Join me as I interview Michael Naughton, Chief Operating Officer at Nielsen-Kellerman about the Empower Oarlock.

Noel Donaldson is widely acknowledged as one of the world's most successful rowing coaches, building and leading teams to win multiple world championships and olympic gold medals over 3 decades in two different countries. As part of the series on using power meters in rowing, Noel shares the lessons learnt from using power meters with Gold medal international crews to school crews, and how they can help you to make the boat go faster.

Join me in my conversation with Michael Naughton, Chief Operations Officer Nielsen Kellerman. How Michael got started in rowing Origins of Nielsen Kellerman (NK) Development of the Cox Box and Stroke Coach through to today How the fallout between NK & Concept2 over the C2 rowing machine display enabled NK to grow Future innovations NK are working on Michael holds a Master of Science, in Naval Architecture/Ocean Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Miami.

Join me as I discuss with Pete King and Dick Smith, from Oxford England, why and how they power meters in rowing. We discuss the brand they use. How they use the data to determine seating in the coxless four. How they use the data to understand strengths and areas for improvement. Pete and Dick are two members of the Wallingford coxed four that won the masters title at the Head of The Charles regatta in 2017 and set a new course record in 2018. They are part of the highly successful Wallingford crew that have won multiple National and International masters rowing titles. For more information and to subscribe to my newsletter, go to ⁠⁠www.whchambers.com⁠⁠ and subscribe.

Join me as I speak exclusively with Vincent Gaillard, Executive Director of World Rowing, about the future direction of Rowing. In this episode, Vincent shares World Rowing's 15 year plan to transform the reach, the image and revenues of the sport. We discuss the expansion into coastal rowing, indoor rowing, plans to drive awareness and boost audience engagement. Vincent also talks about what we can expect after the 1,500m racing format at the LA Games. World Rowing's new partnership with Concept2 and the future of rowing in e-sports Games. For more information and to subscribe to my newsletter, go to ⁠⁠www.whchambers.com⁠⁠ and subscribe.

Join Greg and I, as we discuss how Greg uses power meters set the boat up, understand the effectiveness of the stroke and programme training with the power meter to help him go faster. Greg Benning, started rowing at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 and has been engaged in the sport ever since. Greg won the Head of The Charles regatta over 20 times and the Silver Skiff International Time Trial 9 times. For more information and to subscribe to my newsletter, go to ⁠www.whchambers.com⁠ and subscribe.

Join me as I speak with Matt Draper about his experience in rowing over the last 30-years that has taken Matt from High Performance Manager with Australian Rowing to organising Olympic and World Rowing Championship events.

Exploring key metrics for rowing performance like sleep, body composition, strength, and pace. Speaker's detailed approach to tracking and managing rowing training performance using heart rate, body composition, and training intensity. Importance of consistent monitoring, specialized equipment, lactate pro device, max heart rate testing, and data analysis to improve rowing performance. Comparing metrics like total weight lifted, force tests, and training volume for progress tracking. Emphasis on training stress scores, polarized training, and using tools like Garmin Connect and Excel for data analysis and performance enhancement.

In this episode I talk with Jan Lammers, CEO of RP3 Rowing Machines. History of RP3 Design philosophy to simulate on water rowing Why dynamic rowing machines are better for your back E-racing and the future of connected rowing

This episode will help you better understand the range from Concept2. Meredith and Kevin explain all there is to know about the different blades, oar shaft and grips from Concept2. We discuss how Concept2 started to where they are today. Key differences between the different blade shapes and oar shaft. How to set up the boat with different oars. How to care and maintain the equipment. To ideas and best practice on how to test which set of oars/scull are the best for you.