Olympic rower Tom George talks high strain, red recoveries, and how he broke the elusive 5:40 mark

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4.6 • 690 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Fewer than a dozen people have broken 5:40 in rowing. Olympian Tom George is one of them. Tom accomplished the feat during lockdown, while training on a rowing machine in his parents shed. A year later, he has his sights firmly set on winning gold for Great Britain in Tokyo. He joins Mike Lombardi to discuss making rowing history (2:36), staying calm in the moment (9:59), being accountable to teammates (14:50), strain and sleep (19:50), nutrition (25:56), managing red recoveries (31:49), how ...

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0:00.0	What's up, folks? Welcome back to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Amit, founder and CEO of WOOP,
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0:21.8	get 15% off a W-W-M-M-M-E-D. If you use the code Will Ahmed, W-I-L-L-L-H-M-E-D.
0:29.0	This week's guest, Olympic Rower Tom George. That's right. The Olympics are right around the
0:34.5	corner, and Tom is one of the best rowers in the world.
0:38.4	He's one of the only men on earth to break the 540 mark in the 2,000 meters, erg.
0:46.3	That's right.
0:46.7	The 2K, as it's known in rowing circles, is a famous erg test.
0:51.5	And fewer than a dozen people of history have done it in under five minutes and 40 seconds.
0:58.5	Tom has just done this.
1:00.8	He did it actually during lockdown while training for the Olympics in his parents shed.
1:06.3	So Tom sits down with our very own Mike Lombardi for this discussion.
1:10.2	Mike has a long and decorated background in rowing and has coached Olympic rowers in the past.
1:15.8	The two of them discussed Tom's mindset leading up to and during his record-breaking attempt,
1:21.5	the mental and physical intensity of Olympic training, his thoughts on nutrition and why
1:27.0	eating things that make you happy is just as important
1:30.0	as eating things that are good for your body.
1:32.2	That actually really resonated for me.
1:34.3	How he manages his high strains, he regulars getting over 20.0 strains and how he overcomes
1:41.4	red recoveries.
1:43.5	Tom has a lot of good thoughts on strain and recovery.
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