Overview of the LabCats training plan history, philosophy and how to get started.

We help athletes answer one question:

***"*Am I doing a good job? (I want to see and feel progress!)"

We have a training plan that is uniquely built for you. It self adjusts and optimizes the training you need around the current version of you - not last year’s version of you. Not with the training you had success with from your college days, or five years ago is unlikely to be the training you need today.

Our training plan has been designed to build the mental skills and components needed to race and perform under pressure. Every session has been designed to develop some sort of race or erg test mental skill, by creating race type situations.

LabCATs Primer

History

The Labcats program was initially born in response to the question

“If I only have 90 minutes per week, what is the best training a masters rower can do to increase my quality of life and rowing performance?”.

After examining journal literature and uncovering a host of research and sports science on the topic across many sports, our Head Coach identified the key principles and challenges facing masters athletes.

• Masters athletes have different training needs than youth athletes
• Life-long fitness, and quality of life is paramount for older athletes
• Workouts should be challenging but achievable, performance based, and respect athlete recovery
• Regular exercise is the most effective form of anti-aging

We are all getting old. It is unavoidable. And with aging after about age 40-45 every single person sees their capabilities and capacities start to decline on average by 1.5% per year. The most effective thing an older person can do to minimize the aging process is to exercise and protect those physiological capabilities as much as possible. Exercise is the ultimate anti-aging drug.

Some Effects of Aging

As we age, our bodies change in a number of ways:

• Decline in muscle mass