project profi les
Varying load allows users to train the full range of movement, without injury
a high performance centre where many successful rowers are based and have come through the ranks to go on to represent Great Britain; at present, it has six GB athletes and 12 currently trialling. Gen3 Kinematics was brought in to install its MyoQuip
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ondon Rowing Club (LRC) was founded in 1856 and is one of the oldest rowing clubs in Britain. It’s
GEN3 REVOLUTION FOR LONDON ROWING CLUB
CLIENT: London Rowing Club SUPPLIER: Gen3 Kinematics
strength training systems, the MyoTruk and MyoThrusta, in July 2010. The training programmes through which LRC head coach Phil Bourguignon puts his athletes during each session on the MyoTruk and MyoThrusta consist of roughly 780 reps of 180–250kg. Bourguignon explains that, for any weight training
system, reliability is key to providing functionality and increased athlete performance: “With MyoTruk and MyoThrusta forming a key part of our training programmes, the overall squad standard in the testing protocols – strength test and ergo scores – is well in advance of this time last year. Athletes are already seeing as much as 20 per cent increase in all of their testing scores in the gym, as well as out on the water. This is a remarkable achievement in such a short time frame.” Race results have also been impressive: the LRC A-team has beaten Cambridge University’s Goldie boat (second team to the Blue boat), and only narrowly lost to the Cambridge blue boat itself. Injury prevention is one of the key aspects to Gen3
Kinematics’ MyoQuip training systems, which aim to provide a safer, more effi cient strength training environment for athletes in any sport. With their patented Broad Biomechanical Correspondence Technology, the systems are able to deliver effective muscle fi bre
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recruitment through a full range of movement, from extreme fl exion to full extension, with a greatly reduced risk of injury during training. This is due to equipment design being focused on delivering training movements that have no adverse loading in the spine, hips or knees. Since the installation of the equipment at LRC, there
has been no gym-based injury. Not only that but, as Bourguignon explains: “One of our athletes trialling for GB suffered a bike accident on Christmas Eve, when he broke four ribs. A normal time frame for recovery back to full training is recognised as eight to 10 weeks, but we had him back in full training in the last week of January, just fi ve weeks after the accident. We primarily used the MyoThrusta in his rehab, as it’s the only machine where he could do weight training with no pressure on his ribs. He recently just beat the cut-off time required for the latest GB trial. Andy Naisbitt, business development manager, Gen3
Kinematics, says: “We’re delighted with the results that have been achieved so far by the athletes at LRC. Their extensive use of our training equipment has, in a short time, resulted in high levels of performance without injury. This reinforces our ambition to help develop a new method of strength training for athletes across the board.” For more information, email
info@gen3kinematics.com or visit
www.gen3kinematics.com
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