Rewilding. Great video - developing selfawareness and understanding how to push yourself, or when your thoughts limit you is such a powerful skill to develop.
I got through the squatting and reforestation and all. I like your videos but here are some of my reactions to the discussion of elite background and pushing pushing more more in training. 1) What access to elite competition did the coach have when they were young? How was a woman going to compete at Henley Royal Regatta when HRR did not have women's events? 2) capacity for more more more training - and there's your injury or you're sick,: a sign of weakness? 3) how did you maintain your training during your pregnancy and how soon after delivery did you return to full time training. Or did you decide to forego elite rowing in order to get a full time job and start a family. I ask because I see many more rowing coaching videos posted by men on TH-cam than women. Are women that much less qualified to coach?
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment-I appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective. I completely agree that there’s a significant inequality in the sport, both in terms of access to elite competition and in the opportunities available to women historically and today. The gap is closing, but it’s still there, and as someone with an audience, I feel a responsibility to advocate for the changes needed to make rowing more inclusive and accessible to everyone. Your points made me reflect on the privilege that played a role in my own journey. For example, I had the advantage of being able to live at home with my dad well into my early 20s, working a part-time coaching job without other commitments, which allowed me to focus fully on training. Not everyone has access to that kind of support, and I recognize how that environment made it possible for me to reach the levels I did. The main point I intended to convey is that doing what is required to reach the elite-level -fully committing to reaching your potential, pushing yourself alone day in and day out-teaches unique skills and resilience. These are lessons that, in my view, you can only learn through that intense, focused pursuit. It’s an experience that forges skills that are intangible and can’t be gained any other way, and I see those as beneficial for coaching. There are plenty of great coaches that do not have that experience, there is no way that they would not be better coaches if they did have it. I certainly didn’t mean to imply that men are better suited to those skills than women. As you pointed out, the experience of training through or after something as significant as pregnancy also develops resilience and unique insights that are valuable and intangible in their own right. Thanks again for the comment-I’m grateful for the opportunity to reflect on these issues, and I’m committed to being part of the positive change the sport needs.
Rewilding with squats! Great to see Tokyo back on the channel 😊
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Rewilding. Great video - developing selfawareness and understanding how to push yourself, or when your thoughts limit you is such a powerful skill to develop.
🫡 - thanks Natacha!
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Squat!
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I got through the squatting and reforestation and all. I like your videos but here are some of my reactions to the discussion of elite background and pushing pushing more more in training. 1) What access to elite competition did the coach have when they were young? How was a woman going to compete at Henley Royal Regatta when HRR did not have women's events? 2) capacity for more more more training - and there's your injury or you're sick,: a sign of weakness? 3) how did you maintain your training during your pregnancy and how soon after delivery did you return to full time training. Or did you decide to forego elite rowing in order to get a full time job and start a family. I ask because I see many more rowing coaching videos posted by men on TH-cam than women. Are women that much less qualified to coach?
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment-I appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective.
I completely agree that there’s a significant inequality in the sport, both in terms of access to elite competition and in the opportunities available to women historically and today. The gap is closing, but it’s still there, and as someone with an audience, I feel a responsibility to advocate for the changes needed to make rowing more inclusive and accessible to everyone.
Your points made me reflect on the privilege that played a role in my own journey. For example, I had the advantage of being able to live at home with my dad well into my early 20s, working a part-time coaching job without other commitments, which allowed me to focus fully on training. Not everyone has access to that kind of support, and I recognize how that environment made it possible for me to reach the levels I did.
The main point I intended to convey is that doing what is required to reach the elite-level -fully committing to reaching your potential, pushing yourself alone day in and day out-teaches unique skills and resilience. These are lessons that, in my view, you can only learn through that intense, focused pursuit. It’s an experience that forges skills that are intangible and can’t be gained any other way, and I see those as beneficial for coaching.
There are plenty of great coaches that do not have that experience, there is no way that they would not be better coaches if they did have it.
I certainly didn’t mean to imply that men are better suited to those skills than women. As you pointed out, the experience of training through or after something as significant as pregnancy also develops resilience and unique insights that are valuable and intangible in their own right.
Thanks again for the comment-I’m grateful for the opportunity to reflect on these issues, and I’m committed to being part of the positive change the sport needs.
Rewilding
😂 next level! 🫡
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Rewilding. Thank you Jack