WHAT OUR CLIENTS' SAY ...
In 3S we treat EVERY user as a friend and professional partner. We are happy to receive letters back from our users with their success stories. That really makes us proud and happy and we just hope that this letters will inspire you to join "the club" and share YOUR story after your season training with 3S.
Sergei Beliaev
Founder and President
"3S is simply amazing. I wish I had known about this program 20 years ago!"
JIM JOY, US Rowing Hall of Fame
Past Director of the Canadian National Team
Founder of the "Joy of Sculling Conferences"
"USRowing Coaching Education is very pleased that the 3S program is available for rowing coaches and athletes. We feel this is a great opportunity for coaches and athletes to increase their knowledge about the training and conditioning of rowers. 3S offers programs to help train athletes, and education programs as well that can be very valuable to a coach or rower who wants to know more about how to maximize training. USRowing Coaching Education readily accepts time working with 3S as continuing education credits for level I, II, and III coaches."
WILLIE BLACK, Education Manager for USRowing
March 2011
"I am very honored to have won the CRASH-B Indoor Rowing competition 2 years in a row. I also won in 2006 but had a very bad injury in June, 2006 and was not up to winning until 2010.
I owe my success entirely to Sergei Beliaev at 3S Rowing for his genius in prescribing my daily workouts which I did religiously. It was really tough but I knew he understood how to push me without going overboard and how to rest me up at the end.
When I got to Boston I met a gentleman from Australia and when I found out that his qualifying time was better than mine I didn't know if I could beat him. We were neck and neck throughout the entire race and at the end I had the strength to push much harder even though I was completely anaerobic and I beat him by 0.3 of a second. WOW! Thank you Sergei".
HAMILTON S. DIXON, MD, Indoor rower and sculler , 3S User since 2006
March 2011
"Greetings Sergei,
We did some racing this past weekend and wanted to let you know how it went. The race was in Sarasota, the competition stiff! We took a second in the woman's 2x, a second in the mixed 2x and a second in the mixed 4x races. We were beat by the national team for the 4x race and in the 2x race by a record holder in the event. We were very pleased and thought you might be as well".
November 2010
"Just thought you would be interested in knowing how pleased I was with my rowing for the Head of the Hooch, my quad beat our younger club quad filled with Yale, Princeton, Harvard and a national team rower... , they just could not believe the old timers beat them! We were 7th and they were 10th!"
Gail Garvin
Cincinnati Rowing Club, 3S User since 2006
“The 3S System generates daily workouts with scientific precision and plans the season perfectly, ensuring athletes will meet their goals. I used 3S to prepare for the Olympics in 1996 and 2000 and will be using them again to prepare for the Games in Beijing. Thank you, 3S.”
VALERY HAIDUK, Coach of Tohoku University Rowing Club
Former National Coach of Belorussia and Ekaterina Khodotovich,
Two-Time Olympic Champion, Current World Champion
"Hey, Sergei!
... Just wanted to let you know I appreciate everything you've done for me over the past 5 years. Christine's Magnusson performances in Beijing (two Silver medals) would not have happened without your help and without the knowledge that I've gained from using 3S."
MATT KREDICH, 3S User since 2002
Head Women’s Swim Coach
University of Tennessee
"Sergei, just wanted to share with you...
At the NRW State Championships (Germany) Long Distance Test (over 6km) Jason started as a lightweight and he was the younger year of the two years Junior B. He beat all the lightweights and all of the heavyweights. Beat the best heavyweight by one second but is still a win. The morning races were very hard. The rowers had a very strong wind that they were rowing directly against, hence the slower times. The afternoon races had a lot less wind.
Jason is now in the state cadre and is aiming to race in the single and double four in the junior German championships end of June.
It is all down to 3S. Well done. Let us hope Jason keeps improving.
MARK OSBORN,
Proud Father of Jason Osborne
Germany
"Thanks again for your help in 2008, my 3rd year with 3S. The race season wrapped up with a 2nd at the Head of the Charles, and a 1st place age-group finish at the 11K Silverskiff Regatta (27th overall out of 471 entrants).
At the beginning of the year, we discussed whether I should plan for any age-related decline in speed as I turned 46, and your advice was that as I was still learning how to get the most out of 3S - that I should keep my target speeds the same. Comparing my results at the Silverskiff in 2008 versus 2007, my speed in terms of meters/second improved 2% - which was great.
One other thing you might be interested in, re: the effectiveness of the 3S program. I used a general "foundation" conditioning program during the winter and then switched back to 3S in the spring - and did two 12-week training cycles with you in 2008. I had a full laboratory physiological test done in April (as I got back into the boat), and then again in November (after head racing season). From April to November, my anaerobic threshold on the erg increased from 80% to 90% of observed HRmax. The comment from the lab was "keep doing whatever you're doing, because its clearly working".
GREG BENNING, Master Sculler
Cambridge Boat Club
Boston, MA 3S User since 2006
"Simple, practical... excellent concept! Good explanation of training zones. Excellent use of power output or speed as the key determinant of training intensity."
WAYNE GOLDSMITH, National Director High Performance Australia
"I just wanted to win and you helped me do it."
Duncan Spencer (72), winner of 9 gold medals at the
2006 MRA Masters and 2006 FISA World Championships
"Thank you for all your support. It's rare to find someone so generous with their time and advice."
Ellis Evans-Brown, Silver medalist at the 2006 USRA National Championships and the 2006 Canadian Henley,
Gold medal at 2007 USRA National Championship
"I took a 100% green team to national level in just one season using 3S. I wish every coach used this program. It would elevate the whole sport of rowing."
Andy Mauer, Coach and President of Hudson River Rowing Association
