Indoor Rowing

Indoor rowing offers people of all ages and abilities the chance to adopt a healthy, active, lifestyle. It can also provide a focus for community activity and by working with local community centres, local groups and schools we can increase participation by targeting those who do not take part in traditional sports.

Indoor rowing improves cardiovascular fitness, can combat osteoporosis, and is conducted on equipment which works upper and lower body muscle groups simultaneously. New technology enables users to train and race online in a series of leagues.

The Tony Blair Sports Foundation is working in partnership with Concept2, the world’s biggest distributors of rowing machines with more than 1,500,000 people in the UK using their machines every week.

Concept2 provides training and education with a programme of instructor awards, school workshops, and workplace health schemes. They also organise the British Indoor Rowing Championship, the largest indoor rowing race in the world.

In partnership with ISPAL the Tony Blair Sports Foundation successfully organised the first Level 1 Indoor Rowing coaching course to be held in the North East.