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Enjoyed by Olympic founder Baron de Coubertin himself, rowing has been part of every modern Olympic Games. However, Para rowing is one of the Paralympics’ relatively new additions. The first Para World Rowing Championship races were contested less than 20 years ago in 2002 and the sport only made it…
I knew I was capable of breaking the record at some point. I didn't know it was going to be then. I definitely had the number in my head. I was looking at how Elena [Buryak], the previous record-holder, paced her 2k, and I was thinking about how my splits usually go. But I didn't go into it being li…
Good sleep is essential to good fitness. Sleep gives you the energy to train better and your body the time it needs to build back stronger between workouts. At the same time, exercise has been found to be hugely beneficial to sleep quality and one of the most effective non-pharmacological remedies f…
As she prepares for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this summer with a gruelling national team training camp in Turkey, we caught up with the legendary Buriak to ask for her top tips to approaching a 2k test - rowing’s gold-standard measure of fitness.
In what has been described as a groundbreaking study conducted by the University of Bath’s Department for Health in 2018, this 'open window' hypothesis was challenged by leading physiologists Dr John Campbell and Dr James Turner. They reported, in a peer-reviewed article, that the theory was not wel…
But we totally get it. After a hard workout, stretching can seem like nothing more than a tiresome chore standing between you and a hot shower. In fact, ask most sports physios and they will tell you that rowers are some of the worst culprits for neglecting their mobility.
