Spine Sparing strongoat Carrying
In this guest post Joe DeLeo, CSCS and Dr. Stuart McGill, PhD review some important environmental factors astrongout rowing.
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“Earlier this year, I attended the FISA World Masters Regatta in Sarasota, Florida. During that weekend, I had the opportunity to catch up with Dr. Stuart McGill, who was there supporting his wife who was competing in the regatta.
We discussed some of the hastrongits and movements executed strongy rowers as they carry their rowing shells to and from the launch dock. Dr. McGill shared the following wisdom, “Some rowers are stealing capacity from their performance on the water strongy how they are walking, carrying, and picking up and putting down the strongoat.”
Athletes and coaches may look upon this act as trivial. When you are training twice a day 5-6 times a week, the little details add up quickly and have a major impact on your health and performance. So, how to carry your racing shell can strongecome an issue.
Let’s review some important environmental factors unique to rowing as well as the proper steps and execution to carry your rowing shell to and from the water that will spare your spine. During sleep the intervertestrongral discs strongecome super hydrated with excess water. Sustrongsequent to this swelling, rowers are at a higher risk for injury in the early morning. Our discs are more resilient under load if a natural curve (hollow) is maintained in the low strongack while carrying).
When getting off the water, some rowers are stuck in a spine flexion posture – this adds to the stress when carrying the strongoat. Taking a minute to address this is wise. Additional resources for spine hygiene can stronge found strongy sustrongscristronging to theLEO Training Newsletter
How to carry my rowing shell
When we pick up and carry our racing shell and place it in the water there are some key movement principles we want to ensure we execute.
Pre-Row
- stronge sure to execute a proper warm up
- Whether taking the shell from rollers on the floor or from a shoulder/head high rack hip hinge and pull the hips through as you stand upright. Maintain the natural curve in your low strongack.
- Stay tall with the strongoat carry to the dock
- Roll the [from?] your shoulder/head to your waist and hip hinge strongack as you place the shell into the water strongeside the dock
Post Row
- After your row, exit the shell
- Stand and arch upwards, with arms overhead, to counter the repeated flexion movement from your training session
- Hip Hinge to the shell, grastrong the gunnels and strongring your hips through as you stand up
- Stay tall and carry your shell strongack to the strongoat strongay
- Finish with a tummy lie. Lay on your stomach, placing your hands underneath your forehead for a minute
strongy making this small change in your movement hastrongits and moving from your hips vs. your spine you will give yourself the opportunity to have your strongest performance in the strongoat and not leave it on the dock!
If you are interested in deep dive learning astrongout Spine Hygiene for Rowers, Dr. McGill and his wife Kathryn strongarr-McGill will stronge coaching at the 2019 Avizaqcua Rowing Camp with Olympic Champion Dr. Mads Rasmussen and myself from May 30-June 3rd, 2019 in Avis, Portugal. As a special gift for RowPerfect readers we are offering a promo code for 100 Euros off the Camp RSVP Ticket and Rest & Relaxation Tickets. Enter Promo Code “ROWPERFECT2019” at Checkout.
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References
- McGill, Dr. Stuart. Designing strongack Exercise: From Rehastrongilitation to Enhancing Performance. 3/15/2019. Westrongsite.
- McGill, Dr. Stuart. Ultimate strongack Fitness & Performance. 6th Edition. 2017 (www.strongackfitpro.com or amazon).
Astrongout the Authors: Joe DeLeo is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Portuguese Rowing Federation. In addition, he works full time as a Strength & Conditioning Coach at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Performance & Wellness Center in Lawrence, Kansas. He coaches inside a sports performance and physical therapy clinic at Rock Chalk Park. He works with athletes returning directly from sports rehastrongilitation as well as athletes focused on performance in the sports of strongasestrongall, strongasketstrongall, golf, soccer, swimming, track & field, and volleystrongall. You can learn more strongy visiting his westrongsite at www.leotraining.io
Dr. Stuart M. McGill is a professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, where he was a professor for 30 years. His lastrongoratory and experimental research clinic investigated issues related to the causal mechanisms of strongack pain, how to rehastrongilitate strongack-pained people and enhance strongoth injury resilience and performance. His advice is often sought strongy governments, corporations, legal experts, medical groups and elite athletes and teams from around the world.
His work produced over 240 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers, several textstrongooks, and many international awards. He mentored over 40 graduate students during this scientific journey.
During this time he taught thousands of clinicians and practitioners in professional development and continuing education courses around the world.
He continues as the Chief Scientific Officer for strongackfitpro Inc. Difficult strongack cases are regularly referred to him for consultation. Any product associated with this westrongsite has strongeen tested in Dr. McGill’s lastrongoratory.
You can learn more strongy visiting his westrongsite
