March 10th and 11th – Community Rowing in Boston/STRUCTURAL EVALUATIONS FOR ROWERS
February 26, 2009
Coach Kaehler will be in Boston presenting an informative lecture, Strength Training and Injury Prevention, on Tuesday, March 10th at 6:30 pm at the Community Rowing Boathouse.
Participants and the entire rowing community will also have the opportunity to receive a comprehensive Structural Evaluation by Coach Kaehler on Tuesday, March 10th and Wednesday, March 11th. This comprehensive evaluation identifies your flexibility and strength limitations which are then addressed by Coach Kaehler, giving you a comprehensive, corrective exercise program to help restore your musculoskeletal balance. This corrective balancing helps you resolve chronic injuries, restore flexibility and strength, and improve your rowing technique and power. The structural evaluation and corrective exercise sessions last 75 -90 minutes. Please refer to the schedule for availability. Because of the high demand and personalized attention provided, limited space is available.
Sign up today to take advantage of this unique opportunity for only $379.00
After making your purchase, please contact Coach Kaehler to reserve your preferred time.
Bucks County, PA – Indoor Masters’ Training Camp – Saturday March 21st, or Sunday March 22nd, 2009
February 26, 2009
The Coach Kaehler “Masters Training Camp” is a new and unique product that is now being offered to the rowing community. Coach Kaehler will offer two(2) separate one(1) day indoor Masters Training Camps on either Saturday March 21st, or Sunday March 22nd. This camp will get you ready for your on the water racing season. SIGN UP TODAY!!!! LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!!!
RESERVE YOUR SPOT:
To reserve your spot today as there are only five (5) spots available on Saturday, and five(5) spots on Sunday for the Coach Kaehler Indoor Masters Training Camp in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on March 21st and 22nd. Please go to the bottom of this page and select one of the camp packages thru PayPal. You can view a description of the two available packages (Gold, Silver) listed below. This camp will be held in the beautiful 8,000 square foot Transcend Training Facility in Wrightstown, PA All participant must sign a liability waiver prior to the start of the camp. Waivers will be provided at the time of your structural evaluation.
Indoor Gold “Rowing” Package – $529 (Introductory Price)
Includes:
- Structural Evaluation
- Corrective Exercises in PDF format with pictures and text
- Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
- One (1) Coached Group Strength Training Session which includes corrective exercise review
- One (1) Coached Group Ergometer Session which applies the concepts taught in the program and looks at your individual imbalances in relation to your rowing.
- Discount on other Coach Kaehler Services
- Contact Coach Kaehler about your corrective exercises and/or training injuries
Indoor Gold “Runners” Package – $459 (Introductory Price)
Includes:
- Structural Evaluation
- Corrective Exercises in PDF format with pictures and text
- Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
- One (1) Coached Group Strength Training Session which includes corrective exercise review
- Discount on other Coach Kaehler Services
- Contact Coach Kaehler about your corrective exercises and/or training injuries
Silver Package – $379 (Introductory Price)
Includes:
- Structural Evaluation
- Corrective Exercises in PDF format with pictures and text
- Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
- Discount on other Coach Kaehler Services
- Contact Coach Kaehler about your corrective exercises and/or training injuries
Bronze Package – $150 – “Strength” or ” Ergometer” Training Session
- One (1) Coached Group Strength Training Session ( 5 Athletes Max) which includes corrective exercise review
“OR”
- One (1) Coached Group ( 5 Athletes Max) Ergometer Session which teaches concepts or power application, and the relationship to individual musculoskeletal imbalances in relation to your rowing. Correlation of ergometer use and strength training are demonstrated.
Sit-up weighted on chest and with arms vertical
February 24, 2009
Sara Sargent’s Structural Evaluation
February 22, 2009
The “structural evaluation” test which Bob put me through is a valuable tool to determine an athlete’s weaknesses and strengths. My testing was sport specific, rowing. Bob then demonstrated and set up a “corrective exercise” program which can be easily incorporated along with one’s training goals, i.e., my erg/rowing and weight lifting. For me more so than ever, it is imperative that I follow through with the program probably for the rest of my life, as I have a long history of back issues – injuries and accidents from the past.
Congratulations on Winning the CRASH-B’s 2009
Sara Sargent, Veteran Rower
Structural Evaluations and Masters’/Juniors’ Training Camps
February 19, 2009
Coach Kaehler Masters/Juniors’ Training Camp
Purchase Evaluation or Camp Package
This camp is for Masters’/Juniors’ rowers and other endurance athletes who want to take their performance to the next level. The very best athletes in any sport have great musculoskeletal body balance. Optimal balance gives an athlete the necessary foundation to achieve peak athletic performance. Many athletes however, both professional and recreational, have underlying imbalances that not only limit their peak performance, but also increase their risk of injury.
Coach Kaehler’s structural evaluation helps create an optimal training environment for your body. Each participant at the Kaehler Training Camp will receive his structural assessment.
Goals
The goals of the Kaehler Training Camp include identifying musculoskeletal imbalances, correcting the imbalances with specific strength training exercises, and applying the structural and biomechanical changes to improve your performance on the water.
As a participant at the camp, you will receive Kaehler’s structural evaluation and appropriate corrective exercises. These exercises will help restore your musculoskeletal body balance. You will also be assessed on the water and participate in a coached group strength training session.
The camp also includes a lecture that will help you understand how correcting identified imbalances will help you reduce the risk of injury, and improve your performance on the water. Combining the strength training sessions with the lecture series will help you immediately apply these new skills into your training at home.
We will conduct on-the-water sessions in singles, doubles or quads. Strength training sessions will be taught in small groups to focus on proper lifting technique, and will also address common corrective exercises and basic strength training biomechanics.
When and Where
We will offer one,two, and three day camps at Lake Luxembourg in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Also, additional camps will be forming in Seattle, Florida, and California during the winter. Dates are tentative. Please contact Coach Kaehler for more details.
By special arrangement, Coach Kaehler can also offer the same services at your club. Coach Kaehler does provide your club or boathouse with a facility fee to host this camp.
Click here to read the US Rowing Spotlight on Coach Kaehler’s Master’s Training Camps
Musculoskeletal Evaluation - Lower Body
Refined over a 17 year period, Coach Kaehler’s structural evaluation helps determine the needs of both injured and non-injured athletes. His testing approach has been used effectively on hundreds of rowers, runners, and triathletes of varying ages and levels of experience, including recreational, high school and collegiate athletes, as well as national team members and Olympic champions.
Coach Kaehler’s structural evaluation carefully assesses your strength and flexibility in relation to your trunk, and upper and lower extremities. The evaluation helps identify your overall musculoskeletal body balance. Kaehler will also discuss and consider your previous musculoskeletal and injury history before he gives you appropriate corrective exercises.
Corrective Exercises
Corrective Exercise Instruction
After the structural evaluation, Coach Kaehler will give you specific corrective exercises which he will review and demonstrate with you. As a participant, you will also receive an individualized PDF copy of your specific corrective exercises. Each PDF file of exercises includes clear photos and written text to assist with applying these corrective exercises to your training program. Unlimited access to the Coach Kaehler video library will also assist with your corrective exercises.
Group Strength Training Sessions
During the camp, Coach Kaehler will lead strength training sessions in small groups of 10 participants or less. During these sessions, Kaehler will review proper basic lifting techniques, demonstrate the most common corrective exercises for rowing imbalances, and identify and correct individual issues relating to the exercises.
The emphasis of these training and corrective exercise sessions is to help you improve your body awareness, as it relates to correct lifting techniques, power application, and rowing technique.
Participants will use body weight, lifting sticks (dowels) and light dumbbells during these strength training sessions.
Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
This informative and practical lecture will give participants an overview of the muscular system used in the rowing stroke, both on the drive and during the recovery. It will also include a basic overview of anatomy and biomechanics and explain how specific strength training will help you improve your performance.
Kaehler will also discuss common rowing injuries, and how imbalances limit a rower’s ability to reach peak performance, and increase their risk of injury. Participants will learn how to correct their own body imbalances with specific corrective exercises.
Ergometer or on-the-Water Evaluation
Checking Finish Position for Good Spine Alignment
Coach Kaehler will evaluate each participant on the water and or ergometer after receiving their structural evaluation. This rowing evaluation helps to correlate how identified rowing technique and body position flaws are often directly correlated to the individual imbalances found in their structural evaluation. Uncorrected imbalances can limit improvement of on the water/ergometer technique and power application. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to integrate and apply your new body awareness both on the water/ergometer, and in the group strength training sessions.
Armed with this new awareness, you will train more effectively, reduce your risk of injuries and enjoy more satisfying results on the water. You will become a better rower!
Michael Stolper Named Schuylkill Navy Masters Athlete of the Year
February 18, 2009
“A stroke-by-stroke winning approach
to training through adversity”
by Yasemin Watkins
“Stress is my mistress,” says Michael Stolper, founding partner of Veritable LP. And 2008 had plenty of it to offer. With the help of Olympian and world champion rower, Bob Kaehler, Stolper navigated through obstacles and adversity, and stroked his way to his first-ever win at the 2008 Head of the Charles Regatta in the Grand Master Single (50+) category. One (1) week later, he followed-up with another win at the 2008 Head of the Schuylkill in the Master Single (50-59) category.
Held annually in Boston, MA, the Head of the Charles is the world’s largest rowing regatta. It attracts more than 8,500 competitors, including former Olympians and World Champions, and 300,000 spectators worldwide.
A lingering back injury, a scull-splitting collision, and a global financial crisis — all within weeks of each other — nearly side-lined Stolper’s competitive rowing goals. Yet he remained determined to bridge a 34 second gap that separated him from the winner of the 2007 Head of the Charles.
Although only a fraction of a minute, in rowing terms the margin is huge. It can be the difference of a first place and in Stolper’s case in 2007, a still-respectable fourth.
No longer content with a top-five finish, Stolper knew he needed expert advice from an experienced source to make the next big leap. With four months left to train, he consulted Bob Kaehler, widely recognized in rowing circles, as the person to develop the plan and provide the support to get him there.
“Bob’s plan essentially removed a huge stress,” says Stolper. “He eliminated the need to plan a schedule to lead to a particular end.”
In this case, the end would be a victory at the Head of the Charles regatta, and another one week later at the Head of the Schuylkill.
At the ultra-competitive Charles, Stolper knew his chief competition would include a former Olympic medalist, a national team rower, and a C.R.A.S.H. B winner (indoor world rowing championships). Stolper had his hands full.
Married with four daughters, Stolper started rowing 15 years ago, in his min 30’s. At that time, he purchased a Model B ergometer, or a rowing machine, to get some exercise and relief from the daily stress of running an investment firm. “My wife thought it was just another useless exercise machine that will never get used,” confessed Stolper. So, he placed it in his living room and kept a journal of “cost per row.”
In no time at all, Stolper had justified the purchase.
Methodical in his approach, he consulted an on-line reference for time benchmarks according to age, weight and sex, and began his steady climb up the charts based on rapidly improving results for 2500m, and later, 2K distances. “Erging offered flexibility and suited my personality,” said Stolper.
Stolper discussed his progress on the erg with another former national team rower, Frank Rowe. “Frank thought my competitiveness was unusual,” said Stolper. “He suggested I get on the water.”
From his first stroke, Stolper was hooked on sculling. He enjoyed rowing on the water so much that he eventually purchased two sculling crafts to continue rowing at his summer home in New Hampshire.
At first, Stolper’s training involved racing anyone at the club, erging during the winter, and some conditioning work. Steady improvement lead to a 4th place finish at the 2007 Head of the Charles regatta. 34 seconds separated him from the winning time.
By most standards, a top-five finish at a prestigious race would be considered a success, but Stolper, a self-confessed “type A personality” thought otherwise. He wondered what it would take to bridge the gap, and make big leap to 1st place. The competition at the Charles is tight and intimidating. With four months left to train, Stolper was convinced he needed professional support to reach his goals.
At this point, Rowe introduced Stolper to Kaehler. Stolper noticed immediately that Kaehler was, “supremely confident.” And says Stolper, he passes this confidence onto his clients. “He leaves no room for self-doubt. I felt like I had a support crew.”
Kaehler, also a Charles champion in 1994, ’95 and ’99 in the championship 8+, thoroughly assessed Stolper’s strength, flexibility and muscle balance. Based on those results, he combined decades of experience as a physical therapist and world-caliber athlete and designed a “day by day schedule of land and rowing workouts to maximize my race readiness for the Charles,” said Stolper.
Kaehler’s plan also included detailed information on rest and taper periods, and advice for proper sleep and nutrition. His approach was also flexible and interactive. He made “adjustments to the program based on my progress and even worked around my busy family, business and travel schedules,” said Stolper. “Throughout the process he never once seemed to doubt that he could help me overcome those 34 seconds.”
With only weeks left in his preparation for the Charles, Stolper encountered a chilling set-back on the water. A collision with a women’s quad severed his sculling craft in half. Fortunately, Stolper was not injured, but his single was definitely out of commission.
At this point, Stolper decided his only option was to use a boat stored at his home in New Hampshire. When he rowed his boat, however, he noticed it “felt heavy” and discovered major rigging issues. Just days before the race, Stolper arranged for new riggers, and made some “quick fix” adjustments to the boat that seemed to resolve most of the issues.
Throughout all of his set-backs, Stolper never once questioned his physiological and mental readiness for the race. With Kaehler’s coaching, Stolper arrived at the Charles “with confidence,” he said. “I was pretty sure I had a good chance of winning. Bob made winning possible, actually inevitable.”
Kaehler’s plan “worked like a charm,” said Stolper. By race day, Stolper’s body and approach to racing had been completely transformed. “Bob brought my stroke rate up by over 15%, dramatically improved my flexibility at the catch, and gave me the endurance to sprint the last quarter of the race.”
Despite all the adversity Stolper faced in 2008, he won his first ever title by an impressive five second margin. He also recorded the fastest time in the final quarter of the race – a convincing sign of exceptional conditioning.
Kaehler was at the finish dock to greet his client. “He didn’t betray even a hint of surprise,” noted Stolper.
“Besides getting married and having four girls, I can’t recall a more satisfying experience in my life than winning the Charles. And I don’t believe I could have done it without Bob’s help.”
Note: One (1) week later, Michael Stolper also won the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in the 50 -59 year-old mens singles category, by an impressive 33 second margin.
Package Details- Masters Training Camps
February 12, 2009
Gold Package – $879 (Regular Price)
Includes:
- Structural Evaluation
- Corrective Exercises in PDF format with pictures and text
- Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
- Two (2) Coached Group Strength Training Sessions which includes corrective exercise review
- Two (2) Coached Group Rowing Sessions either on the Ergometer or on the Water
- Discount on other Coach Kaehler Services
- Contact Coach Kaehler about your corrective exercises and/or training injuries
Silver Package – $529 (Regular Price)
Includes:
- Structural Evaluation
- Corrective Exercises in PDF format with pictures and text
- Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
- One (1) Coached Group Strength Training Session which includes corrective exercise review
- Discount on other Coach Kaehler Services
- Contact Coach Kaehler about your corrective exercises and/or training injuries
Bronze Package – $429 (Regular Price)
Includes:
- Structural Evaluation
- Corrective Exercises in PDF format with pictures and text
- Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
- Discount on other Coach Kaehler Services
- Contact Coach Kaehler about your corrective exercises and/or training injuries
Physioball Hamstring Curls Two Legs
February 11, 2009
Orlando – One Day Masters’ Training Camp
February 11, 2009
The Coach Kaehler “Masters Training Camp” is a new and unique product that is now being offered to the rowing community. Coach Kaehler will offer an “introductory price” for the 2009 Orlando Masters Training Camp.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT: go
To reserve your spot for the Coach Kaehler Masters Training Camp in Orlando please contact Coach Kaehler about upcoming camps. You can view a description of the two available packages (Gold or Silver) listed below by clicking on package details. This camp will be held at the new ” University of Central Florida Boathouse” in the near future. All participant must sign a liability waiver prior to the start of the camp. Waivers will be provided at the time of your structural evaluation. Checks are also welcome as method of payment.
BOATS:
You are welcome to bring your own single (1x) to this camp. We have permission from our host “The University of Central Florida” to store your equipment at their beautiful new boathouse during this camp. If you are coming from out of town and need a single (1x) please let Coach Kaehler know this fact. VESPOLI BOATS and if you provide your weight a single(1x) will be provided for you by VESPOLI BOATS. Coach Kaehler is excited to have the new “VESPOLI MATRIX SINGLES” available for your use at this camp. VESPOLI BOATS will be glad to provide Coach Kaehler camp participants with a MATRIX SINGLE to best accommodate their needs ( S =(115-140#), M= (150-180#), L= (175-205#), and XL= (210-260#) .
SCHEDULING YOUR STRUCTURAL EVALUATION:
Once you have purchased your spot thru PayPal for one of the Coach Kaehler “Masters Training Camps” please “contact Coach Kaehler” immediately so we can schedule your structural evaluation time slot. Time slots for the structural evaluation will be filled on a first come first served basis.
Day one (1) and Day two(2) are the same schedule format. Choose the day that works for you. Each day is limited to five (5) clients who will each receive a structural evaluation, a group strength training session, rowing analysis on ergometers, and a strength training and injury prevention lecture. There is some flexibility in scheduling. Please refer to the schedule posted for this camp.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
If you have to cancel your Coach Kaehler “Masters Training Camp” reservation outside of two (2) weeks from the start date of your camp, all funds minus a $100.00 processing fee will be returned in full by check. Cancellation of your reservation within two (2)weeks of the start date will also have the $100.00 processing fee apply, however the remaining funds will not be refunded and can only be applied as a “credit” for future Coach Kaehler camps and/or other Coach Kaehler services.
Gold Package – $529 (Introductory Price)
Includes:
- Structural Evaluation
- Corrective Exercises in PDF format with pictures and text
- Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
- One (1) Coached Group Strength Training Session which includes corrective exercise review
- One (1) Coached Group Ergometer Session which applies the concepts taught in the program and looks at your individual imbalances in relation to your rowing.
- Discount on other Coach Kaehler Services
- Contact Coach Kaehler about corrective exercises and/or training injuries
Silver Package – $379 (Introductory Price)
Includes:
- Structural Evaluation
- Corrective Exercises in PDF format with pictures and text
- Strength Training and Injury Prevention Lecture
- Discount on other Coach Kaehler Services
- Contact Coach Kaehler about corrective exercises and/or training injuries
Please contact Coach Kaehler about upcoming camps in the Orlando Area
Community Rowing – Vespoli Education Series
February 11, 2009
Coach Kaehler is excited to be presenting at Community Rowing as part of the Vespoli Education Series on March 1oth, 2009 at 7:00 pm. His discussion will be on “Strength Training and Injury Prevention” for rowers. Currently, Coach Kaehler travels the country sharing his principles of training, injury prevention, nutrition, and conditioning through masters training camps, workshops and lectures. Please go to his “Bio” for more information on Coach Kaehler.
Community Rowing is very happy to welcome Vespoli, a manufacturer of world class rowing equipment, as the Title Sponsor for the Monthly Rowing Education Series. These events, held on the second Tuesday of every month at Community Rowing Inc, provide a forum for coaches an rowers to learn from experts in all fields that have an impact on performance in rowing.
This will be the first of a regular colloquia series to be held monthly at Community Rowing’s new Harry Parker Boathouse. The series is sponsored by Vespoli.
The cost for the evening is $5 and is open to all. Admission is free for CRI staff members.
Check back for future updates. The Vespoli Coaching Education Series will host a new speaker on the second Tuesday of each month.
Everyone is Welcome!
Participants of the lecture and the entire rowing community will also have the opportunity to receive a comprehensive Structural Evaluation by Coach Kaehler on Tuesday, March 10th and Wednesday, March 11th. This comprehensive evaluation identifies your flexibility and strength limitations which are then addressed by Coach Kaehler, giving you a comprehensive, corrective exercise program to help restore your musculoskeletal balance. This corrective balancing helps you resolve chronic injuries, restore flexibility and strength, and improve your rowing technique and power. The structural evaluation and corrective exercise sessions last 75 -90 minutes. Please refer to the schedule for availability. Because of the high demand and personalized attention provided, limited space is available.
Sign up today to take advantage of this unique opportunity!
After making your purchase, please contact Coach Kaehler to reserve your preferred time.