Winter Training: How to use it to come out faster!
When I gear up for winter training every year I feel like I am transported back to the old boathouse in Ithaca. We had an amazing brick/cinder block wall, cement…
Hip Pain: A Pain in the Butt
Struggling with hip pain while rowing or in the weight room? Hip pain is not overly common to cause a loss of time on the water, but it can still be a pain in the butt! Here's some reasons rowers get hip pain.
Knee Pain
Knee pain is the second most reported chronic injury in rowing so let's see why and how you can prevent it! Before I dive into the ins and outs of…
Improve Your Squat Mechanics, Improve Your Rowing Stroke!
Why are squat mechanics important for rowing? This seems fairly straight forward, rowing is essentially a horizontal squat. We bend our hips, knees, and ankles while attempting to maintain our…
Bone Health
Is Rowing Good for my Bones? The short answer is YES! But rib and spine boney injuries are something rowers deal with, so how do you maintain bone health to…
Shoulder Mobility: Rotator Cuff, Serratus Anterior and Pecs
What is the effect of rowing stress on your shoulder mobility? The shoulder muscles we are going to talk about are your serratus anterior, pectorals, and rotator cuff. All of…
Core Stability
Rowing and Core Strength: Rowing is unique in so many ways, but the sequence of how we move and how we translate force through our body is probably the most…
Low Back Pain: Why is it the top injury in rowing?
As the most common injury acute or chronic for rowers, low back pain is the subject of a wide range of research studies. I have done my best to read a…
The Hinge Pattern
What is a hinge pattern?The hinge movement pattern I would argue is the most important full-body pattern to be very good at if you are a rower! The ability to…
Rowing Injuries: An Overview
Overview: I wanted to take the time to generally discuss injuries in rowing before going into detail with individual areas or types of injuries. In general, the cool thing about…