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The competition begins with training...

What is training?

For LAROUSSE: "Training is preparing for a competition"

For ANDRIVET: "...We can define training as the set of processes tending to bring a human being to the maximum of his possibilities..."

The most precise notion of sports training is provided by MATVEIEV who understands by "sports training" everything that includes the physical, technical-tactical, intellectual and moral preparation of the athlete with the help of physical exercises.

Training principles:

PERFORMANCE FACTORS IN ROWING

Performance in a competition is a complex outcome, which depends on human factors, but also on the involvement of other elements such as equipment, weather conditions, etc.

Four essential factors determine rowing performance:

- Mental qualities
- Physical qualities
- Motor coordination skills (technique)
- Tactical qualities

It has been proven that the metabolic energy required to perform over 2000 meters comes mainly from the aerobic energy system.

- 70% to 80% of the energy used during a competition comes from aerobic metabolism (use by the muscles of oxygen, glucose or glycogen and fats by the muscle, to generate the energy necessary for its contraction).

- 10% to 15% of the energy used during a competition comes from anaerobic lactic metabolism (use of glucose or glycogen by the muscle to generate the energy needed for its contraction; energy is thus produced without the supply of oxygen). However, muscles produce lactic acid. An excess of lactic acid in the body notably prevents the mechanism of muscle contraction, thus leading to fatigue.

- 10% to 15% of the energy used during a competition comes from anaerobic alactic metabolism (use of phosphocreatine, glucose or glycogen by the muscle to generate the energy necessary for its contraction; energy is thus produced without the supply of oxygen). In this metabolism, there is no production of lactic acid.

The objective of rowing training is therefore to develop each pathway of the different metabolisms, in proportion to their participation in the competition.
The main part of the training is therefore based on the development of the aerobic system.
Remember that this physical parameter takes a long time to improve.

Here is the training catalog offered by the French Federation of Rowing Societies:

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- General training:

It encompasses all activities that are not directly related to the discipline, but that allow the development of a specific physiological factor. These include jogging, cross-country skiing, swimming, cycling, and team sports. This general training is necessary for the athletic training of rowers; it aims to develop motor coordination, therefore basic strength and strength endurance. It is also a way to promote the athlete's aerobic fitness.

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- Semi-specific training:

These are all forms of muscle building or strengthening adapted to the profiles of the rowers (depending on age, sex and experience, etc.), or sessions on rowing ergometers or on the rowing tank. These types of sessions can be very varied, and often allow you to replace a session in a boat when the weather or water conditions are unfavorable. This training contains all forms of work in a sequence similar to the rowing movement.