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Max Roger
- Feb 16, 2020
- 3 min
Hamstring Training Thoughts
Your RDL should be within touching distance of your back squat.
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Max Roger
- Feb 11, 2020
- 2 min
Injury is a Teacher
Learn from your injuries. In general, a contact injury is hard to prevent. The focus here is on non-contact injuries. These are what, for...
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Max Roger
- Sep 4, 2019
- 2 min
Winter is Coming
"A lot of training lies ahead during these Winter months."
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Max Roger
- Aug 18, 2019
- 2 min
Programme Creep
You wouldn't get pills from a Doctor, get told to take 2 a day and take 4 because you think that's better.
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Max Roger
- May 5, 2019
- 2 min
Conditioning or Cardio?
Most people say they're doing cardio. "I'm doing some cardio today". "I just did an hour of cardio". We hear this all the time. Hopefully...
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Max Roger
- Mar 4, 2019
- 2 min
Taking Advantage of the Novice Window.
The novice window requires a different approach to training. This article will cover: 1. What is the novice window? 2. How do you train...
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Max Roger
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
Training Leading Up to the Hong Kong Indoor Rowing Championships
10 days from now I'll be competing in the Hong Kong Indoor Rowing Championships. It's 2k on the erg, as fast as you can. So what does the...
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Max Roger
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
What Are You Training For?
If you don't know what you're training for, how do you know when you get there? Once you know your goal you then need to make it clearly...
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Max Roger
- Feb 24, 2019
- 4 min
What is Mental Toughness?
This article provides an overview of mental toughness, and how it can be broken down into 9 components, allowing these components to then...
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Max Roger
- Feb 7, 2019
- 2 min
Basic Core for Rowing
Your core is essential for all sports. Let's look at it for rowing. Here's what we will cover: 1. What is your core and why is it...
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Max Roger
- Jan 30, 2019
- 3 min
Top 3 Tips for Improving your 2k time.
The 2km erg test is the gold standard for rowing. Possibly the most painful physical challenge in sport. Controversial? Try it and find...
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Max Roger
- Jan 28, 2019
- 2 min
What is your Training Load?
In this article, when I talk about loading I'm not talking about the amount of weight that you are lifting. Rather, the total stress that...
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Max Roger
- Jan 23, 2019
- 3 min
Train for Strength or Endurance in the Gym?
A common question when it comes to strength and conditioning for rowing is; "Shouldn't we be doing lots of reps (high volume work) rather...
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Max Roger
- Jan 18, 2019
- 2 min
Nutrition 101: The Basics
In the future, we will get much more in-depth on nutrition. But here is what you NEED to know as an athlete, whether you row or play...
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Max Roger
- Jan 13, 2019
- 2 min
Top 3 Strength Exercises for Rowing
There are so many exercise, and variations of each one. Depending on someone's injury history, specific strengths and weaknesses,...
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Max Roger
- Dec 10, 2018
- 2 min
How SLEEP helps your performance
Sleep should be the number 1 recovery tool of any athlete. People often look for fancy technology and the latest recovery methods to help...
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