Client Highlight

Kenny McDonald celebrates his victories

Client Highlight: Kenny McDonald

Kenny has done it again! This weekend Kenny set a world record in the 1 minute rowing erg race with a split of 1:20.3 in the men's light weight 50-55 year old category. Only a week earlier Kenny set the world record in the same event in the semi final, subsequently breaking his own world […]

Coach Perspective on the World’s Toughest Row 2025

The Jasper Solo, aka Daragh MacLoughlin, executed a very successful campaign in the solo World's Toughest Row category. Below are some thoughts thats might be beneficial to you if you're thinking of racing in the WTR in future. This is another opportunity to congratulate Daragh once again! Well done Daragh on a huge achievement from […]

HRV – Your Best Tool for Measuring Recovery

HRV stands for heart rate variability. The variability comes from the time between heart beats. This is measured in miliseconds. When training we use a dose-response relationship. We want to be fitter so we give the body a dose of cardio/endurance work to force the body to adapt (the response). However our cardiovascular system is […]

National Rowing Championship 2025 Recap

This past weekend saw a number of my clients racing well at the National Rowing Championship. The event took place at Rowing Ireland's National Rowing Centre in Farran, Co. Cork. With temperatures soring into the high twenties for Friday and Saturday, racing conditions were far different to training conditions and I've no doubt it made […]
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