Dr Tony Rice is a legend in sports science and has been involved in sports science with Rowing Australia for more than two decades. Tony is the Head of Performance Support at Rowing Australia. Tony and I cover many topics, yet I was really curious to understand more about the Endurance Training Score (ETS) system that he developed, to quantify the specific training loads in rowing. Tony covers in detail his thinking on how to breath in rowing for optimal performance. His experiments with the best race week taper, dynamic warm-ups and how to best activate the body to be ready to race. Some fantastic insights into how the world's very best prepare to race, and what we can learn and adapt from these insights.