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Faster with Bill Chambers
Long-form conversations with the best people in rowing — coaches, sports scientists and athletes — on how to go faster. Hosted by Bill Chambers, for masters rowers who want to train with more intent. Guests have included World Rowing's Executive Director, Olympic gold medal coaches, and the sports...
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The hidden cost of endurance - What every masters rower need to know about AFib
We're rowers.
We train hard, eat well, stay lean, and pride ourselves on being fitter and faster than most people our age.
So how is it th...
Power Meter Series. How to use power meters to train for rowing. James Goodwin, head of sports science Swiss Rowing Federation.
James Goodwin is Head of Sports Science at the Swiss Rowing Federation. He explains how to train using power as your primary metric, how it changes se...
Interview with Fil Ljubicic, Chair of Indoor Rowing Commission, World Rowing. 2025 Official World Indoor Championships.
Fil Ljubicic chairs the Indoor Rowing Commission at World Rowing. We talk about the 2025 Official World Rowing Indoor Championships and where indoor r...
Power Meter Series with Nielsen-Kellerman & Empower Oarlock
Michael Naughton, Chief Operating Officer at Nielsen-Kellerman, on the Empower Oarlock — what it measures, why it measures it that way, and how to rea...
Power Meter Series. International rowing coach Noel Donaldson
Noel Donaldson is one of the most successful rowing coaches in the world — multiple world championships and Olympic gold medals across three decades a...
Power Meter Series. Interview with Michael Naughton, Chief Operations Officer Nielsen Kellerman.
Michael Naughton, Chief Operations Officer at Nielsen-Kellerman.
What we cover:
• How Michael got into rowing...
Power Meter Series. Pete King & Dick Smith, Wallingford Rowing Club, Oxford.
Pete King and Dick Smith from Oxford on why and how they use power meters, which brand they chose, and — most interestingly — how they use the data to...
Exclusive interview with Vincent Gaillard, Executive Director World Rowing
An exclusive conversation with Vincent Gaillard, Executive Director of World Rowing, about where the sport is heading.
What we cov...
Power Meter Series: How Greg Benning uses power meters to make the boat go faster.
The first in the Power Meter Series. Greg Benning started rowing at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 and hasn’t stopped since — over 20 Head of...
Matt Draper International Rowing Events Manager
Thirty years in the sport, from High Performance Manager with Australian Rowing to organising Olympic and World Rowing Championship events. Matt has s...
Metrics I use to track & manage my rowing training for performance
A solo episode on exactly what I monitor through a season to manage performance, and why. If you’re trying to work out which training metrics and devi...
Jan Lammers CEO RP3 Rowing Machines
Jan Lammers, CEO of RP3 Rowing Machines, on the history of RP3 and the design philosophy behind simulating on-water rowing.
We cov...
All about Oars with Meredith & Kevin from Concept2
Meredith and Kevin from Concept2 explain the full range: blades, shafts and grips, and how the company got from its beginnings to where it is now.
Dr Conny Draper Phd, Biomechanist rowing
Dr Conny Draper is an applied sports biomechanist with deep expertise across rowing, canoe/kayak, para sport, diving, swimming and athletics. She was...
Looking back to plan forward. How to plan your season with Greg Benning & Bill Chambers
Multiple masters champion Greg Benning and I go through how we each look back over a completed season and use it to build the next one. What we got wr...
Dr Tony Rice, Rowing Australia
Tony is Head of Performance Support at Rowing Australia and has been in rowing sports science for more than two decades.
I was mos...
Interview with Nick Lloyd, Woman's coach, Swiss Rowing Federation
Nick is women’s coach at the Swiss Rowing Federation and assistant to Ian Wright. He grew up in Sydney and coached some of the most successful school...
International Rowing Coach, Marty Aitken
Marty coached Xeno Müller to gold in 1996 and silver in 2000, and the Gier brothers to gold in 1996. He’s held positions with Rowing Australia, the Vi...
Olympic & World Champion Rower, Iztok Cop explains the Filippi small boat range
Recorded live at the European Junior Championships with Olympic and World Champion Iztok Cop, who walks through the entire Filippi small boat range.
How the brain can limit your rowing performance - Tactics for Masters Rowers, with Prof Samuele Marcora
What we cover:
Books mentioned: Endure (Alex Hutchinson) and Sport and the Brain (Marcora).
Nutrition for rowing with Dr Charlie Simpson, Oxford Brookes
Dr Charlie Simpson, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at Oxford Brookes, on fuelling a rowing programme properly.
What...
Upcoming episode - Nutrition with Dr Charlie Simpson
Released 22 January 2022. Remember to subscribe and share.
Interview with Adrian Cassidy
Adrian won World Championship medals for Team GB from junior through to elite level, until an accident ended his rowing career. This is the comeback s...
Interview with Dual Olympian & Entrepreneur, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg
Dual Olympian, silver medallist in the Men’s Four at Beijing 2008, and co-founder of 776BC. Cameron’s route into rowing was anything but straight: a s...
Preparing for the 2021 HOCR with Greg Benning
Join Greg and I, as we discuss Greg's preparations for this years Head of The Charles Regatta. How he adapted his training through Covid-19 and what h...
All about the right fit with Bont Rowing
Listen to my conversation with Istvan Nemeth, Managing Director of Bont Shoes and Bont Rowing, as we discuss the importance of having the right fit an...
Wallingford's Fantastic Five and their experience at the Head of The Charles Regatta
In this episode I chat with the amazing masters crew that set the masters record at the Head of The Charles Regatta (HOCR). The Wallingford crew of Mi...
Strength & Conditioning for Masters Rowers with James Goodwin, Swiss Rowing
My guest today is James Goodwin, Head of physical performance and science for the Swiss Rowing Federation.
This episode is an extract from the...
Wendy Miller's experience at the Head of The Charles - Faster Podcast
My guest today, is Wendy Miller, from Mosman Rowing Club in Sydney Australia. Wendy competed in the 2019 Head of The Charles regatta, and gained 3rd p...
Olympian Tom Bishop's experience at the Head of The Charles - Faster Podcast Episode
Excited to share my conversation with Tom Bishop, former Olympian (1976) and multiple winner of the Head of The Charles Regatta (2017, 18, 19). Tom sh...
Head of The Charles Regatta with Blair Crawford, HOCR (Chair) Board of Directors
Since its inception in 1965, The Head Of The Charles Regatta, also known as HOCR, is a rowing head race held in October each year on the Charles River...
Short conversation with Dr Charlie Simpson on Training Intensity & Nutrition
Charlie is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at Oxford Brookes University and well known for his publications on Rowing. The Complete Gu...
Short conversation with Dr Valery Kleshnev
Dr Valery Kleshnev, is a best selling author, 'Biomechanics of Rowing: A Unique Insight Into the Technical and Tactical Aspects of Elite Rowing', and...
Training Intensity for Masters Rowers with Dr Charlie Simpson
Excited to share my latest episode of the Faster Podcast, this time with Dr Charlie Simpson.
Charlie is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise...
How the brain regulates performance, with Prof Tim Noakes MD
My guest today is well known in the world of sports science and considered an expert in this subject. Originally born in Harare, Zimbabwe, he grew up...
Peter Hardcastle - Triple Olympian - Head Rowing Coach Imperial College - Strength Training - Mental Approach To Racing - Keeping Training Interesting
Peter (Pete) Hardcastle, is well known in Australian and World Rowing. Pete represented Australia at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games in d...
James Goodwin - Head of physical performance and science for the Swiss Rowing Federation.
My guest today is James Goodwin, Head of physical performance and science for the Swiss Rowing Federation. In this episode, James and I will be answer...
Conversation with Anne-Marie Howald - U23 & Junior Team Coach - Swiss Rowing Federation
Anne-Marie Howald is well know in the rowing world, having represented Switzerland at the 1987 & 88 World Championships as a lightweight, and now as t...
Part 2 - Conversation with John Boultbee AM - Faster Podcast with Bill Chambers
Former FISA Secretary General, Director of Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and CEO of the Australian Sports...
Part 1 of my conversation with John Boultbee AM - Former Secretary General of FISA & CEO, of the National Sports Tribunal
Former FISA Secretary General, Director of Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and CEO of the Australian Sports...