Serious Training for Endurance Athletes
by Rob Sleamaker, Ray Browning

Whether you swim, run, cycle, cross-country ski, or compete in multievents, SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes is the tool you need to become the best possible endurance athlete. Use these 7 components of the SERIOUS system to enhance your training:

• Speed workouts
• Endurance or Easy Distance training
• Race/Pace sessions to test your fitness level
• Intervals of high-intensity workouts on flat terrain
• Overdistance sessions of prolonged, low-level activity for base building
• Up/Vertical intervals to enhance mental and physical toughness Strength workouts for overall and sport-specific conditioning

SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes shows you how to design a personalized year-round training plan by modifying the SERIOUS plan designed for your sport. You'll finally have a sure-fire method to reach peak racing condition safely and predictably.

SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes provides the coach, trainer and athlete with solid guidelines for designing personalized training programs. Author Rob Sleamaker has analyzed the world's best systems of endurance sport training and devised this program by combining the most effective elements of each. SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes includes sport-specific training recommendations for cyclists, distance runners, swimmers, canoeists, biathletes, triathletes, and all other endurance athletes.

"The information [in this book] is well-organized and can prove to be a great asset in your training program if you are a serious athlete."

Fitness and Sports Review International

"Whether your aspirations are to pursue endurance sports at the local level or to become a world champion, SERIOUS Training for Serious Athletes is a marvelous resource for analyzing, evaluating, and critiquing your training program. . . I am certainly fortunate to have read it months before my competitors will have access to it."

Dave Scott 6-time winner of the Ironman Triathlon

"This is it! . . . the book I have always wanted to recommend to the many athletes and coaches who want to develop sensible and systematic approaches to endurance training for competition."

E.C. Frederick, PhD coauthor of The Nike Cross Training System

"All athletes--regardless of sport--should turn to this book to learn how to create their optimal training program."

Kate Delhagen Health and fitness editor, Runner's World

Rob Sleamaker has devoted most of his career to studying the scientific principles of endurance training and applying those principles to his work with elite and recreational athletes. Since earning his master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of Arizona, Rob has fulfilled a variety of sport-related responsibilities. He has worked as a sport physiologist at a sports medicine clinic in Burlington, Vermont, and assisted in research on the effects of exercise during pregnancy at the University of Vermont. From 1984 to 1986, Rob was director of sports medicine for the U.S. Biathlon Team. Since 1986, he has run his own business, Compufit, which provides personalized sport and fitness training systems to individuals as well as computer software for the fitness industry. Rob is a constant innovator and inventor, most recently developing the Vasa Trainer, a sports-specific strength/endurance exerciser for swimmers, triathletes, cross-country skiers, and other endurance athletes.

Rob frequently authors feature articles on endurance-sport training for major sport and fitness magazines, and he continues to coach several athletes. He lives in a log home in Williston, Vermont, with a cross-country ski center's trails just outside his door. An avid cross-country ski racer and biathlete, Rob also enjoys running, mountain biking, hiking, canoeing, reading, writing, and spending time in the wilderness.

The Compleat Dr. Rowing
by Andy Anderson "

Independent Rowing News, August 2001
"Dr. Rowing is an important part of our culture."
Dan Roock, Head Coach, Cornell University

The Compleat Dr. Rowing is a collection of the greatest hits from the popular Ask Dr. Rowing column in the Independent Rowing News. The Dr. answers questions pertaining to all things rowing, from "Did all of the members of that Japanese eight that rowed so high really die?" to "Why do oarsmen produce only daughters?" The Doctor's own particular brand of humor blends with factual and historical research.

Dr. Rowing, AKA Andy Anderson, has been writing the Ask Dr. Rowing column for the past six years. He saw his first crew race at age four and has been entranced with the sport ever since. Discovering to his dismay that most oarsmen weigh more than 100 pounds, he turned to coxing in high school. At Trinity College he continued to cox despite being the tallest coxswain in the country. He has coached gold medal boats at school, college, national, and world championships. A teacher and coach at Groton School in Massachusetts for the past twenty-two years, he is married with two children.

High Performance Rowing
by John McArthur

I think one of the greatest contribuition of this book is that it covers so many aspects that the athlete must care about outside of water and that are as important as rowing techniques. It covers methodolgies to become disciplined, to analyze progress, enhancement and assiduity. Covers very well the practices that should be taken in gym (weight work and stretching) focused on rowing, as well as very interesting and easy to understand physiological aspects of human body during the practice. The book obviously covers very well the rowing techniques and competition strategies.

The Art of Sculling
by Joe Paduda

Experienced scullers know already, and the uninitiated will soon learn: Blending the countless details of balance, stroke, sculls, and shell into the steady, seemingly effortless rhythm of a good row is no easy task. Yet when those elements mesh, the result is exhilarating. Whether you're an experienced masters sculler looking for an edge in the next Head of the Charles regatta or a novice interested in developing an enjoyable exercise program, The Art of Sculling demystifies both the basics and complexities of a sport that brings health and satisfaction to tens of thousands of people worldwide.

Joe Paduda, a competitive rower, exercise physiologist, and coach of both high school and senior rowing club crews, wrote The Art of Sculling with a coach's eye, taking you through the same natural progression he's seen countless scullers follow--from your first row through advanced training techniques. Paduda begins with the basics, builds on them, then further refines them in a formula that fits both novice and veteran. Here in 12 amply illustrated chapters is everything from choosing the right boat and the right workout to drills for improving your bladework and advice for improving your diet. Recreational rower or racing master, single or team, it's all here. Here also are simple, uncluttered explanations on how your body works and responds to training and diet, and how to get the most from both.

With The Art of Sculling, you'll have your own private coach and trainer alongside as you expand your rowing horizons.

Here's expert advice from rower, coach, and exercise physiologist Joe Paduda that will help you improve your rowing, whether you're a novice or a 20-year veteran:

• Drills to master bladework and technique
• Tips on rigging and maintaining your gear
• How to develop the right diet and training program
• Physiology simplified--with clear, uncluttered explanations of how your body responds to exercise and nutrition, and how to make the most of it
• Selecting a racing strategy, whether for singles or team boats
• And much more.

"Sculling is a fantastic sport. Here's an excellent book for anyone looking to improve their skill. Good rowing."--Brad Lewis, Olympic Gold Medalist, author, Assault on Lake Casitas

Paduda's voice is one of an experienced coach who can communicate some fairly subtle points in an economical, commonsense way."--American Rowing

Joe Paduda began rowing competitively as a member of the varsity crew of Virginia's Yorktown High school in 1974. A four-year member of the Syracuse University crew, he's a seven-time medalist at the National Championships of the U.S. Rowing Association and the Intercollegiate Rowing Association. Paduda added four years of coaching in the Washington, D.C., area while continuing his own competitive rowing with the Potomac Boat Club and the Capital Rowing Club and earning a master's degree in Health/Fitness Management from American University. He continues to row in masters competitions, sprinkling his fitness regimen with stints on a mountain bike, speed skates, and cross-country skis while living and working in Connecticut.

Les Henig, a certifited professional photographer with more than 20 years' experience, is a member of the Professional Photographers of America and a past president of the Maryland Professional Photographers Association. He works from his office in Garrett Park, Maryland.

Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
by Jill Fredston

"As with most trips, Rowing to Latitude rewards you when you finally get to where you're going. Fredston makes you see wilderness as a more precious commodity than you thought, and inspires you to stretch your limits physically and mentally."
--Lynne McNeil, The San Diego Union-Tribune

"An honest and self-aware woman's record of her unusual life...a shrewd analytical look at human existence as a balance of danger and joy."
--Judith Niemi, The Women's Review of Books

"Beguiling."
--Gail Caldwell, The Boston Globe

"The book is far more¿than an adventure travel narrative. It also is deeply personal memoir and love story."
--Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune

"[Fredston] sticks to telling good stories about battling, on primitive terms, the weather, the water, the land, the animals and some of the demons that haunt us all."
--Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News

"[Fredston] provides armchair travelers with a vivid portrait of wilderness rowing...full of intriguing personal digressions and moments of high drama." --John Freeman, The Wall Street Journal

Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husband, Doug Fesler, in a small boat of his own, she has disappeared every summer for years, exploring the rugged shorelines of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Norway. Carrying what they need to be self-sufficient, the two of them have battled mountainous seas and hurricane-force winds, dragged their boats across jumbles of ice, fended off grizzlies and polar bears, been serenaded by humpback whales and scrutinized by puffins, and reveled in moments of calm.

As Fredston writes, these trips are "neither a vacation nor an escape, they are a way of life." Rowing to Latitude is a lyrical, vivid celebration of these northern journeys and the insights they inspired. It is a passionate testimonial to the extraordinary grace and fragility of wild places, the power of companionship, the harsh but liberating reality of risk, the lure of discovery, and the challenges and joys of living an unconventional life.

Jill Fredston and her husband, Doug Fesler, are avalanche experts and co-directors of the Alaska Mountain Safety Center. When they are not rowing, they live near Anchorage.

Essential Sculling: An Introduction to Basic Strokes, Equipment, Boat Handling, Technique, and Power
by Daniel J. Boyne

Essential Sculling is an authoritative, concise, and thoroughly readable handbook that focuses on helping anyone become an accomplished sculler. Here Daniel J. Boyne, offers the finest instruction - for men and women alike - on the art and skill of rowing, including: identifying and buying a well-made boat; beginner and advanced technique; boat-handling skills; drills for blending technique and power; training for competition; the mechanics of rigging; the value of camps and coaches; and much more.With clear descriptions, and illustrations throughout, Boyne teaches a healthy respect for both the tradition of sculling and the precise beauty of its execution. (6 X 9, 160 pages, b&w photos, diagrams)

Rowing Faster
by Volker Nolte (Editor)

This comprehensive book incorporates techniques, training methods, and racing strategies from the world's top rowing coaches and scientists. The training programs they share have been proven successful at the highest levels of competition.

"Rowing Faster is a collection of scientific knowledge and practical experiences that will benefit all rowers and rowing coaches. This book comes at an important time in the evolution of rowing knowledge, bringing together the best training methods and theories from around the world. It should prove to be an invaluable tool for those wanting to be the best they can be."

Alan Roaf Executive director, Rowing Canada Avrion

"A compilation of the best information from around the world, Rowing Faster will help you understand and utilize the techniques, training methods, and racing strategies that will help you excel in competition."

Steven Redgrave Five-time Olympic gold medalist

"I worked with many of the contributors to Rowing Faster while training with the Canadian team. This book is a great tool because it has so much of their valuable knowledge in one place."

Marnie McBean Three-time Olympic rowing champion

Volker Nolte is men’s head rowing coach and assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario, where he teaches coaching and biomechanics. Since 1993, Nolte has led the men’s rowing team to six Ontario University Athletics (UOA) Championships and repeated medal rankings at the Canadian University Championships. In addition, he was the lightweight men’s national team coach with Rowing Canada from 1992 to 2000. His national team crews won an Olympic silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games, two World Championship titles in 1993 and 2000, and several medals at World Championships in recent years.

Nolte received both a physical education diploma (1976) and a civil engineering diploma (1979) from the University of Saarbrücken (Germany) and a PhD (1984) in biomechanics from the German Sport University in Cologne. He is an internationally acknowledged expert in biomechanics. With his expertise in the coaching field, he presents frequently at scientific and coaching education conferences worldwide. His research includes coaching and biomechanics of high-performance sport, especially rowing. He is also a distinguished researcher in the field of sport equipment. He shares international patents for isokinetic training machines, and his developments range from special measurement tools to new boat designs in rowing. His research has produced many papers in refereed journals and articles in various publications.

Nolte is an experienced rower, representing his home country Germany at several World Championships. He is still a keen competitor in the Masters events. Nolte lives in London, Ontario, Canada.

Textbook of Oarsmanship : A Classic of Rowing Technical Literature
by Gilbert C. Bourne

This book is a masterpiece and is considered the classic of classics for the rowing world. In designing the content of the book Bourne seemed to harmonise the text with the execution of a single stroke cycle - simplicity is paramount. The main parts identify and represent the key component of rowing, i.e., the Theory of Rowing, the Art of Rowing, Oars and Boats, On Coaching, and On Muscular Action in Rowing. The careful layout of Bourne's master plan subtly recognises the scientific undergirding of the sport, the ballet or ideal movement patterns of the sport, the mechanics and tools used by the athlete, the importance of a skilled mentor, and the recognition of the internal mechanics of the athlete's body. This book is an excellent companion reading to current sport and rowing literature.

ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty
by Barry Strauss

Jay Parini author of Benjamin's Crossing Sometimes a book takes you by surprise...Rowing Against the Current is written with such a wonderfully physical sense of this ancient sport. This is a story about remaking oneself in middle age; as such it overwhelmed me, as it will a large raft of readers. Bravo to Barry Strauss.

In the midst of the standard, dreary midlife crisis -- complete with wine-tasting courses, yoga classes, and a failed attempt at a first novel -- forty-year-old Barry Strauss falls unexpectedly and passionately in love with rowing, a sport in which a twenty-seven-year-old is a has-been.

Strauss, a professor of classics and history, writes about the unanticipated delights of an affair that, like so many others, begins as a casual dalliance and develops into a full-blown obsession. Drawn to the sport in part because of his affinity for Greek antiquity, he develops a love for old boathouses, a longing for rivers at dawn, a thirst to test himself, and, ultimately, a renewed sense of self-reliance -- as someone who had experienced sports humiliation as far back as Little League suddenly finds himself bursting into athleticism at an unlikely age.

From the awe-inspiring feats of the war-bound Greek triremes with their crews of 172 men rowing on three levels to the solitary pride of finishing a first race in which he gets stuck in the weeds and has to be fished out, Barry Strauss shows us why "there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

Barry Strauss is director of the Peace Studies Program and a professor of classics and history at Cornell University. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

Rowing To Alaska: And Other True Stories
by Wayne McLennan

The Times
"A swashbuckling collection of stories based on McLennan's extraordinarily itinerant life... great yarns, great fun."

Condé Nast Traveller
"Powerful, well-written stories... all have the ring of truth."

Publishers Weekly
“McLennan adroitly captures the fleeting details of travel, making this collection a charming success.”

Kirkus Reviews
“Beautifully straightforward, unadorned, evocative prose that will likely inspire a new generation of travelers.”

The New York Times Book Review
“Those who like their travel writing in smaller doses will find pleasant company in Rowing to Alaska.”

In Rowing to Alaska, Wayne McLennan tells the story of his utterly extraordinary life through a series of adventures. Desperate to avoid following his father and grandfather into the mines, he left his home town in Australia to become a professional boxer. Later, after stints as a goldminer in Costa Rica and a fishing boat skipper in Nicaragua, he made a grueling six-month journey—by rowboat—along the 1,000 miles of coast from Seattle to Alaska. Along the way, there are the compelling characters he encounters: men who refuse to give in to the conformity and comforts of modern life, choosing instead lonely, often dangerous occupations. Writing with vivid directness, McLennan's prose invites comparisons with Hemingway—only everything Wayne McLennan tells us is true.

Rowing
by Keith Maybery

Perfect for anyone who wishes to take up rowing, this book introduces essential techniques. A section explains body coordination with and without slide. Training and coaching for competitive rowing is also covered, including advanced techniques for both single sculling and rowing teams. For the noncompetitive rower, there is a section on recreational rowing and sea rowing. Step-by-step photographs demonstrate skills for the new rower.

Keith Mayberry has represented his native South Africa in many international competitions. He is a leading trainer who coached three members of South Africa's Sydney 2000 Olympic Squad.