Episode 17: Interview with Sam Blythe, former professional rugby player with Exeter Chiefs and Founder & Performance Coach of FM Indoor Rowing

About this episode

Tony interviews Sam Blythe, a former professional rugby player and founder of FM Indoor Rowing, discussing his athletic achievements and coaching philosophy.

In episode 17 of The Indoor Rower, Tony talks to Sam Blythe, founder and coach of FM Rowing, a former British indoor rowing champion, a World indoor rowing silver and bronze medalist and an European silver medalist. Sam holds the 30-39 10km British Record completing the distance in a blistering 32 minutes and 57 seconds, that’s a sub 1:39 average split and rowed a sub 6 2k in his 40th year! Within this episode Sam talks about his upbringing in London and love for football, playing professio...

People in this episode

Host: Tony Larkman

Guest: Sam Blythe

Topics covered

• indoor rowing
• rugby
• athletic performance
• sports coaching
• record breaking

Keywords

• indoor rowing
• rugby
• FM Rowing
• British Record
• sports coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FM Indoor Rowing, Exeter Chiefs

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