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People doing 2k tests at British Rowing Indoor Championships

Pacing strategies for 2k indoor rowing tests

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport – the research

Health

The power of the menstrual cycle

Health

Patricia Carswell

Women’s health: ‘Just by showing up to training you are winning. Let’s celebrate that’

Sports Science

Rebecca Charlton

‘Sport has to be a place where women feel like they belong, truly belong and [where] they can show up as themselves’

Woman on indoor rower

Female athlete tips: maximising your health and performance

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

women's eights racing

Health

Period practicalities for rowers, coaches and clubs

Sports Science. Understand the science behind those performance gains

People doing 2k tests at British Rowing Indoor Championships

Pacing strategies for 2k indoor rowing tests

GB crews training

Sports Science

Tapering: peaking for performance

Masters going off a 1k race start

Racing tactics: A physiological perspective on 1k races

Masters rowers in a quad

Why we go slower as we get older

A crew cooling down on the water in sunset

Sports Science

Cooling down after rowing

Crew doing a 5k race

Sports Science

Race Tactics: A physiological perspective on 5k racing

Man doing squat jump with bar

How rowers can use the squat jump to improve explosive power

young man on ergo

Sports Science

Why rowing and exercise is good for your brain

Carrying boat off landing stage

Sports Science

“Recovery begins the second you finish your final stroke”

drawing of hot rowers

Sports Science

Beat the heat when rowing

Women's pair warming up

How to warm up for rowing

rowing race start

Sports Science

Racing tactics: A physiological perspective on 2k races

Sports Science

Active recovery: What, why and how

Sam Boylett-Long

Resistance Training Series #4: Training for power

Sam Boylett-Long

Resistance Training Series #3: Training for strength

Weights equipment

Sam Boylett-Long

Resistance Training Series #2: Training for hypertrophy (increased muscle mass)

Sam Boylett-Long

Resistance Training Series #1: Everything you want to know about resistance training

Woman swimming

Master your cross training

The warm up

Sports Science

How does exercising in the cold affect our ability to train?

Health. Rowing and health

Physio table for managing injuries

Health

Katherine Vials

Managing injuries: Am I fit to train today?

ZZZZ with night sky background

Health

Sarah Gilchrist

Winter sleep strategies

blistered hands

Blister tips for rowers

LifeJacket skin protection at World Cup I with GB Rowing Team member in background

Health

How to keep you and your skin safe and protected

Male student rower celebrating

Health

Rowing beyond testicular cancer

GB Rowing Team female athletes

Health

Being an athlete that bleeds

Rose smiling while stroking an eight

Health

From adversity to victory: Rowing, disability, and finding community

9 rowers in purple kit watching the river

Health

Rowing and neurodivergence

Sculler with hearing impairment with DEAF on back of shirt

Health

Rowing with a hearing impairment

women's pair racing in heavy rain

Health

8 top tips for reducing injury risk in rowers

young women rowers, some in sun hats

Health

Sun safety for the rowing community

knees

Health

Patricia Carswell

Knee problems in young rowers

rower's elbow and knees

Health

Rowing with arthritis

women smiling in four

Health

Female health articles for rowers and their coaches

women's eights racing

Health

Period practicalities for rowers, coaches and clubs

woman rowing during chemo with bald head

Health

Patricia Carswell

Rowing during cancer treatment

heavily callused hands

Health

Skin to win: Looking after your hands and buttocks

rowers carrying blades in snow

Health

Winter wisdom: How to train and stay healthy in the cold

inhaler on rowing seat

Health

Rowing with asthma

masters women's rowing

Rowing and menopause

Psychology and goal setting. Using your head to help your body

Crew listening to coach on bank

How to benefit from coaching

Psychology and goal setting

Race day – what it’s really like

women in a crew joining hands after a race

Psychology and goal setting

Crew bonding

Coach having 1-1 discussion with rower on landing stage

Using goals to help athletes recognise their success

Single sculler with blurred background

Psychology and goal setting

Clarity of outcome (Part 2)

Rowers at the start

Psychology and goal setting

Performance psychology for rowing

blade at catch

Psychology and goal setting

Clarity of outcome (Part 1)

boat with bow number on ready for race

Psychology and goal setting

Overcoming race day nerves

boys double scull on the start

Psychology and goal setting

New Year’s resolutions: Rowing edition

crew pushing off landing stage at head race

Psychology and goal setting

Head racing: Mind over matter

Vicky Thornley

Setting goals and maintaining motivation

How to recover mind and body

women smiling in four

Psychology and goal setting

Sophie Bashford

Is your team high-risk or high-performing?

Goals and measuring training for masters

Sophie Bashford

How do you cope with racing and training stress?

Woman with arms outstretched at sunrise

Beat the winter blues

Mature rowers doing indoor rowing class

The mindset of a teammate

Self-talk and your conscious mind

Caroline Roberts

‘Act confident and do the things that make you feel confident and through those actions your confidence will grow’

Woman looking at lake

‘Learning is a journey; we don’t know where it will take us

Nutrition. Stay healthy with our recipes and nutrition advice

Vegan butternut squash and black bean chilli

Nutrition

Veganuary: plant nutrition and rowers

Green vegetables

Nutrition

Essential minerals: iron

peanut butter and jam on toast: one of 4 good eating habits

Nutrition

4 easy-to-adopt eating habits to support rowing performance

Bowl of Weetabix with banana and sultanas

Nutrition for young rowers

Nutrition

Crepes with cottage cheese, banana and pear

Wendy Martinson

Nutrition to support active, strong, and healthy ageing

Nutrition

Staying hydrated in cold temperatures

Nutrition

Get smart with your nutrition!

Colourful fruit and veg

Nutrition

Winter nutrition tips

Nutrition

Christmas turkey with a twist

Granola with fruit

Simple ways to fuel an early morning session

Woman eating out of cardboard tub

Nutrition performance myths

Nutrition

Tapering and nutrition

Sliced mango on muesli

Nutrition

How a healthy gut can boost your rowing

double scull

Nutrition

‘What you eat before training can have a significant impact on your performance’

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

banana, strawberry, blueberries and oats

Recovery: refuel, rebuild and rehydrate

Pancakes with blueberries and strawberries

Nutrition

Blueberries and Greek yoghurt pancakes

Nutrition

Jacqueline Birtwisle

Do superfoods equal super rowing nutrition?

Nutrition

Plant diets: can they help you perform to your best?