It’s been a mighty intense and hectic spring and early summer. But now – especially this lovely weekend – summer is here… “And the trees are sweetly blooming” as the old Highlands song has it. “And the wild mountain...
Tag Archives: Rowing
Rowing and your back
It is high summer and there is nothing sweeter than a pull in my single scull on a mountain lake. I am working on a new Back Book with Dr. Jeremy James and am newly sensitive to the subject....
HOCR: FINE TUNING AEROBICS
If this interests anyone – and it may not – it is going to be people who are “into” endurance training. I did my last practice “race” today before the Head of the Charles on Saturday. A warm up of...
AGONIZING INTERVALS
Been doing some “Intervals” – short, intense bursts of aerobic exercise, followed by short rests and more hard bursts – in preparation for the Head of the Charles Regatta in October. Intervals are plenty hard, if you do them right, but...
FORTNIGHTLY: LIFE IS LONG. RESOLVE, LESS SO. WHAT TO DO? KEDGE! KEDGE! KEDGE!
Life is long and working out, pretty vigorously (for you), for six days a week… forever! Well, it can be tricky. There is not a question in the world that it is exactly the right thing to do…...
