02 | Rowing & Regatta | September 2011 20

24

36

Contents September 2011

Summer Series > Women’s exhibition Women’s exhibition Women’s > Coaching section > Buller Gig Day Buller Gig Day Buller

Issue #55

September 2011 | £3.00

Rowers must strength train to increase their force and power output

September 2011 September 2011 55_contents_2.indd 3

WORLD amps

SENIOR, ADAPTIVE, UNDER-23 & JUNIOR...

OLYMPIC LEGENDMEETMICHAELLAPAGE

Turntopage7

WINA2XU

WINA2XU

COMPRESSIONTOP!

COMPRESSIONTOP!

5 eatpa s

TESTED

On the cover: 1948 Olympic legend, Michael Lapage Photo: Gerard Brown

Contents: No room at the cove on Buller Gig Day in Cadgwith on Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula Photo: Andy Cox

05 News 12 Tributes 14 Letters 16 Son of Alf 18 Viewpoint 20 Explore Summer Series 24 Junior Worlds 30 Under-23 Worlds 34 Adaptive Worlds 36 Senior Worlds 42 Olympic Profile 48 Buller Gig Day 51 Coaching section 52 Strength training 54 Technique 56 The Cox Box 60 Nutrition 63 Seatpads Tested 66 Women’s Exhibition 71 History 72 2011 Calendar

CONSUMER PRESS

24,733 Audited average circulation per issue Jan-Dec 2010

Smallprint The views expressed by the individual contributors are not necessarily those of British Rowing. Equally the inclusion of advertisements in this magazine does not constitute endorsement of the products or services concerned by British Rowing. British Rowing is unable to recommend any product, guarantee that it is free of any banned substances or take any responsibility for any claims of effectiveness. Copyright © 2011. Published by British Rowing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without written permission of British Rowing. British Rowing Limited. A company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England No.1706271. Registered Office: 6 Lower Mall, London, W6 9DJ. British Rowing and Rowing & Regatta are registered trademarks of British Rowing Ltd.

September 2011 | Rowing & Regatta | 03