Glandular Fever. He chose to not let his illness get to him, and with the love he has for this sport, decided he could start coaching and being the President for the club team there at Newcastle. Him and some of his friends, established “The End of the Island Podcast” in April of 2020, which is affiliated with Junior Rowing News (JRN) during the world shutdown, and it has been an absolute hit, with people listening internationally! Mainland has been involved with Junior Rowing News for the past six years, but the actual organization, has been around for over a decade. JRN, a company of 40-50 people, partnered with British Rowing, is comprised of race previews that are volunteered-based from junior rowing athletes, where athletes get to preview races all around the UK. Hudson and Fergus discuss the overall impact and initiative that Junior Rowing News and “The End of The Island Podcast” has had on rowing as a whole, the differences that we see in rowing in the United States and the United Kingdom, how he has dealt with his illness, the naming behind his podcast, and even his love for football and the dynamic of collegiate rowing and all sports in the United States overall. Be sure to tune into this epic episode and Fergus' show “The End of the Island Podcast”!Xeno Müller - Elite Rowing Coach Make your rowing dreams real! Use Code “FORSTARS” for $100 OFF on your desired training package!Headsweats USE CODE: "FORSTARS25" for 25% OFF!

Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast. This week I am talking to Alison Mowbray, former Olympic medal winning rower in the British Rowing Team, and current leadership development consultant and coach. Alison initially pursued an academic career in microbiology, got her PhD, became a science teacher… and then tried out for national selection in the British Rowing Team. She's competed at the Olympics twice and won silver as part of the quad sculls team in 2004. After retiring Alison continued to set and achieve her goals that included ultra-marathons, an autobiography, becoming a rowing coach, hiking, dancing tango, and more! Phewf! Join us to hear more about how Alison pursues her goals and what she has learnt about ikigai and her life's purpose along the way.If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. In this episode you'll hear:How Alison pursued an academic path in Science, getting her PhD and becoming a science teacher before making the British Rowing Team at the age of 27How Alison decided what to do next after retiring from international rowingWhat marathon running taught Alison about how we can limit ourselves by the goals we setAbout the importance of doing things for yourself rather than always waiting for an external motivationAlison's advice on not judging what gives your life purpose, or comparing it to other people'sAbout Alison:Alison was on the British Rowing team for seven years and competed in five World Championships and two Olympic Games. Not being particularly sporty at school and having not even stepped in a boat until she went to Liverpool University at the age of 18, Alison then kept rowing on the back burner for many years while she pursued an academic career. Having achieved a 1st Class degree in Microbiology from Liverpool and a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Cambridge University, Alison moved to London to train as a science teacher and attempt National selection. She made the British Rowing team that year at the age of 27. Two years later, she achieved last minute qualification for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, where she finished 10th in the single sculls event. Alison worked part-time as a science teacher while training full-time towards the Athens Olympics and in 2004, at the age of 33 and in the last race of her career achieved an Olympic silver medal in the final of the quad sculls. Retiring from international sport, Alison was a science teacher for several years alongside a developing career in Inspirational Speaking. She now works as a Leadership Development Consultant and Coach, hikes long-distance trails, runs marathons and ultra-marathons, dances tango and sings in a local choir. Alison also still coaches rowing, including to local children in Zambia in 2022.Alison wrote and published her autobiography: Gold Medal Flapjack. Silver Medal Life in 2013 and is currently finishing a Science/Lifestyle book called The 10 Healthy Habits.Connect with Alison:Autobiography: Gold Medal Flapjack. Silver Medal LifeLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alison-mowbray-33b36a13Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alisonmowbray.feelinginspired/Connect with JenniferLinked In:

Sue Stockdale talks to Dr. Sarah Gilchrist about the subject of sleep. With over 60% of the British population reporting that they have poor sleep quality, and an estimated 1 in 3 suffering from insomnia or sleep deprivation, it's a topic that has a significant impact on our health and wellbeing.Dr. Sarah Gilchrist FBASES spent over 20 years working in the high-performance sport industry latterly as a Technical Lead for the English Institute of Sport and Senior Physiologist with British Rowing. Her doctorate specialises in sleep and athletic performance, and she now provides consultancy on a range of performance areas, particularly relating to sleep health. She is on the Advisory Board for the Sleep Charity, a fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and is High Performance Sport Accredited. Find out more about Dr. Sarah Gilchrist:Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/gilchristperf/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sarah-gilchrist-ab8773150/ Twitter. https://twitter.com/SarahLGilchrist Website www.gilchristperformance.co.uk Key Quotes:'Your Dracula hormone, melatonin only comes out at night, and it reacts to dim light'.'Insomnia is the biggest form of sleep deprivation in the UK'.'Throughout women's life cycle, sleep is affected, so it's normal'.'Have you got a strategy to get good sleep? Most people say, no, I don't think about it'.This series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. https://squadcast.fmRead the transcription for this episode on www.accesstoinspiration.org and connect with us:Twitter www.twitter.com/accessinspirat1 Facebook www.facebook.com/accesstoinspiration Instagram www.instagram.com/accesstoinspiration LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/access-to-inspiration/Sign up for our newsletter http://eepurl.com/hguX2b Read our Impact Report https://bit.ly/3hElalv Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra (he/him)Producer: Sue Stockdale (she/her)

Probably best viewed on YouTube but...   The Posh Southern one heads out on a journey to examine the biggest winners and losers in the Indoor Rowing and Rowing channels on YT, on YT. Amongst theses luminaries are Cam Buchan , Scots Sculler Extraordinaire, Austin Hendrickson's Training Tall, Shane Farmer's Darkhorse Rowing, British Rowing's own criminally underinvested in Go Row Indoors videos, The Awesome Asensei, and the even more awesome RowAlong from John Steventon. Cam Buchan - https://www.youtube.com/c/CameronBuchan Training Tall - https://www.youtube.com/c/TrainingTall Dark Horse Rowing - https://www.youtube.com/c/DarkHorseRo... British Rowing - https://www.youtube.com/user/britishr... asensei - https://www.youtube.com/c/asensei RowAlong - https://www.youtube.com/c/RowAlongFre... These are all good, the last two are awesome Oh and Ame in a Van, only has 175k subscribers. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMoX... Its Isabel Paige, who spends a lot of time looking "Wistful" in the wilderness on a very hi def camera that has 3/4 million subs. https://www.youtube.com/user/pinsandn...  

Ladies and Gentleman,   When we're in the presence of greatness, we sometimes do one sentence introductions, like this:   Harry Brightmore - World Champion, GB Men's Eight.   And to be honest, we could leave it there and we'd be justified in doing so.   But we can't, and it isn't just because the Northern One who writes our episode descriptions has a tendency towards sesquipedalian logorrhea (Leave him alone! He's bought these words! He's going to use all of them!).   No, it's because after a difficult last cycle culminating in Tokyo and lots of people, not all of whom were qualified to do so, pointing fingers in all directions (and you'll notice that yes, we did some finger-wagging, but as athletes we came down heavily on the side of supporting and backing the people who actually put their bodies on the line rather than getting involved in managerial flame wars), British Rowing has bounced back in some style.    The entire squad basically used the recent World Champions in the same way rock stars use a sold out arena venue - as a stage and a chance to show off the performances they've been working on in private: The British athletes put in stellar displays across the board, capped by the GB Men's Eight storming to Gold.   Now, anyone who has ever rowed will tell you that an Eight is only as good as its Cox. Seriously, try getting eight strong-willed, opinionated driven individuals to get the boat off the rack together (let alone send them down the track like a scalded cheetah) with a drafted in bored junior who'd rather be elsewhere and then come back and tell us how long it took you to get on the water and how crap the outing was as a result.   As we continue to be allowed to make episodes, Lewin and I realise with every passing conversation how lucky we actually were at Agecroft - not just in terms of facilities, culture and oustanding coaches and rowers, but in terms of having Coxswains like Maddie, Lucy, Valerie and Liz as part of our crew. Their word was law, their calls were actioned without question (on the water), their outings were meticulous, so were they and we were and became better rowers and crews as a result.   Believe us: Thanks to them, we know that coxing is an art, and a science - just like moving a boat.   And great as they are, with Henley medals in sock drawers, Harry Brightmore is next generation and next level.   Now, we're always guilty of saying that our latest episode is the best thing we've ever done ... because usually it is.   However, this one is a must for any rower, coach, manager or individual who is really genuinely interested in maximising themselves and those around them. It's a truly fantastic deep dive, not only into Harry's evolution from promising young footballer to World Champion cox, but also the pressures and practices that drove and shaped that development.   We talk about how early disappointment was translated into inner drive; how that became passion when we found rowing; and then how a clear-eyed assessment of his own personal psychology and identity helped spur his development and coxing practice.   Lewin and I have occasionally cavilled about British Rowing's lack of transparency about certain things, but Harry takes us through the processes and paradigms that inform the life and work of a GB elite athlete - resulting in a frank, insightful and illuminating conversation that really is essential listening.   Get a pen. Take notes. We did. (To follow Harry and GB's journey, catch up with him on: @brightmoreharry @harry_brightmore www.britishrowing.org/athlete/harry-brightmore/ )   All Eight. Meet Harry. Get Some!   Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code BROKENOARS at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod  

Usually Broken Oars Podcast returns with a spring in its step and a song in its heart - we love doing this podcast, because we get to do what every rower everywhere does when they're in the company of another rower: talk about rowing, and rowers, and water, and boats, and training, and racing, and cake, and seals, and otters, and ... when we were at Agecroft ...   When we were in the war ...   Shut up, Granddad. Get hep to the new sounds going around, Daddio!   However, we're returning with somewhat grim looks as World Rowing has returned a positive drug test for an indoor rower called Christopher Bailey and sanctioned him to a ban.   This is in itself a major blow for our sport.   If you're an indoor rower you're just as much a rower as a water rower.   However, what made the blow doubly depressing is that Lewin got in touch with Christopher Bailey - and the long and the short of their conversation was that Christopher Bailey doesn't feel he did anything wrong as he wasn't using the PED's he tested positive for at the time that he failed the test.   Not that he didn't didn't use them.   That he wasn't using them at the time he was tested.   That Christopher Bailey was up front and honest about the fact that he used the PED's; and that he was upset that he has been labelled a drug cheat because HE WASN'T USING THEM AT THE TIME HE TESTED POSITIVE is significant.   It's significant because it highlights the chilling cultural difference between sports that take PED use for granted and accept it, like body building, power lifting and fitness influencing, which is Christopher Bailey's background ... and sports that say if you take PED's AT ANY POINT you are a drug user and drug cheat ... like, well, like every other sport really, but especially rowing.   So, in this episode, Lewin and I get deep into the weeds about Christopher Bailey's positive test. As well as talking about how to make an otter by taking a seal, some dog hair, and some Pritt Stick, we get into the science behind what Christopher Bailey took (Masterone); we talk through the effects of Masterone; what it's used for as a PED; and what it means in terms of performance - in body building, physique training, and endurance sports like rowing.   We discuss Christopher Bailey's position (I'm not a cheat, because I wasn't taking them at the time I was tested and competing) and tease out what it means for rowing if sportsmen and women from sporting cultures that accept, encourage, condone or support drug use, whether tacitly or explicitly cross over via the gateway of indoor rowing competitions to rowing itself - and what that means for a sport whose culture is explicitly and tacitly that 'we don't take PED's. Ever.'   We look at how the narcissism of the screen age fuels PED use; and how that has fuelled an the acceptance of PED use among influencers and related sports; before expressing our fears about how this acceptance can potentially cross over into all sports - and what that means for rowing, where the culture depends on acceptance and trust in the collective and the individual.   We can usually find the good in most things and generally there is very little that we can't make a quip about. But on this occasion, we definitively state that although we want people to come into rowing and stay in rowing, if you take PED's to make yourself fitter, faster, stronger, more muscular, or for other personal internal pyschological reasons ...   Find a different sport.   (And in case you think we've gone all serious, we also invent Anna Bolic, a steriod-addled fitness influencer who keeps crapping her liver out. It won't go in The Beano, so dear Viz, please get in touch. We've got ideas for storylines. We also talk about meeting things with a plum and the Battle of Richmond).   All eight? Don't get some!   Our trial period with Manscaped continues, so you can still get 20% off all Manscaped products by using the promo code 'brokenoars' at the manscaped website. Get smooth and smell beautiful with Manscaped and Broken Oars.   Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code BROKENOARS at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod

Michael Cordova began experimenting with flotation therapy over a decade ago as a way to cope with the stress of his job. Now, he is the co-founder of https://www.floating-point.co.uk/ (Floating Point Float Centre) in Pangbourne, UK and regularly appears on BBC Radio Berkshire's wellbeing panel. Michael gave the world's first TEDx Talk on Floatation Therapy and his float practice currently partners with British Rowing to support the performance and recovery of Olympic athletes. In this episode, Michael discusses his thoughts, observations, and the history of the science-backed methodology of floatation therapy. You'll gain a better understanding on the benefits and why sensory deprivation is important considering the busy world we live in today. If you've ever been curious about floating - including the best time to float, what to expect, and getting over the fear of stepping in the tank - tune in for tips on getting started! Want to expand your knowledge of flotation therapy even further? Check out the Flotation Tank Association'shttps://www.floatation.org/ ( website) for more resources. Follow the Floating Point Float Centre onhttps://www.instagram.com/floating_point_uk/ ( Instagram) andhttps://www.facebook.com/FloatingPointFloatCentre ( Facebook) for the latest news and offerings in flotation therapy. Watch Michael's TedX Talkhttps://youtu.be/vfhafntHB40 ( here). Add Michael's newest book to your reading list: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B3XWKW3S/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2D4AFQ7AJYR2L&keywords=beneath+the+blue+book&qid=1655123090&s=digital-text&sprefix=beneath+the+blue+book%2Caps%2C62&sr=1-3 (Beneath The Blue - Enhancing Your Float Session) available on https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B3XWKW3S/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2D4AFQ7AJYR2L&keywords=beneath+the+blue+book&qid=1655123090&s=digital-text&sprefix=beneath+the+blue+book%2Caps%2C62&sr=1-3 (Amazon)! If you like the Natural Evolution Podcast like us, subscribe, review, and share us with your friends, and come join ourhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/831283146908660 ( Rebel Health Tribe group on Facebook.)

Ladies and Gentlemen, to celebrate our fiftieth release we have brought you ...    (Drum roll ....)   The Head of British Rowing!   (And in case you were wondering, Hodge, the rest of Mark's body is still attached).   Now, the clever among you (hullo all natural bowsiders) will be quick to point out that this is actually Episode 38. But because of our numbering system and our extra Broken Thoughts and Broken Doors Indoors episodes, we have reached a podcast landmark. That's right - 50 dollops of high quality content. (You can argue about the high quality appellation among yourselves), spread over two glorious years (when most of you though we wouldn't last the week. Okay. Just us. We thought we wouldn't last the week).   We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this landmark than by welcoming Mark Davies on for a chat. Like our episode with Drew Ginn, this episode has been a long time in the making. We first had a chat with Mark about coming on back in lockdown 1.0. However, all good things come to those who wait (a metaphor for a rowing finish if ever we heard one), and this is a good thing.   A rower and successful Boat Race cox in his own right, and a founder member and driving force behind Crabtee, Mark's work in the private sector led to roles with British Archery and then the hottest of hot seats when he became Chair of British Rowing.   This chat touches on his trajectory through the sport through to this role, offering a fascinating and even-handed insight into the challenges, opportunities and responsibilities the NGB has in its oversight of the sport.   Driven by the belief that an essential part of his role is to leave the sport in a better place than he found it (which, in truth, is a stewardship responsibility we all share), he talks open and candidly about British Rowing's progress in this regard. From the essential need to balance the books to stopping the relentless churn of rowers (10,000 leave the sport every year ...) and where we might be if we could slow and then stop that to the reset opportunities that Covid provided, why rowing has been undersold in this country and the social and cultural impact the sport can have if we change that, to the Zoom Ergos revolution, the importance of community and the next four years ...   This is essential listening.   And yes, we always say that.   And yes, we always mean it.   But this is the Chair of British Rowing, who admits he and his team have faced their fair share of criticism and opprobrium talking openly, clearly and passionately about how we can all be the guardians of our sport and see it thrive.   Get some!   Head single. No. We've Already Done That Joke. We Really Are Going To Have to Chop Your Head Off. Why? Have You Seen Your Finish? Criminal.

After a bumper weekend of rowing we bring you all of the action from NSR 2022. Fergus and Tom are joined by Camilla's other half and NSR Commentator, Will Horrocks as well as Leon Redman, Henley Rowing Club's Lead Junior Women's Coach. 28 minutes into the episode we've got an Interview with Mark Wilkinson, Head of Rowing at The Windsor Boys' School. If you're looking for all the action from Belgrade and World Cup 1 then check out the latest edition of The Debrief, in partnership with British Rowing all over their socials.This episode is sponsored by Square Blades. Established in 2014 as an online shop based in the historic city of Chester, Square Blades is a Rowing inspired lifestyle brand. They take their inspiration from the heritage and history of British rowing and American crew to bring you timeless, premium quality, clothing.  https://squareblades.com/ 

We're back! Double and Trouble once again with the only rowing podcast that matters (apart from all the others).   In this episode, Lewin and I go back to our roots. With no guest, we simply chat about what's been interesting, annoying or inspiring us in the world of rowing (and indeed the world beyond) at this moment in time.   So, in this episode, for your listening delight and delectation we give you our thoughts, such as they are, on subjects as diverse as THAT Guardian article; comms speak; Eric Murray Dancing With The Stars On Ice and SMASHING IT; Tom George and the future of the monarchy; Thames and what punishments British Rowing should impose for their riding roughshod and mobhanded over the British Rowing system (no Henley this year would be a start); the prospect of an online onwater Viking Rowing Challenge League and why it should damned well happen, British Rowing ...     ... and the difference between a proverb, an aphorism and an axiom.   Bow pair: a proverb, an aphorism and an axiom walk into a bar one day. The axiom says to the proverb ...

A Broken Thoughts where the Northern One goes off, perhaps ill-advisedly, on a recent article on British Rowing, asking when language became something you used for inaccuracy, infelicity and misrepresentation and what happened to holding your hands up and saying 'Yep. I got it wrong.'   And yes, I do call you Geoff, Greg.   Aren't mistakes annoying?  

Season 3 of Great British Bosses, the podcast from Anything but Footy speaking to the men and women behind the scenes of sport in the UK, continues with a pair of special Paralympic and Olympic guests.As well as rowing for Paralympics GB, Benjamin Pritchard sits on the board for Welsh Rowing, which along with British Rowing, is behind the staging of the World Rowing Coastal Championships and Beach Sprint Finals this year in Wales. Jack Beaumont is a rare Team GB rower who won a medal at the delayed Tokyo 2020.We catch up with them both ahead of the events in Saundersfoot over two weekends in October - and Benjamin praises the greatest PR1 Para rower Ukrainian Roman Polianskyi. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Broken Oars Podcast, and your genial hosts Lewin (Southern One) and Aaron (Northern One) return with what could be our most important and insightful episode yet.   Oh, you always say that, you podding scallywags.   Well, yes, we do.   And we always mean it too.   On this occasion, though, it might just be true.   We're joined on this episde by Dan Armstrong, former junior performance pathway rower, former Durham University rower, current Durham University Coach and Tyne University Head Coach. Starting with his introduction to the sport in a non-traditional rowing area (Hexham, Northumberland) and discussing how opportunity can be as important as parental or personal inclination in opening a door, we go on to look at how rowing can be identify forming in junior athletes - and the challenges that brings when it becomes an all-consuming synonym for the individual.    Talking openly and honestly about how his own experiences of trying to juggle being a High Performance athlete with family life, the demands of university, and developing into a fully rounded human being all at the same time led to his eventual burnout, Dan goes on to address how his trajectory through the sport and subsequent transition into coaching meshes with the demands and expectations placed on the modern coach; the challenges and responsibilities he feels for his athletes and the sport; why specialisation ultimately always beats standardisation and where British Rowing is heading with our Olympic slots under threat.   In tracing Dan's journey from a state-school rowing club in a non-rowing area through to his current role as a coach at one of the country's most prestigious HP programmes, alongside his role in Tyne United's community orientated approach, this episode ties together all of the threads and levels of British Rowing in a fascinatiing, nuanced and expansive deep dive into Broken Oar's Podcast's key themes and interests.   Oh, and we also define where the North begins and ends; establish the limits of sports science and the importance of data; talk about PED use in elite sport; why the stance on Modafinil use was indicative of the rot setting in; and why the Northern One has the finish of a sweep oarsman, no matter how many hours he spends sculling?    Essential listening.   Stern pair? Shush. The grown ups are talking.

Back once again, the renegade masters!   That's right. After our first ever hiatus to-date, Broken Oars Podcast returns.   In this episode, the Southern one and the Northern one discuss life, and how it gets everyone in the end; extended projects; bringing down the education system from within; why the Twilight series is an extended and disturbing primer on staying in abusive relationships; the Steinman philosophy of love and why Jed Bartlett isn't the President America deserves (as we all thought when The West Wing was in its pomp), but is actually a really annoying know-it all gobshite.   Sidestepping neatly into a discussion of the golden age of television; why 16 - 26 year olds tend to want explosions and gunplay over dramatic consistency; and whether MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and MMU (Manchester Metropolitan University) are related, and if so, is MMU churning out the next generation of steriod-using hyperviolent psychotics to feed Dana White's empire, we gingerly get to the business of the day.   (And by gingerly, we don't mean that the Southern one again advances his theory that gingers excel in sport because the playground has toughened them up, but gingerly in the sense of cautiously and with caveats abounding ...).   Because this is the episode where we get to grips with the ongoing furore that is the inclusion of Trans individuals in sporting categories.   Broken Oars Podcast has previously discussed Jurgen Grobler's problematic past; doping in sport; athlete welfare; and the historical failures of sporting institutions to provide that. We've seen Bikey Twitter throw poo at us because we had the temerity to say that female athletes should be paid the same as male ones. We have also, let it not be forgotten, seen Matthew Pinsent rowed out of our fantasy eight by Beowulf.   So, we're no strangers to controversy.   However, the tsunami of opinion that engulfed us when we recently came down on the side that Lia Thomas should be allowed, encouraged and supported in competing - because we believe in sport for all - while also saying that we felt it was unfair on the women she was competing against that she was competing against them ... well, that was off-the-charts.   So the same spirit that saw us address Jurgen's past in the GDR when a bunch of trolls suggested that British Rowing's success was juiced saw us sit down to talk through the whys and wherefores of Trans individuals in sport.   And we do it gingerly because we're two middle-class, middle-aged, middlingly-educated men of a certain skin colour and nationality ... and frankly, that even discussing this seems to be an invitation to having your head kicked in the third decade of the twenty-first century is terrifying. Nevertheless, we talk through the science, ethics, morality and transphobia of trans individuals in sport carefully and with qualifications and caveats proliferating, asking how the current situation has been allowed to evolve into such a badly-handled firestorm, and asking what the way forward is.   We're back!   Did you miss us?   Because we missed you.   (NB: This episode was recorded before the ruling on Emily Bridges had been passed).   Bowside? Pull strokeside around again. They deserve it. Lazy buggers.

Here at RNIB Connect Radio we were very pleased to see a number of blind and partially sighted people honoured in the 2022 New Year's Honours list including many Paralympics GB medal winners from the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Ellen Buttrick MBE, visually impaired rower who along with the rest of the Paralympics GB Adaptive Rowing Coxed 4 Team won Gold in an amazing finish at the Tokyo Paralympic Games to find out from Ellen what being honoured with her MBE means to her.  Ellen began by telling Toby about when she first heard about the MBE, how difficult it was for her trying to keep the news a secret until the announcement of the New Year's Honours list on 1 January 2022 and how proud she felt being honoured with her MBE.   Ellen shared with Toby the reaction and good wishes from her family, friends and fellow rowers on the news of her MBE and what it means to her as a visually impaired athlete and rower. Ellen also said that being honoured with her MBE would help to raise the profile of visually impaired sport and inspire other visually impaired people to get into sport too.  Ellen ended by telling Toby about what is next for her as an adaptive rower and her thoughts about her next competition with the World  Championships in September 2022. If you are interested in finding out more about getting into rowing as a visually impaired person and more about adaptive rowing then do visit the British Rowing website via the following link and search for adaptive rowing - https://www.britishrowing.org (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Excited to share this interview with Adrian Cassidy. Adrian has so much experience to share from rowing and high performance. Adrian rowed for Team GB winning world Championships from junior through to elite, before an accident that ended his rowing career. Adrian shares his come back story from a broken neck to a career as an international rowing coach. His experiences and insights from coaching at Cambridge University Boat Club, then British Rowing, and Rowing Ireland where he was chief coach. Adrian shares some wonderful stories and insights into rowing and how his passion for excellence and helping others to achieve their potential led to the creation of Ludum, specialised performance management software to make life easier for rowers and rowing coaches. As well as setting up the Rowers Conference, to help advance rowing coaches skill and coaching expertise.

The season and year finale!We're delighted to be joined by Jess Eddie and Andy Triggs-Hodge to look back on what was 2021.Jess and Andy share their insights into the decision to appoint Louise Kingsley as the new Director of Performance at British Rowing. We also look back on Tokyo results, selection decisions and comments that exploded over the press after the Men's 8 won bronze. We share our standout moments of 2021.This episode is sponsored by Swift racing. Head over to www.swiftracing.co.uk to learn more!

How to plan your rowing season - when to peak - how racing contributes to peak events - winter / summer racing - what to work on for fitness https://fastermastersrowing.com/podcast Timestamps 01:00 This past week - Rowing Canada Aviron safe sport webinar. British Rowing strategy https://www.britishrowing.org/2021/11/have-your-say-british-rowing-strategy/ Karapiro Rowing are seeking a Board chairman. 03:00 Best wishes to the Canadians affected by the recent storm and flooding 07:00 What is a peak in rowing? You are gearing up for a big performance. When you peak you want to be as rested and prepared as possible. The taper period is longer, if your training volume is high. 7-14 days before the big event to allow recovery and attain a fully rested state. 11:00 you can do 2 to 3 peaks per year. In between you review the date of your last peak and when the next major event is. Every race is NOT a peak. Winter peak can be races or big erg events Summer peak can be national championships 13:00 After a peak event you have to regenerate - physical and mental Choose your calendar and find your events. Look at intermediate events between the peaks too Consider cross-training. Catch up on home things and deferred activities when you are regenerating. 17:00 What to work on for fitness Take the tempo down and do long endurance work less than 22 stroke rate. Do your technique work to correct flaws. Cross training can also help. Get back into a routine to build strength - circuits and body weight work. Variety. 20:00 The Faster Masters Fitness assessment is 4 tests. Peak power, top end race tempo, anaerobic threshold, base fitness aerobic. The proportional fitness of peak power impacts your results. Base fitness tells us if your bottom of the fitness pyramid is wide or narrow. Helps manage intensities fro training and your recovery ability. It takes about 3 years to build base fitness. Newcomers should do cross training to get fitness on land. A light sweat - not out of breath. Up your intensity if you can (not too hard). Keep it 'conversational' while you train. Low intensity strengthens your cardiac muscles. Use fat as your primary fuel. 29:00 doing multiple races in a day - like A/B races to try different lineups Helps you define your race plan and try different race strategies

Ah, you wait all year for a returning Olympian guest on Broken Oars Podcast and two come along at once ...   Following on from catching up with Jack Beaumont, Broken Oars Podcast was joined (again) by strawberry-blonde rowing legend Andrew Triggs-Hodge, three-time Olympic champion and finest stroke of his generation (no, Matthew, you can't argue. You were the generation before).   A late night chat of an episode due to it being recorded late at night and while Hodge was recovering from Covid, we talk about the Centurion challenge, Andy's work with London Youth Rowing, the significant challenges facing British Rowing as a participation and performance sport, the future of club rowing in Britain at a time of declining participation, the madness inherent in letting Jurgen go one year out from an Olympics, and at a time when the governance of the sport is up for grabs and the implementation of the Elite programmes still to be decided ... what next for Britain's most successful Olympic sport?   I've two words for you British Cycling. You can choose from Richard Freeman or Jiffy Bag. Stern four, coming in with Bow four, next stroke ... because we're literally all in this boat together.

Fergus, Tom and Ed delve into the Kjetil Borch v World Rowing debate. Who knew a can of Red bull would cause so much divide....Ed takes a deep dive into this year's Boat Race squads, we asess the new positions available at British Rowing and feature interviews with two former TSS Juniors, Gabriel Obholzer and Zoe Scheske.This episode is sponsored by Rival Kit. Rival Kit are changing the custom sportswear game. With three years of experience building a brand, developing products, and refining our services, Rival Kit revolve around the unique needs of their clubs and athletes. They offer a large and diverse product range and are always looking to develop new products. From market leading technical performance garments to casual team wear for the everyday, they create template-free bespoke designs and welcome any collaboration throughout the design process. The needs of clubs and athletes are at the heart of what they do, and their individual ordering process and fast-turn-around times ensure custom kit remains hassle-free for all – as it should be. The new kit on the block.

Broken Oars, Episode 27: Jack Beaumont Returns!   Ladies, Gentlemen, children of all ages!   Broken Oars is back on your airwaves and in your ears just in time for the drive to and from the boathouse with something of a special episode - our first returning guest!   It is true that there are only seven seats of separation in UK rowing - everyone knows everyone else and everyone knows everyone else's 2k score. The cynical might suggest that it was only a matter of time before we ran out of people to talk to and just started back at the beginning again ...   Rowers?   Cynical?   Watashi?   (Not quite the original joke, but you get the gist...).   Not so!   We are hugely proud and pleased that our first returning guest is Jack Beaumont.   Jack first came on back in the old days where we'd discuss the merits of spaniels playing international football, why lightweights need to find a sport that loves them and whether Conan the Barbarian or Matthew Pinsent would make our fantasy eight. He was the first elite athlete and British Olympian to take the plunge, just beating out Hodge, and his bravery was widely commentated on by anyone who knows us ...   But that episode remains a Broken Oars high-water mark with one of this country's finest exponents of the art and craft of sculling - a dedicated club man and a passionate advocate of all that's good in this great sport of ours.   We've all passed a lot of water since those days of the first lockdowns. Broken Oars has attained a certain amount of respectability in that time. However, this pales in comparison to Jack's year.   One of British Rowing's finest and most approachable ambassadors, Jack comes back to talk about Tokyo, those epic races in the quad, a Games like no other and becoming an Olympic medallist and the fallout from British Rowing's perceived 'failure' in 2021.   But it doesn't stop there.   Talking about his experiences at the recent World Coastal Rowing Championships, Jack talks honestly and openly about the future of rowing in Britain, the need for all rowers and clubs to throw open their doors, pay their subs, bring a friend down to the boathouse and change the narrative of performance and pain to one of participation and fun ...   ... because otherwise we might not have a sport anymore.   A fantastic chat with a genuinely fantastic human being.   Full Crew - we are going now. And wind, and wind, and wind ...

This week, Fergus sits down with Martin Sauer, the recently retired cox of the  Deutschland-Achter and Olympic Champion. He reflects on his career in the coxing seat and talks through his Olympic campaigns.We also reflect on the news that Brendan Purcell is stepping down at Performance Director at British Rowing.This episode is sponsored by Swift racing. Head over to http://swiftracing.com/ to learn more. 

We're back! The incredible rhyme animals, hyping like poets on a mic we show it, doh, rey, mi, for, so, lah, ti, doh it ...   Wrong podcast?   No! It's Friday afternoon and your genial hosts are full of fun and bounce again: yes, it's the illiterate Northern one and the Posh Southern one bringing you another slice of rowing goodness in time for your weekend.   This episode couldn't be more pertinent, coming as it does as the falling participation in British Rowing across the board highlight the need for community-facing and welcoming clubs getting more people than the high-performance end on the water and into the sport.   We are joined by the one, the only, the incredible and the inimitable Axel Dickinson - a New Zealand elite oarsman whose journey from the high end of one of the best performance programmes per capita in the world and into coaching reached a zenith this summer when his charges at Hinksey Sculling School went on the sort of run at Henley that makes us all believe in this sport all over again.   Of course, being the class act he is Axel was quick to give the credit to the rowers he worked with. In this episode, then, we cover: the social and class differences between Britain and New Zealand and how that impacts on sporting participation; Axel's entry point to rowing, and the importance of New Zealand's outdoor and inclusive culture promoting sport for all (rather than paying lip service to it as we tend to in this Great Britain - remember how the home Olympics were going to leave a legacy of sport for all simply by spending 9 billion in London? That turned out well, didn't it ... ).   New Zealand's desire to produce 360 degree people contrasts with GB's focus on pushing academic attainment as the be all and end all to children shows up in their male and female participation figures in every age cohort. With a decided emphasis on sport rather than exercise, community-facing clubs and an inclusive approach it's all about encouraging people to get amongst it.   Touching on his squad experiences, Axel went on to discuss his approach to coaching, seeing at as an extension of personal responsibility and personal accountability on the part of the coach and training with intent, whatever the volume of the programme.   This leads on to the against all odds Rocky-style story of Hinksey's charge to the Sunday of the Brit - done on nothing more than focus, intent, desire and borrowed boats.   Let's make no mistake here. Southern Pip and I have always said that the one thing that Henley Royal Regatta held over all others as an elite sporting event was that you could start rowing in September, and if you were good enough find yourself lining up on the first day nine months later.    It's a belief that has taken a bit of a knock recently with 2021's edition being a carve-up between elite HP clubs who appear to have decided amongst themselves beforehand that whoever got to the Barrier first went through to the next round ...   Hinksey's achievements, told in Axel's own words, should be lauded and praised in every quarter of British Rowing. They did it largely without outside help; and they took the sniping of others around them as fuel to power them to a stellar achievement that those involved will and should remember with pride for the rest of their lives.   You don't need that new Empacher, lads and lasses. You need to know what you want and you need to bloody well go and get it.   Full Crew. Come forward to row. GET SOME!

Adam Daniel is a respected health and performance coach, educator and presenter, with over 20 years of experience.  Adam has been part of the PTA Global Faculty, a ViPR Global Master Coach, and the lead presenter for Fitpro.  He has been a consultant for the English RFU and British Rowing. He is the Lead Health and Fitness Educator for a power-based training brand.  As a Master Trainer for Myzone Adam brings a unique skillset with an MBA in International Sports Management from Loughborough University and having owned his own training facility.  This gives Adam the ability to share his expertise from the perspective of both a trainer and business owner.   In this episode we discuss:·        High-tech, high touch.  ·        Building better customer relationships. ·        Creating a unique customer experience. ·        Post covid people are craving connection.·        The importance of interpersonal dynamics.·        Better is irrelevant, different matters.·        What can I do to create a connection that other business can't?·        The purpose of a business.  ·        Being agile and adaptable.  ·        Did Rose actually kill Jack in Titanic?  ·        Was there room for two on that door?  ·        What Covid-19 revealed about the culture of organizations. ·        What are the unanticipated benefits of Covid, post pandemic?  ·        “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” – P. Drucker ·        “You're never so powerful as when you're powerless” (Ok not always) T. Peters·        What comes before action in the behavior change process?  ·        Cognitive emotional processes.·        Virtual touchpoints and meeting our clients where they are.·        What are some of the most important things you should be thinking about in your career?·        The importance of care. ·        It's not merely about the human body, but also the human being. ·        What has the fitness industry has done particularly well?·        Is environment irrelevant to behavior?  ·        Two skills we need to have in our business. ·        Listening effectively, what does it mean and why does it matter?·        Empathy is critical to understanding the individual and how we can help them.  ·        How other people see the world is different to how you see the world.·        Being assumption free.·        Listening from the other persons point of view. ·        Helping people overcome challenges.   

On this episode I am joined by Dr Sarah Gilchrist . Sarah has over 20 years' experience in the UK high performance sport industry and has supported British Rowing to multi-gold medal success throughout the Beijing, London and Rio Olympic and Paralympic cycles. Sarah also has a Professional Doctorate in recovery, with a special focus on sleep and athletic performance. It is this knowledge that she now brings to worlds outside of elite sport where sleep, downtime and managing your energy are key pillars of daily life. Finally, Sarah also sits on The Sleep Charity Advisory Board and is a Trustee for Fertility Network UK. In this bonus episode we cover topics from what is meant by sleep, how women-specific factors, such as the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and menopause might impact on sleep, and tips on improving you sleep quality.If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a rating and review, and please share with your teammates, coaches, friends, and family!Resources: Dr Sarah Gilchrist: Info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sarah-gilchrist-ab8773150/?originalSubdomain=uk | ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Gilchrist-2 | Twitter: @SarahLGilchrist | Insta: @gilchristperfAdditional resources: http://www.gilchristperformance.co.uk/ Season 1 of the podcast is kindly sponsored by Umi Health. Umi Health are on a mission to make pelvic health accessible to every woman, everywhere. Exclusively for the listeners Umi Health are offering a 7-day free trial - all you need to do is go to their website and enter the code PERIOD at either sign up or upgrade. For more information: www.umi-health.com| Insta @umihealth | Twitter: @HealthUmi | Facebook: @UmiHealthLtdCheck out more from The Period of The Period: www.periodoftheperiod.com | Insta @periodoftheperiod | Twitter @periodofperiod | Facebook @periodoftheperiodYou can also find us on Patreon. We have three different membership levels all priced under £4 a month. By becoming a Patron of the The Period of The Period you'll receive a range of benefits including early access, bonus episodes, and more! If you want to help us continue doing what we do then please head to www.patreon.com/periodoftheperiod*Disclaimer: Material and content discussed on  The Period of The Period Podcast are intended for general information only and should not be substituted for medical advice*.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/periodoftheperiod)

Dr. Andy Cale is department Head for PE and Coaching, Director of Coaching and Principal Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science (Football) at the University of Worcester. Andy has a wide and vast experience in Higher Education, Sports Coaching and Sports Psychology. He has worked in Professional Football as a Sports Psychologist, has managed and coached in the Champions League, has worked for the Football Association as Head of Player Development and Research and worked as a Senior Football Manager in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. Dr. Don Vinson is course Leader for MSc Sports Coaching and Principal Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science at the University of Worcester. Don's specialist area is sports coaching. He is driven by balancing his roles as teacher, researcher and practitioner, applying his expertise in learning and pedagogic theory to all areas of his work. Don has written extensively in the area of sports coaching, performance analysis, leadership and higher education pedagogy. He has secured over £100,000 in external project funding. Don reviews for a wide range of academic journals and is Associate Editor of the Graduate Journal of Sport, Exercise and Physical Education Research. Don is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and also holds a University Teaching Fellowship from the University of Gloucestershire. Don has worked with a large number of National Governing Bodies (NGBs) including the Football Association, British Cycling, British Gymnastics, British Rowing and the British Equestrian Federation. Don has also consulted for many influential bodies within the sport sector such as UK Sport, UK Coaching and the League Managers' Association. Don will convene iTGfU 2020: Inclusion, Integration and Implementation - the 7th International Teaching Games for Understanding conference at the University of Worcester in July 2020. Don is currently part of the coaching team for the England U16 girls' hockey squad and he is also part of the England Hockey Coach Developer Workforce. Don has coached hockey in the Women's National Premier League and Indoor Premier League. Don is a Level 3 coach and was short-listed for England Hockey's Performance Coach of the Year in 2011. Don is passionate about most sports and, in addition to hockey, can also be regularly found playing squash, badminton and golf.

Ep 8. Most of us have done a little bit of charity fundraising at some point in our lives - we've maybe run a 5K or given up alcohol for a few weeks or completed an erg challenge. Most of us haven't raised £42 million for charity. My guest this week, the amazing Bernie Hollywood OBE, has done just that alongside an incredibly demanding career as a banker.  This extraordinarily driven man has run 150 marathons, trekked to both Poles, crossed deserts, and is now planning to row the Atlantic on his own. Equally importantly, he's just taken up the position of Foundation Manager of Love Rowing - British Rowing's new charitable foundation aimed at increasing diversity and inclusivity in rowing. I was so delighted when Bernie agreed to come on the show as his values align so much with those of Girl on the River, and I was keen to quiz him about exactly what Love Rowing is all about.In this episode we discuss:What motivates Bernie to be such a prolific fundraiser and how it all beganWhy he always refers to his charity challenges as "adventures"Bernie's ethosLove Rowing - its aims and objectives and how it will workHow rowing makes a difference in young people's livesBernie's next adventure - the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic challenge The innovations Bernie is introducing to his Atlantic rowBernie's ambitions to raise £1 million for Love Rowing and the SamaritansYou can find out all about Love Rowing on its website, here, and on Twitter at @LoveRowing_BRCF. All enquiries about Love Rowing and Bernie's fundraising should be directed to info@loverowing.org.Bernie's website is here. The British Rowing Inclusive Club Guide that Bernie refers to can be downloaded here.The artist who is designing the artwork covering Bernie's boat for the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge is Justin Eagleton.The number for the Samaritans is 116 123 (it's free, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year). They also have a self-help app where you can keep track of how you're feeling, and get recommendations for things you can do to help yourself cope, feel better and stay safe in a crisis.

Ep 6. In the final episode of 2020, you're the interviewer! Girl on the River answers questions sent in by listeners, turning her mind to issues such as her best moments of 2020 (and yes, there were some!) and how she'd spent £10,000 on the sport of rowing.The rowing kit people I mention are Queen B Athletics - my all time favourite women's kit!The rowing furniture maker I mention is Rob Thompson - check out his incredible repurposed boats!The Love Rowing foundation is the charitable foundation of British Rowing whose aim is to promote accessible and inclusive rowing and has started some brilliant outreach programmes.Running a podcast is unexpectedly expensive - I rack up monthly costs on hosting, recording and editing on top of all the equipment, so if you feel able to throw a few quid in the pot to help to keep the show on the road, you'll get early access to all episodes, plus bonus content and other fun perks. Link below:

In a bite-sized mini episode, in advance of the British Rowing Indoor Championships, Girl on the River talks about:Where to watch the BRICEntering the League if you haven't signed up for BRICWarming up with Jess EddieMaking a race plan (including some wisdom from Sir Matthew Pinsent)BRIC is being streamed live on the British Rowing website here and you can find all about the league here.You can sign up for Zoom Ergos here - no need to be a rower or to be a member of a rowing club or of British Rowing! All you need is a rowing machine.Good luck to everyone who has entered and don't forget to let GOTR know how you got on!

In episode 16 we talk with Annamarie Phelps about what it's like to lead a sport, the importance of elite role models, and how British Rowing has evolved into an Olympic powerhouse sport. We also hear about how she navigated the highs and lows of her own international rowing career.  Annamarie Phelps CBE is Chairman of British Rowing, vice chairman of the British Olympic Association and a Trustee of the British Paralympic Association. Annamarie enjoyed a successful international rowing career representing Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta (women's eight). Annamarie also competed in World Rowing Championships between 1991 and 1995 as well as the Commonwealth Regatta in 1994. She was World Champion in 1993 (lightweight coxless fours) and World Indoor Rowing Champion and World Indoor Rowing Record holder between 1992 and 1995 (lightweight women).