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December 8, 2010

Coach Kaehler’s 12 Week Strength and Conditioning Programs

Including a Full Video Library that Plays on all Devices!!

FOUR comprehensive levels.

ONE that’s right for you!

ON SALE NOW!!  SEE BELOW!!

Conditioning programs based on Coach Kaehler’s principles of Body Balance.

Coach Kaehler takes the guess-work out of developing a conditioning program that works for you and your athletic goals.   These programs are carefully designed to help you:

  • Improve your strength,
  • Increase your flexibility
  • Build greater endurance
  • Reduce your risk of injury

Background

Coach Kaehler has a singular perspective on conditioning.

His programs are based on scientific foundation, as well on his own experience training and succeeding as a world-caliber athlete (three-time U.S. Olympian and four-time World Champion rower).  To this combination he adds nearly two decades as a strength and conditioning specialist, and practicing physical therapist who’s worked alongside some of the nation’s leading spinal surgeons.

The sum total of all of his experience has lead to the development of four levels of Strength and Conditioning Programs that offer progressive, efficient, body-balanced, and most of all, effective solutions to meeting your athletic goals.

Progressive

Coach Kaehler’s approach to conditioning involves the addition of exercises in a sequential order to help athletes develop correct movement patterns and base strength.  Further, each level builds upon the previous level, introducing you to more complex and challenging movements.

At the end of 12 weeks, you can either repeat the same program, or challenge yourself and progress to a higher, more technically and physically demanding level.

Efficient

Realistically, few of us have unlimited time for our workout sessions.

With this in mind, Coach Kaehler carefully designed each workout to be efficient.  Be confident that your workouts will yield maximum results in reasonable time frames.

Body-Balanced

Based on his signature principles of Body Balance, Coach Kaehler’s workouts incorporate many of the same corrective and balancing exercises used successfully by hundreds of athletes.  These workouts are designed to make you stronger, fitter, more body-balanced, and less prone to injury.

Effective

These proven-effective programs have been used by athletes ranging from juniors to seniors, as well as masters through elite, including world and Olympic champions.   The programs have also been adopted by many of the nation’s leading athletic programs, including those at Harvard, CAL, and St. Joe’s as well as Vesper and Penn AC.

Select from four levels depending on your level of fitness and lifting experience.

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Introductory Pricing through January 15th

To Purchase:

CLICK on the correct link (Levels 1, 2, 3 or 4) below and you will be taken to an Amazon Checkout button to complete your purchase.  Once your payment is made to Amazon (using your stored Amazon credit card information) a message will be sent to your Amazon email address with a download link from Bitmenu.  The product link is a one-time download link so please make sure you store the file in a easy to find location on your computer.  Begin using your product right away.  Files range in size from 122 to 151 MB.  Please contact support@bitmenu.com if you have any difficulties downloading your product.  There is a 45- day money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with your purchase.

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Level 1 (8-week program)

Level 1 is an introductory program.  It’s ideal for athletes just starting out with a lifting program, or who have not lifted for more than 4 months.  Each workout includes new exercises added in a sequential manner to help you develop correct movement patterns and base strength.  As the program progresses, Coach Kaehler adds more complex movements to the workouts.  The program builds a strong foundation for the Level 2 Program.  This program comes with full video library that plays on all devices, including your iPhone or iPad.

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Individual/Team Pricing

These programs upload to all home and mobile devices so you can take your training program where ever you go! (Requires Adobe Acrobat 9 and higher). **Coach Kaehler also recommends you consult with your physician before starting this or any other strength conditioning program. Copyright 2010, Coach Kaehler, LLC.

Level 2 (12- week program)

Level 2 builds on Level 1 by adding more challenging routines.  It’s ideal for building a solid base for athletes of all levels.  This level does not include Olympic lifting movements.  This program comes with full video library that plays on all devices, including your iPhone or iPad.

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Small Club/Team License (20 athletes or less):   ($119)
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If you would like to receive a CD of this product by mail please use the PayPal link below for purchase. Please indicate the shipping address where you would like to receive this product. This pricing is for those in the United States, please contact Coach Kaehler for delivery outside the United States.

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Individual/Team Pricing

These programs upload to all home and mobile devices so you can take your training program where ever you go! (Requires Adobe Acrobat 9 and higher). **Coach Kaehler also recommends you consult with your physician before starting this or any other strength conditioning program. Copyright 2010, Coach Kaehler, LLC.

Level 3

Level 3 once again builds upon level 2, but also introduces some basic Olympic style lifting into the workouts.   It’s ideal for athletes who want to incorporate lifting into their workouts, and who already have some experience and an understanding of basic Olympic style lifting.  This program comes with full video library that plays on all devices, including your iPhone or iPad.

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Individual:  ($49)
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Small Club/Team License(20 athletes or less):     ($119)
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Large Club/ Team (20+ athletes):   ($179)
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If you would like to receive a CD of this product by mail please use the PayPal link below for purchase. Please indicate the shipping address where you would like to receive this product. This pricing is for those in the United States, please contact Coach Kaehler for delivery outside the United States.

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Individual/Team Pricing

These programs upload to all home and mobile devices so you can take your training program where ever you go! (Requires Adobe Acrobat 9 and higher). **Coach Kaehler also recommends you consult with your physician before starting this or any other strength conditioning program. Copyright 2010, Coach Kaehler, LLC.


Level 4

Level 4 is the most advanced level, and requires previous experience and a solid understanding of Olympic style lifting.  In addition to building on level 3, the Level 4 program includes Olympic lifts as well as all the variations of Olympic lifting techniques.  This program comes with full video library that plays on all devices, including your iPhone or iPad.

Individual:  ($49)
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Small Club/Team License(20 athletes or less):      ($119)
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Large Club/ Team(20+ athletes):  ($179)
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Individual/Team Pricing

These programs upload to all home and mobile devices so you can take your training program where ever you go! (Requires Adobe Acrobat 9 and higher). **Coach Kaehler also recommends you consult with your physician before starting this or any other strength conditioning program. Copyright 2010, Coach Kaehler, LLC.

*Note:  For optimum results with any program level, Coach Kaehler recommends the combination of  his 8  and 12 Week Strength and Conditioning Programs with a one-on-one Body Balance Evaluation.

**Coach Kaehler also recommends you consult with your physician before starting this or any other strength conditioning program.

Balance your rowing program – Row 2k Article

December 8, 2010

Balance your rowing program – Row 2k Article by Bob Kaehler

Do you feel the need to try and balance out your rowing program by cross-training?  Most of us want to be better, stronger and healthier rowers.  However our commitments to work, family, and other life issues make it hard to find the time to get in additional non-rowing workouts.   Simply adding  two or three 20-minute strength/core training sessions will add balance to your current program, and  lead to better, stronger and healthier rowing.   These sessions can be used as a quick warm-up before training, or can be done by as a separate training session.

You can create your own 20-minute balancing program by doing some strengthening exercises that target the opposing (antagonist) muscles to those which are used on the drive of the rowing stroke.  We can break up these exercises into the upper body and trunk, and the lower body.  While the major muscles (quads, glutes, low back, and rhomboids )used on the drive of the stroke are aggressively working to propel the boat/erg forward, the antagonists are working to provide support and control of the body,  and work at a lower level of intensity.  The antagonist muscles include the hamstrings, upper and lower abdominals, hip flexors and pectoral muscles to name a few.  These antagonist muscles play an important role during the drive of the stroke by maintaining a strong body position.  The opposition work the agonists provide creates the platform needed for complete body suspension during the drive.

Adding simple trunk and upper body exercises to your routine, such as push-ups, pull-ups, and sit-ups, is an effective way to start working on your balance.  If full body pull-ups are too difficult, use assistance until you build your strength.  There are several options for assistance including the use of bands (Ironwoody), using assistive pull-up machines (Gravitron), or by doing lat pull downs.   Push-ups can be done on the knees, at full body length, by placing a weight (plate) on your back placed between the shoulder blades, or you can do bench presses.  Sit-ups can be done with or without weight placed on the chest, or you can use an incline sit-up bench.   When starting out, a good goal is to be able to complete 30 repetitions of each exercise.  Then you can increase the intensity level by removing the assistance or adding weight to the movement.

Exercises that balance the lower body should target the opposing muscles and include the hamstrings, lower abs and hips.  While many exercises target these muscle groups, starting simply is always a good idea.  Some effective exercises include bicycling, scullers, bridges, and leg lifts.  These exercises can be done with or without the use of resistance, however you must be able to maintain good control of the low back during the exercise movement before adding any weight to the legs.   When doing bridges or leg lifts, check the starting position of your low back (amount of arch or hallow in your low back) before you start the exercise.  A good goal for both these exercises is to maintain the same amount of arch or hollow in the low spine throughout the exercise movement.   Control the range of motion of each exercise by monitoring your spine position.  Once you have enough strength you will be able to complete a full exercise movement.   Limit how far you lower your legs with the leg lifts, and how high you move (extend) your hips off the floor when bridging.  As you gain strength in the trunk, your range of motion will increase.

For bicycling and scullers, your low spine will need to curl when doing these exercises.  So your goal is to improve endurance and strength.  We do this by first increasing volume then increasing intensity (adding weight).  Once you can do 30 repetitions with good form, consider adding additional resistance to increase the intensity.  A good starting point is completing 30 repetitions without resting before adding resistance to the legs or arms.

Adding just a few 20 minute sessions of balancing exercises to your weekly training program is a simple yet effective way to improve your strength, fitness and overall rowing health.

Coach Kaehler Winter Training Incentive Program

December 6, 2010

Coach Kaehler Winter Training Incentive Program
Date Activity Time Meters Weekly Total Running Total Meters Description
Monday 12/06/10 00:30:00 7500 7500
Tuesday 12/07/10 01:10:00 7500 15000
Wednesday 12/08/10 00:45:00 12500 27500 27500
Thursday 12/09/10 00:45:00 23134 50634
Friday 12/10/10 01:30:00 20000 70634
Saturday 12/11/10 01:03:00 11220 81854
Sunday 12/12/10 01:00:00 15000 96854
Monday 12/13/10 00:40:00 10500 107354
Tuesday 12/14/10 00:45:00 10000 117354
Wednesday 12/15/10 00:30:00 7500 109854 124854
Thursday 12/16/10 01:00:00 7778 132632
Friday 12/17/10 01:30:00 15000 147632
Saturday 12/18/10 01:00:00 10000 157632
Sunday 12/19/10 1:30:00 20052 177684
Monday 12/20/10 0:30:00 7500 185184
Tuesday 12/21/10 00:30:00 7500 192684
Wednesday 12/22/10 01:10:00 7500 82830 200184
Thursday 12/23/10 00:45:00 12500 212684
Friday 12/24/10 00:45:00 23134 235818
Saturday 12/25/10 01:30:00 20000 255818
Sunday 12/26/10 01:03:00 11220 267038
Monday 12/27/10 01:00:00 15000 282038
Tuesday 12/28/10 00:40:00 10500 292538
Wednesday 12/29/10 00:45:00 10000 109854 302538
Thursday 12/30/10 00:30:00 7500 310038
Friday 12/31/10 01:05:00 15000 325038
Saturday 01/01/11 01:00:00 7778 332816
Sunday 01/02/11 01:30:00 15000 347816
Monday 01/03/11 01:00:00 10000 357816
Tuesday 01/04/11 1:30:00 20052 377868
Wednesday 01/05/11 0:30:00 7500 92830 385368
Thursday 01/06/11 00:30:00 7500 392868
Friday 01/07/11 01:10:00 7500 400368
Saturday 01/08/11 00:45:00 12500 412868
Sunday 01/09/11 00:45:00 23134 436002
Monday 01/10/11 01:30:00 20000 456002
Tuesday 01/11/11 01:03:00 11220 467222
Wednesday 01/12/11 01:00:00 15000 104354 482222
Thursday 01/13/11 00:40:00 10500 492722
Friday 01/14/11 00:45:00 10000 502722
Saturday 01/15/11 01:00:00 7778 510500
Sunday 01/16/11 01:30:00 15000 525500
Monday 01/17/11 01:00:00 10000 535500
Tuesday 01/18/11 01:00:00 7778 543278
Wednesday 01/19/11 01:30:00 15000 91056 558278
Thursday 01/20/11 01:00:00 7778 566056
Friday 01/21/11 01:00:00 7778 573834
Saturday 01/22/11 01:30:00 15000 588834
Sunday 01/23/11 01:00:00 10000 598834
Monday 01/24/11 1:30:00 20052 618886
Tuesday 01/25/11 0:30:00 7500 626386
Wednesday 01/26/11 00:30:00 7500 90608 633886
Thursday 01/27/11 01:10:00 7500 641386
Friday 01/28/11 00:45:00 12500 653886
Saturday 01/29/11 00:45:00 23134 677020
Sunday 01/30/11 01:30:00 20000 697020
Monday 01/31/11 01:03:00 11220 708240
Tuesday 02/01/11 01:00:00 15000 723240
Wednesday 02/02/11 00:40:00 10500 107354 733740
Thursday 02/03/11 00:45:00 10000 743740
Friday 02/04/11 00:30:00 7500 751240
Saturday 02/05/11 01:00:00 7778 759018
Sunday 02/06/11 01:30:00 15000 774018
Monday 02/07/11 01:00:00 10000 784018
Tuesday 02/08/11 1:30:00 20052 804070
Wednesday 02/09/11 0:30:00 7500 88330 811570
Thursday 02/10/11 00:30:00 7500 819070
Friday 02/11/11 01:10:00 7500 826570
Saturday 02/12/11 00:45:00 12500 839070
Sunday 02/13/11 00:45:00 23134 862204
Monday 02/14/11 01:30:00 20000 882204
Tuesday 02/15/11 01:03:00 11220 893424
Wednesday 02/16/11 01:00:00 15000 104354 908424
Thursday 02/17/11 00:40:00 10500 918924
Friday 02/18/11 00:45:00 10000 928924
Saturday 02/19/11 00:30:00 7500 936424
Sunday 02/20/11 01:05:00 15000 951424
Average 00:57:32 12356
Total 73:50:00 951424

Team Kaehler Winter Training Program

December 4, 2010

Stay on track with 2010-2011

Team Kaehler Winter Training Program

Coach Kaehler launches new Twitter™-based winter training program

designed to help rowers stay on-track with winter training goals

December 3, 2010 – Holland, Pa – Coach Kaehler announced today his new 2010-2011 Winter Training Program.  Ideal for rowers of all levels, the program is designed to work with rowers and their current programs, and help them stay on-track with their winter erging and spring racing goals.  The training program will start on Monday, December 6th and will run through to Friday, February 18th.  The program will be available free-of-charge, and run through Twitter™.  The Twitter™ link will feature a down-loadable monthly training spreadsheets for rowers to record their workouts.  The spreadsheets will also include a special section to record tests, competitions and achieved milestones. Once registered with the Winter Training Program, participants will also receive regular Coach Kaehler updates on various aspects of training.

“For most rowers, winter training can be both a period of opportunities and challenges,” said Coach Kaehler, Body-Balanced Coaching and Conditioning Consultant.  “After long months of sprint and head races, rowers head indoors with renewed, aggressive goals for their next racing season.  Although they may have the drive and commitment, some rowers lack the guidance or experience to design a program that will help them meet their objectives.  The Team Kaehler Program is designed to work with the rowers and their current programs, and help keep them on-track by giving them tangible and proven-effective guidelines for their winter training.”

“This program emphasizes a methodical approach to training that encourages athletes to be organized, committed and accountable – all traits common to successful athletes,” added Kaehler.

Using Twitter™, participants will receive their recommended weekly workouts – including erg and strength and conditioning – as well as general training suggestions, links to articles and other related interest stories.  The spreadsheet will be available as a downloadable file on Twitter™ or click on   Winter Incentive Program or scroll to the bottom of this page.

Participating athletes will award themselves cumulative bonus points for meeting the following interim program goals:

  • Weekly and monthly erging mileage
  • Weekly and monthly strength and conditioning workouts
  • Recommended 2k, 6k and other tests
  • Participation in erging competitions
  • Placement in erging competitions
  • Overall percentage improvements in 2K scores

The Program will include recommendations for workouts as well as a few sample Coach Kaehler workouts.  Coach Kaehler emphasizes that this program is not designed or intended to entirely replace current workouts, but can easily be adapted to, or used in conjunction with current club or school training programs.

Team Kaehler participants will also receive regular tweets on a broad range of training subjects including nutrition and conditioning, as well as athlete profiles and other interest stories.  The program will also include samples of Coach Kaehler’s erg and conditioning workouts.   More detailed information will available soon and on a regular basis through Twitter™.

Separately, participants can also purchase Coach Kaehler’s detailed Winter Erging and Strength and Conditioning Programs to ideally compliment the Team Kaehler Winter Training Program.  To purchase these and other products, please visit www.CoachKaehler.com.

To get started, follow Coach Kaehler’s program on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/Winter_Training.  If you’re not already a Twitter™-registered user, create a free account at Twitter.com, and follow the Winter_Training account.

Sign up now and stay on track with your winter goals!!

For more information on all of Coach Kaehler’s Body-Balanced products and services, please visit www.CoachKaehler.com.

Follow Coach Kaehler on facebook™ and twitter™.

Coach Kaehler Winter Training Incentive Program
Date Activity Time Meters Weekly Total Running Total Meters Description
Monday 12/06/10 00:30:00 7500 7500
Tuesday 12/07/10 01:10:00 7500 15000
Wednesday 12/08/10 00:45:00 12500 27500 27500
Thursday 12/09/10 00:45:00 23134 50634
Friday 12/10/10 01:30:00 20000 70634
Saturday 12/11/10 01:03:00 11220 81854
Sunday 12/12/10 01:00:00 15000 96854
Monday 12/13/10 00:40:00 10500 107354
Tuesday 12/14/10 00:45:00 10000 117354
Wednesday 12/15/10 00:30:00 7500 109854 124854
Thursday 12/16/10 01:00:00 7778 132632
Friday 12/17/10 01:30:00 15000 147632
Saturday 12/18/10 01:00:00 10000 157632
Sunday 12/19/10 1:30:00 20052 177684
Monday 12/20/10 0:30:00 7500 185184
Tuesday 12/21/10 00:30:00 7500 192684
Wednesday 12/22/10 01:10:00 7500 82830 200184
Thursday 12/23/10 00:45:00 12500 212684
Friday 12/24/10 00:45:00 23134 235818
Saturday 12/25/10 01:30:00 20000 255818
Sunday 12/26/10 01:03:00 11220 267038
Monday 12/27/10 01:00:00 15000 282038
Tuesday 12/28/10 00:40:00 10500 292538
Wednesday 12/29/10 00:45:00 10000 109854 302538
Thursday 12/30/10 00:30:00 7500 310038
Friday 12/31/10 01:05:00 15000 325038
Saturday 01/01/11 01:00:00 7778 332816
Sunday 01/02/11 01:30:00 15000 347816
Monday 01/03/11 01:00:00 10000 357816
Tuesday 01/04/11 1:30:00 20052 377868
Wednesday 01/05/11 0:30:00 7500 92830 385368
Thursday 01/06/11 00:30:00 7500 392868
Friday 01/07/11 01:10:00 7500 400368
Saturday 01/08/11 00:45:00 12500 412868
Sunday 01/09/11 00:45:00 23134 436002
Monday 01/10/11 01:30:00 20000 456002
Tuesday 01/11/11 01:03:00 11220 467222
Wednesday 01/12/11 01:00:00 15000 104354 482222
Thursday 01/13/11 00:40:00 10500 492722
Friday 01/14/11 00:45:00 10000 502722
Saturday 01/15/11 01:00:00 7778 510500
Sunday 01/16/11 01:30:00 15000 525500
Monday 01/17/11 01:00:00 10000 535500
Tuesday 01/18/11 01:00:00 7778 543278
Wednesday 01/19/11 01:30:00 15000 91056 558278
Thursday 01/20/11 01:00:00 7778 566056
Friday 01/21/11 01:00:00 7778 573834
Saturday 01/22/11 01:30:00 15000 588834
Sunday 01/23/11 01:00:00 10000 598834
Monday 01/24/11 1:30:00 20052 618886
Tuesday 01/25/11 0:30:00 7500 626386
Wednesday 01/26/11 00:30:00 7500 90608 633886
Thursday 01/27/11 01:10:00 7500 641386
Friday 01/28/11 00:45:00 12500 653886
Saturday 01/29/11 00:45:00 23134 677020
Sunday 01/30/11 01:30:00 20000 697020
Monday 01/31/11 01:03:00 11220 708240
Tuesday 02/01/11 01:00:00 15000 723240
Wednesday 02/02/11 00:40:00 10500 107354 733740
Thursday 02/03/11 00:45:00 10000 743740
Friday 02/04/11 00:30:00 7500 751240
Saturday 02/05/11 01:00:00 7778 759018
Sunday 02/06/11 01:30:00 15000 774018
Monday 02/07/11 01:00:00 10000 784018
Tuesday 02/08/11 1:30:00 20052 804070
Wednesday 02/09/11 0:30:00 7500 88330 811570
Thursday 02/10/11 00:30:00 7500 819070
Friday 02/11/11 01:10:00 7500 826570
Saturday 02/12/11 00:45:00 12500 839070
Sunday 02/13/11 00:45:00 23134 862204
Monday 02/14/11 01:30:00 20000 882204
Tuesday 02/15/11 01:03:00 11220 893424
Wednesday 02/16/11 01:00:00 15000 104354 908424
Thursday 02/17/11 00:40:00 10500 918924
Friday 02/18/11 00:45:00 10000 928924
Saturday 02/19/11 00:30:00 7500 936424
Sunday 02/20/11 01:05:00 15000 951424
Average 00:57:32 12356
Total 73:50:00 951424