Faster with Bill Chambers Bill Chambers

Join me in my conversation with Michael Naughton, Chief Operations Officer Nielsen Kellerman.


How Michael got started in rowing
Origins of Nielsen Kellerman (NK)
Development of the Cox Box and Stroke Coach through to today
How the fallout between NK & Concept2 over the C2 rowing machine display enabled NK to grow
Future innovations NK are working on



Michael holds a Master of Science, in Naval Architecture/Ocean Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Miami.

Join me as I discuss with Pete King and Dick Smith, from Oxford England, why and how they power meters in rowing. We discuss the brand they use. How they use the data to determine seating in the coxless four. How they use the data to understand strengths and areas for improvement.

Pete and Dick are two members of the Wallingford coxed four that won the masters title at the Head of The Charles regatta in 2017 and set a new course record in 2018. They are part of the highly successful Wallingford crew that have won multiple National and International masters rowing titles.



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Join me as I speak exclusively with Vincent Gaillard, Executive Director of World Rowing, about the future direction of Rowing. In this episode, Vincent shares World Rowing's 15 year plan to transform the reach, the image and revenues of the sport. We discuss the expansion into coastal rowing, indoor rowing, plans to drive awareness and boost audience engagement. Vincent also talks about what we can expect after the 1,500m racing format at the LA Games. World Rowing's new partnership with Concept2 and the future of rowing in e-sports Games.



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Join Greg and I, as we discuss how Greg uses power meters set the boat up, understand the effectiveness of the stroke and programme training with the power meter to help him go faster.

Greg Benning, started rowing at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 and has been engaged in the sport ever since. Greg won the Head of The Charles regatta over 20 times and the Silver Skiff International Time Trial 9 times.

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Join me as I speak with Matt Draper about his experience in rowing over the last 30-years that has taken Matt from High Performance Manager with Australian Rowing to organising Olympic and World Rowing Championship events.

In this episode I cover the metrics that I track during a rowing season, to monitor and manage performance. This episode ought to be useful for anyone seeking to understand what training metrics and devices are best to improve their performance in rowing.
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