Listen to our very own Jamie Hintlian and HOCR Fred Schock on Emily Rooney talking about the new Adaptive Event in the HOCR here:

http://www.wgbh.org/897/programDetail.cfm?programid=854

Beam describes Gail Caldwell’s newly published memoir, and refers to rowing as the leitmotif underlying the story.  Read more here, at the end of the column:

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/08/03/alex_beam_silences_the_death_knell_for_his_generation_1_prius/

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Deal of a lifetime. New boats being auctioned off on ebay.

See listings below:

Single, “Trainer”  LW

Single, “Trainer” HW

Single, “Racer” MidW

Double “trainer” E2-1 LW

Double “trainer” E2-3 HW

Double “Explorer” E2-2 MidW

Double “Racer” E2-2 MidW

7/12/10

I met Tom Darling and Dr. Igor Kurdenko a little past 9:30 a.m. for my third session of the Burdenko Method at the Boston Sports Club in Waltham.  Dr. Burdenko had decided to break the three adaptive participants into two separate groups based on the differences in the level of their spinal cord injuries and the  unique physical challenges that the three participants exhibit.  The pairings broke down to John working individually with Dr. Burdenko, and Jason and David working together with Dr. Kurdenko.

John, me, was the first one into the pool.  Dr. Kurdenko affixed water wings to my two hands and buckled a flotation belt around my waist.  The first exercise in today’s session was the previously described “walking” from one side of the pool, first frontwards and then backwards.  Next, Dr. Kurdenko wanted me to do side stretches, where a person lies on their side and extends one hand forward and the other down.  Next I did hand push downs in the water.

The next sets of exercises were totally new ones.  Dr. Kurdenko wanted to introduce me to water based sit-ups/crunches.  I was instructed to lie on my back, and then to bring my hands up and over my head until I was in a sitting position.  The first couple of times I tried this exercise weren’t exactly works of art.  But after a few tries I got the coordination down and to my surprise I was actually doing sit-ups/crunches in the pool.  The last time I performed an exercise like this was the day I got hurt.

The last exercise on the agenda was what Dr. Kurdenko referred to as “Jumping Jacks.”  This exercise required me to float on my back and to swing my arms from my sides to a position over my head and then swing my arms back to my side.  Again, the first several times were not exactly things of beauty.  I kept shooting from one side of the pool to the other.  But with some practice I got it down to where I could swing my arms from the side of my body over my head and then back down to the side of my body while staying in a stationary position in the water.  This motion does simulate “Jumping Jacks, and again, I hadn’t done an exercise like this since the day I got hurt.

Make sure your boats are in by 7:00 tonight in honor of this great country’s birthday weekend.

Row2k wrote a feature on the CRI Veterans Learn to Row Day. Read HERE.

ADAPTIVE ROWERS FROM COMMUNITY ROWING, INC.  PARTICIPATE IN DR.                                                      IGOR BURDENKO’S WATER BASED EXERCISE PROGRAM SESSION

On June 22, 2010 three adaptive rowers enrolled in Dr. Igor Burdenko’s strength class-Jason Fowler, Dave Estrada, and John Horgan-met for their second training session of the “Burdenko Method.”  This session was held at the Waltham Boston Sports Club’s therapy pool.

Prior to descending into the pool, Dr. Burdenko introduced the three participants to the equipment that is used in the water phase of Dr. Burdenko’s strength training program.  First, each adaptive rower was fitted with a “Wet Vest”.  The wet vest is an important and critical tool of the water segment of the “Burdenko Method.”  The vest is a flotation device designed for aquatic exercises and rehabilitation programs.  A person puts the wet vest on over the head, somewhat like putting on football shoulder pads, which is then velcroed closed across the rib and abdomen area of person’s body.   The “tail” of the wet vest, located on the bottom of the vest, is velcroed to the front of the vest under the groin area by a Velcro strap.

Secured in the wet vest, the adaptive rowers were then introduced to the equipment Dr. Burdenko uses in his water based strength training programs.  First, hand bars are used as floatation devices on top of the water and for muscle resistance when submerged below the water.  Next, swim/therapy bars are 30 inch versions of the hand bars and provide stability and buoyancy, as well as exercise resistance.

The first exercise Dr. Burdenko introduced to the program participants was what he described as “Walking.”  In a sitting position while floating in the water with a straight back, the participants were encouraged to paddle with their hands and arms in a bobbing motion and float, “walk,” from one side of the pool to the other.  Next, Dr. Burdenko illustrated the “Side Stretch,” an exercise that simulates the land mat stretching exercise where a  person lies one side of their body and extends a  hand bar straight out in front of the person’s  body while at the same time extending hand bar down past the waist of the person while floating on their side.  Dr. Burdenko then showed the group how to do hand bar pushdowns.

The final exercise that ended the training session that day had Dr. Burdenko demonstrating the proper use of the swim therapy bars to the three participants.

CRI will be open from 5:00 am to noon on Patriots Day!  Come work out or row, and have a great holiday!