FISA and WWF: Partners for Clean Water

With the increasing pressures on our environment and countless experts alerting us to impending crises, it is worth remembering that there is just one natural resource on which all life on our planet depends - but which most of us take for granted: H2O - Water.  But for the 1.1 billion people who currently have no access to safe, drinking water, and the 4 billion for whom WWF projects it will be a scarcity by 2050, this shortage is a matter to be taken very seriously.

For this reason, any single body of fresh, clean water is already sought after by many different groups, whether by flora, fauna, industry, agriculture, municipalities or, those who just like to row.

Rowing is a clean water sport, and so rowers have a number of very good reasons to be part of the "Clean water movement". On the one hand, our sport and its future depend on it; but on the other hand, we cannot be selfish in our approach to its use.  As a sports federation, FISA believes that we all have a responsibility to apply environmentally-sustainable practices in the use and management of water. But we must do more and we must encourage others to do the same.  

Fortunately, we have a great number of knowledgeable, experienced and enthusiastic people within our rowing family around the globe. And we know that sport is a very powerful means of communication to all age groups.  So FISA has decided not to just take part in the debate, but to take a leadership position.

In 2011 they commenced a Strategic Alliance with WWF International (World Wide Fund for Nature). WWF is the world’s largest and most respected independent nature conservation organisation, with more than 5 million supporters and a network active in more than 100 countries across all continents. Since its creation in 1961, it has maintained a constant record of success. Today, WWF runs about 1,300 projects around the world at any one time and employs more than 5,400 people worldwide. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

Significantly, WWF is working to protect freshwater ecosystems and improve water access, efficiency, and allocation for people and the environment, which is why their partnership is a perfect fit in promoting clean water, one of the main priorities of WWF.

Care for the environment. So, not only we will gain in quality of life we ​​and other living beings, but also take care of our sport, rowing!

by worldrowing.com

Row to the Future: Why Rowing?

Through the George Pocock Rowing Foundation's youth development initiative, Row to the Future, Seattle is doing what no other city in the U.S. is doing. They are introducing students to indoor rowing through P.E. classes in Seattle Public Schools as part of Erg Ed, their school-based program. Erg Ed provides opportunities beyond the classroom through camps, field trips and indoor-rowing competitions. We also provide support for on-the-water rowing as part of Rainier Valley Rowing (RVR), which helps students overcome barriers to participation in traditional junior rowing programs such as cost, swimming ability and transportation.

The Youth Initiative of the GPRF | Row to the Future: Why Rowing? 

from George Pocock Rowing Foundation on Vimeo.

What is adapted rowing?

Today we focus on the people who for various reasons khan not practice sport rowing but adapts. Rowing adapted is to form of the sport of rowing for people with disabilities, physical limitations or intellectuals, among which hearing impairment, paraplegia, quadriplegia, Down syndrome, blindness, visual impairment, multiple sclerosis, cerebral forked palsy is and spina.

Although it is not until the 2008 Summer Paralympics when competing for the first swindles Paralympic athletes in this discipline, since 2005 the tests for disabled part of the sports program at the International Championships of the International Rowing Federation (FISA) and for dwells twenty years it are been practiced in many clubs around the world.

There is the possibility of combining different disabilities within the same crew, allowing the integration of their components through sport.

Fundamental The techniques adapted rowing ploughs the same ace for odd number - disabled people rowing. Participants learn the elements of the race: strength, recovery, attack, management of trains, etc. Normal The learning curls is comparable to any novice rower and participants experience the same thrill in discovering our sport.

Adaptive Rowing unreturn in male and female athletes and, currently divided into four boat classes which ploughs(plough) part of the program of the World Championships FISA:

• LTA4 +, they are disabled rowers but function in arms trunk and legs, and hard to slide the seat, can participate in this class are four types of disabilities and mixed vessels.

• TA2x are athletes who have trunk movement but do not have the necessary strength in the lower extremities to slide the seat and propel the boat. Participants may be physically disabled and mixed cerebral palsy and boats.

• AW1x, athletes without function or minimal trunk function, being female participation and physical disabilities may be paralyzed or brain.

• AM1x, athletes without function or minimal trunk function, being male participation and may be physically disabled or cerebral palsy.

The tours are over a distance of 1000 meters for the four tests.

Dear colleagues and friends from the writers of this blog hats off to all athletes who practice their favorite sport adapted to their physical or mental limitations. Examples all !!

The descent of the Sella river

Hello dear friends, today we will talk about the mythical descent of the Seals in Spain. Although we know that canoeing is wanted to mention this beautiful tradition that attracts thousands of people around the sport that date back back to 1929 when Dionysus de la Huerta, Dr. Benigno Morán and Flow Fernandez made to tour of the river With Piloña (tributary of the Seals river), this tour led to the current declines of the it seals. In 1932 the output and final goal in Arriondas and Ribadesella fixed and the first edition was conducted competitively, 1935 eats the first inscriptions of Asturian not paddlers and in 1951 the first European participants signed up. In the fall of 1994 they took out dwells than 1,400 boats.

Check out is at 12 am with the participants and their boats out of the water in assigned positions. The blades of the participants are locked in a metal structure that releases at the time the light changes from red to green. The arrival is placed under the bridge about 20 kilometers Ribadesella, closing control is performed 30 minutes after the first boat arrives each category.

The Spaniard Julio Martinez wins absolute Saints raise is the leading athlete testing and Palencia Gang in the female category, you have won twenty editions of decline.

So you know, do not hesitate to get out there and hit it hard to paddle. Happy Day friends!

Rowing Crew exercises for the Beginner

Once the athletes are on the water it’s a good idea when their initially learning to have an experienced athlete in the bow that can just sit there and balance the boat. This same applies to a quad. Sitting tall with a straight back. Then practice what we call taps. This is tapping like this in order to get the concept of the forearm pushing the oar down. You will note that it’s not the shoulders pushing the oar. It’s simply the oar pushing the forearm pushing the oar down. Then this moving to the next stage where we’d have the tap and the separation. Again the forearm tapping and then the arm straight, but without the shoulders moving forward. 

The next sequence is where we go to the body over. We rock over like that rocking over from the pelvis. We go back to the finish again. Taps, body over position. So the sequence being to straighten the arms first and then rock over to the body. 

The next stage is to come down the slide. Holding that same body position all the way into the catch and then squaring up just before they get to the catch and taking the catch and then here we’re demonstrating taps of the catch. Again, put the blade in and it’s put in with the arms only and not by lifting the shoulders. 

Thanks to decentrowing.com

Basic Rowing Technique

Dear rowers! 

Today, we continue with our publications. The following Power Point talks about the basic technique in rowing. 

In our team, we hope you enjoy and you may continue learning something new every day.

General Training Tips

Hello friends! Today we want provided some general tips when training in rowing. Gradually, we continue to grow. Thank you all.

Here are the tips, with the help of concept2.com:

• Do some light stretching before you row. Include the lower back, back of leg, and shoulders.
• At the beginning of every workout, warm up by rowing easily for about five minutes, gradually introducing bursts of higher intensity.
• Plan your workout in advance so you can just get on the rower and start rowing.
• Variety in your workouts helps both physiologically and psychologically.
• Be sure to cool down at the end of your workout by rowing easily for five minutes or so.
• Train with a friend at least some of the time.
• Don’t forget to take rest days.

Why row?

Hello dear readers! Maybe some time you can ask, why rowing indoor? Well today we give you a few reasons why it's worth.Sure after reading them you put more eager! Be happy out there. Happy day!

WHY ROW? 

• Rowing exercises all of your major muscle groups: legs, arms, back, abdomen, and buttocks.

• Rowing exercises muscles through a wider range of motion than most other exer- cises. This means that your muscles stretch and your joints move to a greater extent, thereby promoting flexibility and mobility. 

• Rowing provides aerobic and anaerobic conditioning as well as strength conditioning. 

• Rowing is a great calorie burner. Recent research shows that rowing burns calories faster than biking at the same perceived level of exertion. 

• Rowing is a lifelong sport that can be performed and enjoyed by all ages. 

• Rowing is a smooth motion, rhythmic, and impact free. 

• Rowing offers diverse opportunities: inside, outside, on water, on land, competi- tively, or for self-satisfaction. 

• Rowing is a time-efficient workout. It doesn’t take long to get a great workout. 

• Rowing is a complete exercise. 

• Rowing does not discriminate against age or gender. 

On an individual level, rowing may offer these additional benefits.

• To reduce stress and anxiety. 

• To keep in shape for surfing, mountain climbing, swimming, running, cycling. 

• Promotes well-being and self-esteem. 

• Weight loss, blood pressure reduction. 

• For relaxation and meditation, to clear one’s mind, to help one sleep. 

• For exercise when injured, rehabilitation. 

• To warm up for running or weight lifting. 

• A chance to watch TV without guilt. 

• The movement is inherently satisfying. 

• For the challenge of improving, competing against oneself. 

• For camaraderie, to meet nice people. 

• For the FUN of it!

6 Rowing Machine Mistakes You Might Be Making (And How to Fix Them)

It's easy to make mistakes when using a rower, officially known as an "ergometer," the first couple of times. "Learning to row has often been made way too complicated and intimidating," says Josh Crosby, rowing world champion.

Use these expert tips:

• Mistake 1: Forgetting to check the damper setting.
• Mistake 2: Rowing with only your arms. 
• Mistake 3: Mixing up the order of operations. 
• Mistake 4: Hunching your back during the stroke. 
• Mistake 5: Banging your butt into your heels or rushing. 
• Mistake 6: Shooting your butt out and having to jerk your upper body back.

(Huffpost, 2015)

Mental Preparation

Then we attach a PowerPoint on mental preparation in Rowing!

The Art of Rowing: Physiology of Rowing

An analysis of physiological demands for a rowers body.

By: Ashley Niles (2009).

Physiological Aspects of Training in Rowing

Great article by J. M. Steinacker about the psychological aspects in training in rowing.

What muscles are worked in rowing?

In the beginning, the muscles of the back of the erector spinae are relaxed to allow for trunk flexion, which is provided by the abdominals. The major and minor psoas and the iliacus flex the pelvis and hips. The sartorius alternating thighs allowing the body to flex between the thighs for maximum range. The hamstrings and gastrocnemius are contracting while the knees are bent. The quadriceps are elongated and stretched, the rectus femoris contributes to hip flexion. The ankles are dorsiflexed by the tibialis anterior. The elbows are extended by the brachial triceps. The grip of the handle is held by the flexor muscles of the fingers and thumb.

During the stroke, the initial portion of the drive demands maximal leg power. The quadriceps extend the knee and foot plantar flexed by the solos and gastrocnemius muscles. Several stabilizing muscles help support the lower back. All shoulder muscles are contracting. These include the supra and infraspinatus, subscapularis, teres major and minor and brachial biceps. The scapula is stabilized by theSerratus anterior and Trapezius muscles.

As the knees are finishing their extension, hip also extends by the contraction of the gluteal muscles and biceps femoral. The back extension occurring by contraction of the erector spinae. In the upper body, elbow flexion is occurring via the biceps, brachialis and brachioradialis.

When shooting arms, knees are maximally extended and ankles are plantar flexed. Furthermore, the extension being completed hip and back. The muscles of the upper body are contracting with high force to end the show. Elbow flexors are dominant. The extensor carpi ulnaris muscles and forearm flexors contract to stabilize and adduct the wrist. The shoulder is extended and adducted. The arm is internally alternated the latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major. The teres minor, posterior deltoid and the long head of the biceps act onthe shoulder joint. The scapula is rotated downward by the Pectoralis minor and then drawn backward by the Trapezius and rhomboid muscles.

At the end of the pass, knees and ankles remain constant as the hips complete a full extension. The back extensors are continually contracting and alternate arms internally contracting the latissimusdorsal. The triceps are extending the elbows slightly. In recovery, the arms away from the body by stretching the triceps until elbows reach full extension. The anterior deltoids contract along with the coracobrachialis and biceps, and the arms are raised slightly when passing over the knees straight.The abdominals flex the torso and once the hands have cleared the extended knees, the slide begins its forward through the dorsalsection ankles and hip flexion and knee.

Benefits of Rowing

Rowing is a complete form of exercise, in which cardiovascular conditioning and strength combined. This converts the paddle into a great complement to any training program or fitness for people of all ages and with a variety of fitness goals. We know people who go from Olympic rowers to people over 90 years of international rugby players, people who are recovering from injuries / major operations, people who want to keep fit, etc. They all benefit from the sport.

Some other benefits include:

• Magnificent aerobic training
• Exercises all major muscle groups
• Form of exercise, high time / effectiveness
• Stress reducer
• Ideal for rehabilitation exercise
• Very efficient fat burning and weight loss exercise
• It is a lifelong exercise, situable for people of all ages
• Provides a smooth, rhytmic movement that is as safe as fun