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Carlos Dinares TIP # 444: You cannot ROW WELL without a STRONG CORE

May 18, 2012

In order to move a boat you need to connect the boat to the blade and that goes through your core. If you have a strong core you can maximized your biggest muscles that move the boat. A strong core … Continue reading


Carlos Dinares TIP # 443: ASK YOURSELF these 12 QUESTIONS about your ROWING

May 17, 2012

If you have been rowing for a while and you feel that it is always the same and there is no enough improvement or none, maybe there is something you can do to change that. I can assure you that … Continue reading


Carlos Dinares TIP # 442: ROWING NEW ZEALAND Coaching TIPS from RICHARD TONKS

May 16, 2012

This is a great video of a great rowing coach. In this video that I highly recommend, Dick Tonks gives us some great rowing tips to be used to understand better rowing and coach better. I agree with what he … Continue reading


Carlos Dinares TIP # 441: ROWING NEW ZEALAND Coaching TIPS from – CALVIN FERGUSON

Very good video of coaching tips from one of the top New Zealand coaches. I totally agree with what he is saying and it is great to hear many things I believe on coming from other coaches too. Enjoy the … Continue reading


Carlos Dinares: Using the ROWPERFECT to win the OLYMPICS

May 15, 2012

Interview with Ben Hunt-Davis from OLYMPIC 8+ Champion Sidney 2000 How many times a week did you do Rowperfect sessions? After 1998 we started to train differently. We did more sessions on rowing machines, essentially one a day would always … Continue reading


Carlos Dinares TIP # 440: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ROWING TEAM earns PAC-12 ROWING Title

May 14, 2012

Dominant victory in varsity eight lifts Washington men to Pac-12 rowing title Huskies earn 35th conference title and fifth championship in the last six years. By Mark Billingsley Special to The Seattle Times RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Even missing senior … Continue reading


Carlos Dinares: ROWING benefits your BRAIN

May 12, 2012

To learn more about how exercise affects the brain, scientists in Ireland recently asked a group of sedentary male college students to take part in a memory test followed by strenuous exercise. First, the young men watched a rapid-fire lineup … Continue reading


Carlos Dinares TIP # 439: Rowing Training Camp at Potomac in Washington DC

May 11, 2012

Enjoying few days at Potomac Boat Club in Washington DC coaching some rowers with the Rowperfect3 and small boats!


Carlos Dinares: Row at low rate to improve your rowing!

May 10, 2012

I believe that rowing slowing things down builds better coordination, why? Here are 2 big reasons why slowing down the rowing stroke helps to develop better coordination. 1)The Weber Fechner rule: The Weber Fechner rule describes the relationship between the … Continue reading


Carlos Dinares TIP # 438: Building a ROWING PROGRAM to teach EXCELLENCE

Winning races is something that somebody always do. Every race has a winner. Winning a race is not the ultimate goal for me but the process who gets you there to achieve your best. The difficult moments and the struggles … Continue reading