The Indoor Rower

In episode 16 of The Indoor Rower, Tony talks to Jim Berriman, the 40-44 current World Indoor Rowing Champion.

Jim pulled a blistering 5:58 2, winning the gold medal by 8 seconds after only taking up indoor rowing a couple of years ago. Jim talks about his background and how he came to rowing, his training routing and preparation for competition, nutrition, how he achieved his sub 6 2k, his competition day routine, his future goals and what he learned along the way.

Sit back and be enthused by Jim's remarkable achievements in a relatively short period of time.

Key Points:

0:00 - Introduction

1:20 - Jim talks about his background and how he got into rowing.

4:06 - Jim recounts his time with martial arts, powerlifting and boxing.

7:51 - Jim details how he achieved a 300kg deadlift.

10:19 - Jim shares how he transitioned into indoor rowing.

16:48 - Jim dives into his training routine and preparation for competing at the World Rowing Indoor Championships.

29:32 - Jim talks about his nutrition.

33:23 - Jim discusses his split times during the dreaded interval workout, The Rugby Test session (the last 750!)

35:42 - Jim recounts when he realised he had achieved sub 6.

37.:27 - Jim details his competition pre race routine.

39:49 - Jim discusses his mindset and strategy midway through a race.

42:10 - Jim talks about his training and how he doesn’t really do any heart rate control work.

46:48 - Jim shares his future goals in rowing and other adventures.

52:24 - Jim reflects his route to pulling a sub 6 and what he’s learned along the way.

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