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Winter Conditioning

Train with us this winter!

New Athletes Wanted!

New to Rowing? Try our program out for a week free of charge!

(We accept new athletes all season long!)

GENERAL INFORMATION

Newport  Rowing Club’s Winter Conditioning program is open to athletes in 8th grade through 12th grade. All members of the team, regardless of fitness or experience, will practice together during this program as the workouts are based on personal improvement. Rowing is considered a strength endurance sport. In order to be truly competitive in this type of sport, athletes should work to develop aerobic and anaerobic fitness, and well-rounded, full-body strength. This is the main purpose of NRC’s Winter Conditioning program. Physiologically, it only takes 3 days off from exercising to begin to lose fitness. NRC encourages athletes to stay active consistently throughout the year for this reason and provides programs like Winter Conditioning to accommodate that.

The Winter Conditioning program consists of a variety of different workouts. Athletes will learn basic strength training relevant to rowing and participate in challenging full-body circuits, aerobic workouts (running, erging, biking, jump rope, etc.), and anaerobic workouts.  

NRC’s Winter Conditioning program provides the opportunity for athletes to compete in Mainline Slide and Center City Slam,  indoor ergometer races in Philadelphia. The athletes will race as juniors in 2000m sprints, the standard racing distance. This event is a great opportunity to get a feel for the excitement of racing in a more controlled environment. If you’re a parent, this is also a great chance to get an up close and personal seat to watch your child race!

SEASON DATES

FULL SEASON November 27, 2023 to February 9, 2024
WINTER BREAK December 23, 2023 to January 2, 2024

PRACTICE TIMES

Monday - Friday 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Racing

January 28, 2024 MainLine Slide (Ardmore, PA)
February TBD USRowing Indoor Championships (Atlantic City, NJ)
February TBD Center City Slam (Philadelphia, PA)

(Racing dependent on interest.)

COST

$500* / athlete

*Financial aid is available. Please contact newportrowingclub@gmail.com for more information.

NRC INDOOR ROWING SUCCESSES

Newport Rowing Club has had two athletes who have won medals at the C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championships in Boston, MA. In 2012, Sabine Sellers placed 5th overall in the Lightweight Junior Women’s 2k and in 2014, Julia Baumel came in 2nd in the Lightweight Under 23 Women’s 2k.

Newport Rowing Club’s alumnus Julia Baumel also held a world record for 4 years for the Indoor Lightweight Women’s Marathon (42,195m) ages 17-18 with a time of 3:09:04.4.


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Contact

Newport Rowing Club
301 Harvey Drive, Suite 8
Newport, DE 19804
newportrowingclub@gmail.com
(302)998-4000