Welcome to RowFaster.net
My name is Alex Fergus, I am a health coach, entrepreneur, blogger and a natural athlete who’s constantly seeking to enhance my performance by optimising health, experimenting with unconventional training and diet protocols and quantifying everything I do throughout the process.
I have a whole page dedicated to my back story on my ‘educational blog’ at AlexFergus.com. So if you want to know more about my story, please check that out by clicking HERE.
This website was setup with one purpose – to log my journey to make a boat go faster. It’s as simple as that. I used to row, but that was 10 years ago (since then I have won natural bodybuilding competitions, broken powerlifting records, tried my hand at sprint cycling, burnt myself out through overtraining and learnt a ton in the process). Recently (late 2016) I decided to give rowing another crack.
But this time I want to do things a little bit differently… I want to experiment with keto diets, minimalistic training, various supplements and the latest tech and gadgets.
The goal? I’ve always thought a sub 6min erg time was extremely impressive. My personal best was 6:26 – when I was about 20 years old and weighed 75kgs. At the time of writing I am 29 years old and weigh close to 95kg. I’m a lot more powerful than I was at 75kg but my fitness is shot…
Anyway, I digress. So to summarise, I set this web blog up as a place to dump my thoughts, post my training logs, share my experiments and refer back to when I forget what I’m doing! I don’t expect an audience, so If you are reading this please say hi.
I will send out important blog updates to those who want them (simply sign up to my email list). But again, this isn’t a ‘education/learning type blog… that’s what my blog at www.alexfergus.com is for. This is simply a place for me to showcase what I’m doing.
And if I didn’t make it clear, I plan on Rowing – aka Crew if you’re from USA. Whether the emphasis will be on the water or on the erg (or both) I’m not too sure yet. But I think a lot of what will be shared on Rowfaster.net will interest and benefit any athlete – endurance or not.
So if you read this far, leave a comment below saying so, subscribe if you want to share the results of my upcoming crazy experiments and wish me luck as I explore attempt to put 10 years of education and experiences into practice – making a boat move faster!
Alex
