Steve Bloyce is one of the longer-standing pararowers in the Thames Valley area. He rowed for Maidenhead for the adaptive and senior squads. He’s contributed to Adaptive Rowing UK before about arm impairments (“Arm Impairment Physio Odyssey”) and now he … Read More »
Marlow PR1 Sally has another tip for fixed seat erg trainers to reduce unstrapping and manoeuvring to retrieve your handle training for those virtual competitions. Even when the handle is on the notch closer to her feet, she has to … Read More »
You don’t need to participate in an international competition to have some online virtual racing. Marlow Rowing Club has invested in Time Team service to run a weekly intra-club erg 500m spring competition for all squads including the Adaptive/Paras. It … Read More »
For working off some of those chocolate eggs from yesterday or to assist with the extended indoor rowing mode of the past month’s lockdown, British Rowing has produced some very high standard workout videos on their YouTube channel. They feature … Read More »
Skype virtual rowing session The COVI19 pandemic has scuppered all of our club competitions and training for the foreseeable future, and for some without a rowing machine at home, it has eliminated nearly all training. A number of athletes do … Read More »
Marlow RC welcomed the Royal Dolphins for a Yuletide joint squad workout featuring a number of “adaptive challenges” that is becoming a holiday tradition at Marlow. The festive session underscored the fun and other benefits to diversify your workout with … Read More »
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brachial Plexus Injury (@mettleplexus) on Sep 8, 2019 at 10:47am PDT Monster feat! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. This remarkable feat is the result of extended and specialized training with … Read More »
The RowPerfect blog is one of the best blogs dedicated to Adaptive and Pararowing on the web. While based in the UK as well, it does cover the sport around the world. Here is a list of their posts to … Read More »
World Rowing has published a comprehensive set of training materials for coaching Adaptive and Pararowing (thanks Helene): Level 1 Para-Rowing (go to “Level 1” tab). The table of contents is above and few sample slides shown below. In their #4 … Read More »
I’ve already compiled a catalogue of adaptive rowing seats that I have found and pretty much all of those can be adapted for use an a rowing machine as well. But there is also a range of adaptive seats made … Read More »