Full Description
The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing is the first comprehensive book to focus on this unique form of strength-endurance training.
Indoor rowing machines (or ergometers) were once used only by outdoor rowers during their winter training. Over the last twenty years however the benefits of indoor rowing have attracted more and more users, and now every gym comes with one as standard. It's also a sport in its own right, with competitions ranging from school leagues to the European and World Championships.
Clearly illustrated in full colour and packed with information, training plans, tips and techniques, it is suitable for serious athletes, outdoor rowers and regular gym users alike, and is a must for health professionals and coaches.
Whether you are attracted by the weight-loss benefits of the rowing machine or using it to coach cross-training athletes, this book will help you get the best from each session while, crucially, remaining injury-free.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The development of indoor rowing
Chapter 2 How rowing machines work
Chapter 3 Effective technique
Chapter 4 Coaching styles and techniques
Chapter 5 Physiology of indoor rowing
Chapter 6 Indoor rowing training for health and performance
Chapter 7 Psychology and motivation for indoor rowing
Chapter 8 Indoor rowing for on-water rowers
Chapter 9 Nutrition for indoor rowing
Chapter 10 Case studies
Appendices
1 Planning a series of coaching sessions
2 Rowing in schools
References
Index
