Dragon Boat Strength and Conditioning

08/08/2025

Imagine beating your all-time best by half a boat length - whilst warming up. It was all due to an experimental training method - Rapid Dynamic Training. From now on "May every day be your lucky day". Guest appearance from Da Gangastar and from Kat Stace.

Imagine one day, paddling at your warm up pace and finding that you beat your all-time best by 2.5%. By pure chance I used an experimental training method de...

11/04/2025

Put a big smile on your face. Give up on years of hard work for little gain. Embrace smart work for quick vast gains. In this video I combine several techniques for monumental improvements over 40 seconds of paddling. Thanks to Kat Athletic xx (the exercise model)

The history of sport reveals that great champions are built off technical innovations. Very little difference exists in physical ability between humans but v...

28/03/2025

After today not even daylight will come second. Everyone will want to join your club because no-one wants to come second. But to come first you must earn the right to learn. The lessons learned today will go to making you the undisputed champions. No joke!

If you're not first you're last! You will spend your entire life asking "what if we did this?" Today ask yourself "what if we do this?" History tells us that...

21/03/2025

Have you improved by one second? In this series I will show you how to improve by five seconds. I will show you how to increase speed and improve endurance. I will show you the Way to Dragon boat happiness. Be happy. Thanks to Kat Athletic xx for the exercise demos.

What is the secret to increasing speed and endurance at the same time? Answer - it is how you manipulate the paddle with your technique and muscles. It's abo...

14/03/2025

Looking to study a Premier womens crew. Need Video footage from drummer or sweep whilst racing 200m showing how speed changes over time. Need to know average weight of paddlers. Then also need side on video of racing (200m) at midway for biomechanical analysis. Crew must be competitive so that can verify their times relative to other crews. Videos can be from past. Would be extra beneficial to get photos (at 60 frames per second) of your best padder at midway through the race. Thanks....Good morning paddlers. May the waters be with you.

07/03/2025

It's the weekend; I know you. You can't wait to get out on the water. You can't wait for dragon boat news. Here's news for you - improve by 60% by understanding the fundamentals of paddling faster. Then reward yourself and go on a holiday (with the Down Under Dogs Australia) paddle, travel, race, smile

Become the greatest paddler you can ever be. Improve up to 60% by driving from the catch, driving the instant the paddle catches water, improving how you cat...

01/03/2025

Scare the life out of your opposition with your dragon boat performance. Improve by 5% right now or more if you want; listen closely to find out more.

Improve you top-end power by 5%. Adding more muscle to your paddling stroke will increase your force production and acceleration speed. Here is one area that...

21/02/2025

Everybody loves race day! Learn a few tricks to improve your speed off the mark, top speed and bursts of speed. Success comes from thinking of a way to get around adversity. A big welcome to the dragon for this episode. And also to Kat Athletic xx

The greatest improvement to your erg distance and your boat speed depends on the power of your first few paddling strokes to accelerate the boat. Each stroke...

15/02/2025

Paddle beyond your wildest dreams. Improve by up to 12 metres overnight. Happy Year of the Snake for dragon boaters (but not for golfers).

One day you wake up a much much better paddler than the day before. That would be because you listened and learned (and chose wisely what to adopt). Don't le...

08/02/2025

Paddle 8 metres faster over 30 seconds "overnight". Please don't paddle at night. Just wait until the morning. Happy Year of the Snake.

I stumbled across old notes (how lucky am I) regarding my different experiments re Dragon boat paddling from last 9 years. Found how to improve by 8 metres (...

01/02/2025

Happy Year of the Snake. May your year will be filled with wisdom and success. May you never stumble upon a snake this year. Treasure what is precious - your paddling.

Happy Lunar New Year. Happy Year of the Snake. In the east, the snake is associated with deep wisdom. Tune in this year as we will break down into detail how...