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Tissue Adaptation – an Excerpt
In the past rowing was a relatively safe sport with a low incidence of injuries compared to other sports. Occasionally some back problems did occur and primarily during winter time. These problems could be related to land based exercises, such as weight lifting, and...
For Sports Coaches
Add Rowing into Your Program Would you like your athletes to have better balance, better endurance, better strength (including core strength) and better all-round coordination? Would you like them to recover faster from leg injuries, particularly knee injuries? And...
One Legged Rowing
Cross Education & Bilateral Symmetry There is one really great advantage available on the RowPerfect Indoor Sculler which is not easily practiced in a boat: One Legged Rowing. The side bearings of the Rowperfect allow the user to row easily using one leg at...
Hamstring/Quad Balance
indicating Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) protection Recent research has clearly shown that balancing hamstring and quad development is crucial for all of us, particularly in contact sports. It has been realised that recent training techniques had over- emphasised...
Rowperfect Reduces Injury
Reduces Injury The graph above shows tissue adaption times for various tissues. For instance, you can see that full adaptation for muscle tissue can be achieved in 35 weeks, whereas for cartilage and tendons 75% adaptation takes two years. The graph was given to me...
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