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Since its launch on 24th July 2020, Broken Oars Podcast has grown into the world’s best podcast about rowing, rowers and all things related to the art, practice and magic of moving a boat backwards down a river using an oar. Episode by episode, your genial hosts Dr. Lewin Hynes (the Southern One) and Dr. Aaron Jackson (the Northern One) have been joined for in-depth and revealing conversations with Olympic and world champions, elite coaches, world-leading sports scientists, journalists and commentators, and rowers from all backgrounds and walks of life - creating a treasure trove of insight, information, commentary and perspectives on the greatest sport ever invented. Enjoyed this episode? Buy us a coffee, download a training plan, and support us so we can carry on making Broken Oars Podcast, the best rowing podcast in the world. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brokenoarsd. Thank You! Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/brokenoarspodc1 Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelandingstage/ www.instagram.com/brokenoarsindoors/ Read more Broken Oars: www.thelandingstage.net
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![Broken Oars, Episode 42: Jezz Moore on Self-care, Self-awareness and why a Comfort Zone is a Good Thing](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Friday Jul 22, 2022
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Ladies and Gentlemen, to celebrate our second birthday, we return in the company of a man who made us both wish we had a time-machine, so we could go back and either row for him or with him.
We are talking, of course, about Jezz Moore, former Thames Tradesman and Marlow rower, former Leander coach, former Business owner and all-round deep thinker and practitioner on the subject of being your best authentic self.
Of course, being your best self is a slogan thrown around nowadays now that concepts like wellness, meditation, and mindfulness have been monetised and that outcome promised at the push of a button.
Jezz drills down into what it really means In a nuanced deep-dive that reaches far beyond rowing to talk about the necessity of challenge and change; the importance of honest self-auditing; and the need to commit to the stroke in the boat as well as life if you actually want more. We talk about the challenges of his move to Portugal; keeping a flexible and athletic mindset; and policing what informs and charges your personal and social energies. Oh, and why Henley Qualifiers is the best bit of Henley, and why it needs to go fully co-ed!
One to return to again and again for life and rowing.
Absolutely the best way to welcome in our second year - have a slice of podcast birthday cake on us!
Get some!
Bow pair, put the party hats on. That's an order!
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![Broken Oars, Great Training Plans of Our Time 2: The Wolverine Plan vs. The Pete Plan](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
It's fitting as we approach the summer blockbuster season that we return with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) vs. Pete. We only know one Pete, and that's the inimitable, the incredible Pete Brewer - a man among men and a God among coaches.
So there's only one winner really. All together now (to the tune of Seven Nation Army):
Oh, Pete, Peter Brewer. Oh, Pete, Peter Brewer ...
But seriously, as we approach two years in the podcast business we've finally started talking about training plans and training approaches. Lewin is largely driving this because he really, really likes numbers and details. I'm more basic in my approach but that's largely because after years of following lots of different plans under lots of different coaches I know that all you have to do is some long slow stuff, some short fast stuff, some resistance stuff and some stretchy stuff and keep doing it and you'll end up fit.
However, for those of you who want to know where and how to start, following on from Lewin's deep dive into Concept II's powerhouse resource for the rowing machine (which is easily translatable to the water), we return with a look at the Wolverine Plan vs. the Pete Plan.
The Wolverine Plan is a highly detailed university training programme from the USA that was successful for its originator. It gets granular on not just sessions but stroke rates within sessions and actual distances to complete in each block, with every element building up over the season to a progressively loaded programme.
By contrast, although following a similar loading strucuture, the Pete Plan is simpler and easier to follow - and for those on restricted time or sessions offers a nought to race approach that we generally favour, being goal-setting, goal-orientated types.
There are some quips about the current British political landscape, Mummy and Daddy falling out and making up on camera (yes, we're on video now), and all sorts of good nuggets for anyone who is thinking about training, but is currently enjoying the current heatwave and thinking 'later, lad, when it's cooler.'
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![Broken Oars Does Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of The Murderous Doctor](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Broken Oars Does Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of The Murderous Doctor
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
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We ran a poll asking if you'd still listen if we branched out from just being the world's best rowing podcast to talk about other things.
You said yes, you'd still listen.
We ran another poll asking what other things you'd like us to talk about. Something literary, perhaps? Or something musical? Or something something?
You all voted for something something.
So, here for your listening pleasure is the palate-cleanser of a Sherlock Holmes adventure, never before read, seen or heard.
We give you ...
The Mystery of the Murderous Doctor!
With added violins.
Yes, bow pair. If it goes well, we will write one that has a rowing theme to it ...
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![Broken Oars, Episode 41: The Joy of Henley Royal Regatta!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Broken Oars, Episode 41: The Joy of Henley Royal Regatta!
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
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Ladies, Gentlemen, children of all ages ...
The only rowing podcast that matters (apart from all of the others) returns - and it does so to celebrate all that is great and good about Henley Royal Regatta - just in time for the 2022 edition of one of the world's oldest and certainly one of the world's most prestigious rowing events.
Broken Oars Podcast has earned an enviable reputation for journalistic integrity (without ever really asking for it) by fearlessly asking the questions that no-one else will (probably because no-one else wanted to). There are some who have suggested that this, and our famed lightness of touch and willingness to take the rise out everything including ourselves, might be better construed as plebeian snark; classless sarcasm; and throwing rocks at our elders and betters ... not least when we have questioned some of the goings on at Henley in 2021 and cheating in the 2021 - 2022 season.
Nothing could be further from the truth - just because we occasionally ask hard questions and get hard answers should never take away from the simple reality that Lewin (Posh, Southern) and I (Aaron, Northern, illiterate) love this crazy sport of ours; and are in the enviable position of not only being able to talk about it, its events, its programmes, and its people but being lucky enough to do so with some of the best and brightest in the business.
And at the heart of that love is a love for the joy of moving a boat through the water with your crewmates and friends ... and we have never, in our history, ever said anything other than Henley Royal Regatta is the shining palace on the hill that we all aspire to and celebrate if that is your joy in life - and while we take the piss out of our own competitive history, we know how lucky we are to have seen the elephant and gone to the circus.
So to help us celebrate it, we've invited one of our first guests back on in the form of Terence 'Tez' Chipchase. Rower, former umpire, former long-time part of the signals team and longstanding member of Stewards, we asked him on this special episode to sing hail glory hosannah to the chief of all regattas.
In this episode, we cover the best place to watch the action at Henley Royal; how to get yourself into a launch; what happens if a herd of bison enter the Competitor's Enclosure; some of the races to look forward to; the topography; how the Regatta operates; why coming back to Henley Royal is like coming home; Henley Royal on the water and Henley Royal off the water; why actually making it to Henley Royal is so, so important to watermen and women; the social whirl; the gathering of the tribes and how the moving parts all come together to create both an illusion and a reality where both are equally valid experiences.
On your way to the Regatta? Having a doze at lunch? Walking home after a long day on the bank? Watching the commentary and thinking 'Bloody hell, Martin Cross is a damned good commentator ...' (He is, isn't he?).
Perfect listening at any time ...
Stern four? Some of us have actually rowed on sacred water, you know ...
WHO SAID GREEN LAKE!
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![Broken Oars, Great Training Plans of our Time 1: The Concept2 UK Indoor Rowing Training Guide V - Full audio!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
In a new BrokenOars Indoors series we will be going through some of the best (and the worst) training programs out there for indoor rowing (and rowing). The first, whilst no means perfect, is one of the best. The (old) Concept2 UK Indoor Rowing Training Guide V2.
Download here -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19h3RpbMkNhsfOt5jl3BljV0vGWjn1Fe0/view?usp=sharing
Best viewed on our YouTube Channel (still add free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUcMZVJ99uk&feature=youtu.be
This is a review of a 253 page long primer on all aspects of endurance training as it relates to the rowing stroke. There are 5 scheduled training programs from fitness, to weight loss to all out performance, 4 different weight training programs including one written by Jurgen Grobler, a comprehensive gym free training program, for your holidays, advice on nutrition, and training through the menstrual cycle and pregnancy (all caveats apply).
It also presents the claim that Concept2 UK were responsible for luring Jurgen Grobler to Britain in the 1990's and thus creating the GB Rowing gold rush of the last 25 years.
Suck it, all you people that say Concept2's don't float!
![Broken Oars, Great Training Plans of our Time 1: The Concept2 UK Indoor Rowing Training Guide V2,](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
In a new BrokenOars series we will be going through some of the best (and the worst) training programs out there for indoor rowing (and rowing). The first, whilst no means perfect, is one of the best. The (old) Concept2 UK Indoor Rowing Training Guide V2.
Download here -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19h3RpbMkNhsfOt5jl3BljV0vGWjn1Fe0/view?usp=sharing
Best viewed on our YouTube Channel (still add free) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUcMZVJ99uk&feature=youtu.be
This is a review of a 253 page long primer on all aspects of endurance training as it relates to the rowing stroke. There are 5 scheduled training programs from fitness, to weight loss to all out performance, 4 different weight training programs including one written by Jurgen Grobler, a comprehensive gym free training program, for your holidays, advice on nutrition, and training through the menstrual cycle and pregnancy (all caveats apply).
It also presents the claim that Concept2 UK were responsible for luring Jurgen Grobler to Britain in the 1990's and thus creating the GB Rowing gold rush of the last 25 years.
Suck it, all you people that say Concept2's don't float!
![Broken Oars Broken Thoughts Bonus Episode: Sharp Practice, Cheating and Not Defending the Indefensible](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
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Over the last few days, weeks and months, Broken Oars Podcast has highlighted on social media incidents where clubs, crews and athletes have indulged in practices they shouldn't. After they reared their ugly heads again at 2022's Henley Women's Regatta, rather than reiterating the same points over and over on various Twitter feeds and conversations, we (by which I mean, I, the Northern One), decided to contextualise and record our response to what is, bluntly, cheating.
Trying to squeeze up on someone at the start of a Head Race and push the crew behind you away on the stagger is part of the fun of the racing as is making someone actually overtake you (looking at you, Peterborough), but deliberately manipulating crews and entries for your own advantage, or not racing within the letter of the rules and the spirit of the sport is quite another - and the modern practice of saying 'you're only picking on us because we're x, y, z' has to stop too. We're better than that as a sport, and our mea culpas should be a damned sight better and more believable than Boris's.
This takes in a lot of history, and explains why I (and I'm pretty sure Lewin agrees with me) have responded to those events the way we have. Hopefully, this episode will stop us having to endlessly restate our position on the Twitter timelines; and ultimately lead to a restatement of our values as a sport and pursuit.
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![Broken Oars, Episode 40: Mark Davies, Chair of British Rowing on Leaving The Sport in a Better Place](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Ladies and Gentlemen, to celebrate our fiftieth release we have brought you ...
(Drum roll ....)
The Head of British Rowing!
(And in case you were wondering, Hodge, the rest of Mark's body is still attached).
Now, the clever among you (hullo all natural bowsiders) will be quick to point out that this is actually Episode 39. But because of our numbering system and our extra Broken Thoughts and Broken Doors Indoors episodes, we have reached a podcast landmark. That's right - 50 dollops of high quality content. (You can argue about the high quality appellation among yourselves), spread over two glorious years (when most of you though we wouldn't last the week. Okay. Just us. We thought we wouldn't last the week).
We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this landmark than by welcoming Mark Davies on for a chat. Like our episode with Drew Ginn, this episode has been a long time in the making. We first had a chat with Mark about coming on back in lockdown 1.0. However, all good things come to those who wait (a metaphor for a rowing finish if ever we heard one), and this is a good thing.
A rower and successful Boat Race cox in his own right, and a founder member and driving force behind Crabtee, Mark's work in the private sector led to roles with British Archery and then the hottest of hot seats when he became Chair of British Rowing.
This chat touches on his trajectory through the sport through to this role, offering a fascinating and even-handed insight into the challenges, opportunities and responsibilities the NGB has in its oversight of the sport.
Driven by the belief that an essential part of his role is to leave the sport in a better place than he found it (which, in truth, is a stewardship responsibility we all share), he talks open and candidly about British Rowing's progress in this regard. From the essential need to balance the books to stopping the relentless churn of rowers (10,000 leave the sport every year ...) and where we might be if we could slow and then stop that to the reset opportunities that Covid provided, why rowing has been undersold in this country and the social and cultural impact the sport can have if we change that, to the Zoom Ergos revolution, the importance of community and the next four years ...
This is essential listening.
And yes, we always say that.
And yes, we always mean it.
But this is the Chair of British Rowing, who admits he and his team have faced their fair share of criticism and opprobrium talking openly, clearly and passionately about how we can all be the guardians of our sport and see it thrive.
Get some!
Full Crew - it's Episode 51 really, but don't tell them. They try sooooo hard!
![Broken Oars, Episode 39: Judith Packer - Rowing; Umpiring and How Rowing, Rowers and Clubs Can Help the Mental Health Crisis](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
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Broken Oars Podcast returns, with your Northern Correspondent and your Southern Overlord being joined by Judith Packer.
A lifelong rower from her early days at University who then transitioned into umpiring, going on to oversee one of Hodge's last races and one of the most prestigious events in world rowing in the Women's Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Judith then became a a stalwart of Zoom Ergos. Her sessions with Di Binley and their tours of rivers and locations became the stuff of legend as we battled the dark, dark days of the lockdowns, bringing much needed light and colour to all of us who were suddenly missing their usual connection to the water and the communities therein.
In discussing Judith's trajectory through rowing, Zoom Ergos became a jumping off point for a much-needed and wider discussion of the Mental Health epidemic that is blighting and limiting lives in every age cohort in the UK, overwhelming already over-stretched NHS services.
With 1 in 6 of us likely to have had a mental health related issue in the last week, 1 in 4 of us experiencing one in any given year and 1 in 3 of us doing so in our lifetimes, with a shocking figure of 70-75% of us not getting treatment or help, while great strides have been made in the UK in terms of understanding Mental Health, the stigmas still remain below the surface, and not enough is being done. Particularly worrying is the rise in the number of children who are diagnosed with Mental Health issues - especially as the rise in diagnosed cases underscores that the vast majority of cases won't be.
Touching on personal experiences, and talking about Bernie Hollywood's Boat of Hope campaign, we discuss the role rowing clubs can play in creating safe emotional and physical spaces for all; in providing support and signposting; and how we can go further to ensure that no-one, of any age, gets left behind.
A vital and much-needed conversation about the hidden epidemic in our midst and what we can do about it.
Full Crew - We're All In For This!
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![Broken Oars, Episode 37: Mark Lewis - Better Than Average Youtube Sensation, Fitness Journeys, and TRT](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
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We return like the bad pennies we are (hey, we prefer to think of ourselves as a high-class currency, but ...), and on this occasion we're joined by Mark Lewis.
Mark Lewis is the man behind the burgeoning Youtube channel, Better Than Average - a channel which takes a different tack to the 'look at me, I'm perfect, buy my products' approach taken by the bulk of the Instafitness generation.
Through his channel, the content he creates, and the challenges he takes on, Mark hopes to inspire us to believe and go for the reality that we can, actually, be better than we already are with a bit of grit, a bit of wit, and bit of a sense of humour and achievement along the way.
Periodically, as part of his channel's varied and always entertaining output, he takes on a challenge to show the gap between what we think an elite athlete does - and what they ACTUALLY do. He first came to our attention when he, as a non-rower, who'd not been on a rowing a machine for the best part of 25 years, decided to see if he could row as fast as Sir Steve Redgrave did on his worst day on an erg - the infamous pre-Sydney 6 - 15 2k test collapse.
(If you haven't watched this video, or indeed any of Mark's content, the links are down below. We won't spoil the ending for you, but it's well worth your time).
As rowers, we knew we had to have a chat with this tall, fit interloper who thought he could into our sport, smash our records and this bugger off back to Youtube. We also wanted to have a chat with Mark because he has been very open on his channel in talking about his Testosterone Replacement Therapy medication. As individuals and a sport who has always taken a hard line against any form of drugs in sport, we really wanted to find out more about how this usage squared with his fitness goals, looking at the ethics, morality and advantages that it might give someone who is, essentially, a professional Youtuber whose success depends on his ability to work and inspire physical performance in others.
Well, we're glad we got in touch with Mark as it turned out to be a fascinating and nuanced chat. Taking in his early life and background, his trajectory into sport, we also found out about his trajectory out of it, something exacerbated by lifestyle choices and social factors we can all identify with. Openly discussing his lowest points, and also his conscious decision to put the doughnuts away and starting fighting back, Mark showed a human side not usually associated with the filtered perfection of the professional social media fitness type.
In this context, he talked about how even though he was eating better, and exercising regularly, and the weight had shifted somewhat, he still struggled with motivation and enthusiasm, going on to explain that going onto TRT was a lightbulb moment - one that gave him back the energy and the drive that he had been lacking even when he was doing all of the right things.
This is an important discussion. The UK is well behind America and Europe in terms of Hormone Replacement Therapies in both sexes; and as Mark points out, a lot of issues that are diagnosed as depression have roots in hormone imbalances that can be addressed, but aren't by an NHS that is behind the curve. We discuss morality and ethicality of his TRT use, and its implications for age-group sports like rowing as its use becomes more and more widespread. After all, what could possibly go wrong with giving a therapeutic drug that also gives you more energy and drive and recovery to a cohort who really, really like to go a bit faster than they already are?
A fascinating chat with a great guy, and an important discussion. TRT is coming, and as rowers and older sportsmen and women, we have to get our heads around it.
Better Than Average Youtube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6dr32gbapkzgw_Eyr6VsJw
Better than Average Official Website:
Better Than Average Official Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/marklewispics/
Stern Four? You've been assigned for random drug testing. Pee in a cup. Not now, Six!
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![Broken Oars, Episode 36: The Short and Sweet Episode!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 20, 2022
Broken Oars, Episode 36: The Short and Sweet Episode!
Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
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We're back! Double and Trouble once again with the only rowing podcast that matters (apart from all the others).
In this episode, Lewin and I go back to our roots. With no guest, we simply chat about what's been interesting, annoying or inspiring us in the world of rowing (and indeed the world beyond) at this moment in time.
So, in this episode, for your listening delight and delectation we give you our thoughts, such as they are, on subjects as diverse as THAT Guardian article; comms speak; Eric Murray Dancing With The Stars On Ice and SMASHING IT; Tom George and the future of the monarchy; Thames and what punishments British Rowing should impose for their riding roughshod and mobhanded over the British Rowing system (no Henley this year would be a start); the prospect of an online onwater Viking Rowing Challenge League and why it should damned well happen, British Rowing ...
... and the difference between a proverb, an aphorism and an axiom.
Bow pair: a proverb, an aphorism and an axiom walk into a bar one day. The axiom says to the proverb ...
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![Broken Oars Broken Thoughts Bonus Episode: Science, Stopwatch, Art? A reaction to a recent article about British Rowing Post-Tokyo](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
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A Broken Thoughts where the Northern One goes off, perhaps ill-advisedly, on a recent newpaper article about British Rowing, asking when language became something you used for inaccuracy, infelicity and misrepresentation and what happened to holding your hands up and saying 'Yep. I got it wrong.'
And yes, I do call you Geoff, Greg.
Aren't mistakes annoying?
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![Broken Oars, Episode 35: Dan Armstrong - Deep Diving with a Thoroughly Modern Coach](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9135947/BO_resizedbi3b1_300x300.jpg)
Saturday May 07, 2022
Broken Oars, Episode 35: Dan Armstrong - Deep Diving with a Thoroughly Modern Coach
Saturday May 07, 2022
Saturday May 07, 2022
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Broken Oars Podcast, and your genial hosts Lewin (Southern One) and Aaron (Northern One) return with what could be our most important and insightful episode yet.
Oh, you always say that, you podding scallywags.
Well, yes, we do.
And we always mean it too.
On this occasion, though, it might just be true.
We're joined on this episde by Dan Armstrong, former junior performance pathway rower, former Durham University rower, current Durham University Coach and Tyne United Head Coach.
Starting with his introduction to the sport in a non-traditional rowing area (Hexham, Northumberland) and discussing how opportunity can be as important as parental or personal inclination in opening a door, we go on to look at how rowing can be identify forming in junior athletes - and the challenges that brings when it coincides with the search for your own adult identity.
Talking openly and honestly about how his own experiences of trying to juggle being a High Performance athlete with family life, the demands of university, and developing into a fully rounded human being all at the same time led to his eventual burnout, Dan goes on to address how his trajectory through the sport and subsequent transition into coaching meshes with the demands and expectations placed on the modern coach.
He outlines the challenges and responsibilities he feels for his athletes and the sport; why specialisation ultimately always beats standardisation and where British Rowing is heading with our Olympic slots under threat.
In tracing Dan's journey from a state-school rowing club in a non-rowing area through to his current role as a coach at one of the country's most prestigious HP programmes, alongside his role in Tyne United's community orientated approach, this episode ties together all of the threads and levels of British Rowing in a fascinatiing, nuanced and expansive deep dive into Broken Oar's Podcast's key themes and interests.
Oh, and we also define where the North begins and ends; establish the limits of sports science and the importance of data; talk about PED use in elite sport; why the stance on Modafinil use was indicative of the rot setting in; and why the Northern One has the finish of a sweep oarsman, no matter how many hours he spends sculling?
Essential listening.
Stern pair? Shush. The grown ups are talking.
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Drew Ginn is a five-time world rowing champion, four-time Olympian, triple Olympic champion (and silver medallist in one of the greatest Men's Coxless Four Finals in history); member of Australia's original Oarsome Foursome, and recipient of the rowing's Thomas Keller Medal; as well as an inductee into Sport Australia's Hall of Fame.
Beyond the medals, the statistics, the awards and the plaudits, Drew is, quite simply, a legend of the sport of rowing, described by triple Olympic champion Andrew Triggs-Hodge as Australia's equivalent of Sir Steve Redgrave and the opponent he lost most sleep over.
This episode of Broken Oars Podcast was a long time in the making (over a year). But we think you'll find, like us, that it was worth the wait. We sat down with an icon and ended up talking to one of the most passionate, knowledgeable, approachable and creative people we've ever met. Drew's desire to learn, share and engage, alongside his curiosity and passion, simply burns through every moment of this episode.
Alexander the Great wept because he had no more worlds to conquer.
Here we lay down our podcast, knowing that our work is done.
Full Crew: From backstops ... listen and learn. You're in the presence of greatness.
Again.
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Friday Apr 01, 2022
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Back once again, the renegade masters!
That's right. After our first ever semi-official hiatus to-date, Broken Oars Podcast returns.
In this episode, the Southern one and the Northern one discuss life, and how it gets everyone in the end; extended projects; bringing down the education system from within; why the Twilight series is an extended and disturbing primer on staying in abusive relationships; the Steinman philosophy of love and why Jed Bartlett isn't the President America deserves (as we all thought when The West Wing was in its pomp), but is actually a really annoying know-it all gobshite.
Sidestepping neatly into a discussion of the golden age of television; why 16 - 26 year olds tend to want explosions and gunplay over dramatic consistency; and whether MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and MMU (Manchester Metropolitan University) are related, and if so, is MMU churning out the next generation of steriod-using hyperviolent psychotics to feed Dana White's empire, we gingerly get to the business of the day.
(And by gingerly, we don't mean that the Southern one again advances his theory that gingers excel in sport because the playground has toughened them up, but gingerly in the sense of cautiously and with caveats abounding ...).
Because this is the episode where we get to grips with the ongoing furore that is the inclusion of Trans individuals in sporting categories.
Broken Oars Podcast has previously discussed Jurgen Grobler's problematic past; doping in sport; athlete welfare; and the historical failures of sporting institutions to provide that. We've seen Bikey Twitter throw poo at us because we had the temerity to say that female athletes should be paid the same as male ones. We have also, let it not be forgotten, seen Matthew Pinsent rowed out of our fantasy eight by Beowulf.
So, we're no strangers to controversy.
However, the tsunami of opinion that engulfed us when we recently came down on the side that Lia Thomas should be allowed, encouraged and supported in competing - because we believe in sport for all - while also saying that we felt it was unfair on the women she was competing against that she was competing against them ... well, that was off-the-charts.
So the same spirit that saw us address Jurgen's past in the GDR when a bunch of trolls suggested that British Rowing's success was juiced saw us sit down to talk through the whys and wherefores of Trans individuals in sport.
And we do it gingerly because we're two middle-class, middle-aged, middlingly-educated men of a certain skin colour and nationality ... and frankly, that even discussing this seems to be an invitation to having your head kicked in the third decade of the twenty-first century is terrifying.
Nevertheless, we talk through the science, ethics, morality and transphobia of trans individuals in sport carefully and with qualifications and caveats proliferating, asking how the current situation has been allowed to evolve into such a badly-handled firestorm, and asking what the way forward is.
We're back!
Did you miss us?
Because we missed you.
(NB: This episode was recorded before the ruling on Emily Bridges had been passed).
Bowside? Pull strokeside around again. They deserve it. Lazy buggers.
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