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The shape of rowing science

222 ARTICLES.
ONE FIELD, MAPPED.

Nine editorial clusters. Swipe through to see what members read.

Physiology

39 articles

  • The Relationship Between Blood Lactate Threshold and 2,000-meter Rowing Ergometer Performance

  • You Can’t Use Fitness You Can’t Deliver: Neuromuscular Fatigue in Rowing

  • Four Weeks of Hypoxia Training Improves Microcirculation in Rowers

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Biomechanics & Technique

30 articles

  • Does Muscle Coordination Really Stay the Same as Rowing Power Increases?

  • Static vs Dynamic Ergometers: What Coaches Should Know About Coordination and Technique

  • The Relationship Between Rowing Stroke Mechanics and Respiratory Muscle Function: Does the Athletes' Postural Control Affect Performance?

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Strength & Conditioning

25 articles

  • Can Lifting Weights Build a Bigger Aerobic Engine?

  • Exploring Concurrent Aerobic and Resistance Training in Rowers

  • The Effects of Four-week Plyometric Training On Delaying Muscle Fatigue In Youth Rowers

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Performance & Testing

47 articles

  • Using IMU sensors to compare rowing ergometers with rowing on the water

  • Predicting 2k Performance and Profiling Athletes Using the Anaerobic Power Reserve Framework

  • Using Wearable Sensors to Measure Rowing Technique and Performance

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Injury & Health

24 articles

  • Diagnostic Imaging of Rib Stress Injuries In Rowing: Is There A Role For Ultrasound Sonography?

  • The Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in Retired World-Class Rowers

  • Diagnosing and Managing Rib Stress Injuries in Rowers

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Nutrition

12 articles

  • Science of Rowing Nutrition Guidelines for Openweight Rowing

  • What aspects of nutrition play a role in the development of Rib Stress Injury?

  • OPTIMAL NUTRITION FOR ROWING ATHLETES

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Psychology & Mindset

18 articles

  • Coxswains Are Performers Too: Considerations for Coxswain Mental Skills Training

  • Does Cognitive Load Change Rowing Technique?

  • How Mental Effort Can Differentiate Between Elite and Non-elite Rowers

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Female Athlete Health

17 articles

  • The Relationship Between Maximum Strength and Rowing Performance in Elite Female Rowers

  • Does The Lactate Threshold Vary Across The Menstrual Cycle In Normally Menstruating National Level Rowers?

  • The Impact of Rowing on Post-Menopausal Women

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Coaching & Skill Development

10 articles

  • What Do Elite Coxswains Say During Races?

  • The Effect Of Low and High Stroke Rate With And Without Biomechanical Feedback On Simulated Competitive Rowing Intensity

  • Coaches’ Perspective of Key Technical and Physical Parameters in Junior Rowers

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The field

15,000 SPORTS
PAPERS A YEAR.

That's roughly how many sports science papers get published every year. Almost none of it ever reaches a coach.

The filter

36 FINDINGS
THAT MATTER.

Every year we surface the roughly three dozen peer-reviewed pieces that genuinely change how rowers should train.

The gift

400+ HOURS BACK
TO COACHING.

What it would take you to read and parse those papers yourself, reclaimed for the boathouse, the gym, and the boat.

The problem

THE RESEARCH IS THERE.
THE TIME ISN'T.

Peer-reviewed rowing science is published every week. Most of it sits behind paywalls, written for other researchers, not for coaches and practitioners like you.

You appreciate the value, but you lack the time… You're at the boathouse before dawn, building training plans, watching video, managing athlete welfare. Reading academic journals isn't on your schedule.

So the research on catch timing, lactate dynamics, optimal stroke rate stays in paywalled PDFs, cited by other researchers, never reaching the boathouse where it could change how your rowers train.

Science of Rowing reads the research for you. Three studies a month, translated into coaching language you can put to work the same week.

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PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH.
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Fresh from September 2026. Every article follows the same format.

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Strength & Conditioning

Vol. VII · Issue 09

CAN LIFTING WEIGHTS BUILD A BIGGER AEROBIC ENGINE?

Reviewed study: Lundby, C., Mazza, O., Nielsen, J., Haubro, M., Kvorning, T., Ørtenblad, N., & Gejl, K. D. (2024). Eight weeks of heavy strength training increases hemoglobin mass and V̇O₂peak in well-trained to elite female and male rowers. Journal of Applied Physiology, 136(1), 1–12.

By Alex Wolf

Strength training is already part of most serious rowing programmes, but could it develop more than strength? This study asks whether heavy lifting can also increase the blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity and aerobic power and whether doing substantially more lifting produces a greater return.

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JOE DELEO

Decades of rowing and strength coaching experience. Writes on physical preparation, injury prevention, and the science of force production in rowing.

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Olympic-level strength and conditioning coach. Leads editorial direction and translates academic research into coaching practice.

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