Food for thought, in the mean time I am going to register a couple domain names along those lines.
Have a great weekend everybody.
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 27, 2006
Consider Indoor Rowing conditioning as PRE-hab for joint replacement surgery
A friend of mine with whom I have rowed on the water in the past, paid me a visit yesterday at the Iron Oarsman. We talked about the many benefits of rowing and I told him how quickly one of our rowers recovered from hip replacement surgery. So we came up with the idea of PRE-Hab. Joint surgery replacement patients are often muscularly weak in the area that they get surgery. This makes RE-Hab that much harder. Indoor rowing could be a huge improvement on how fast a post surgery patient could regain full mobility of the repaired limb.
Food for thought, in the mean time I am going to register a couple domain names along those lines.
Have a great weekend everybody.
XENO
Food for thought, in the mean time I am going to register a couple domain names along those lines.
Have a great weekend everybody.
XENO
You are a young high school women? Row hard on the Concept2 machine and become a rower at these schools:
NCAA Grand Final tomorrow Sunday
1:45 36 Div I 1st 8+ grand final GF Ohio State Brown California Princeton Michigan State Washington State
1:45 36 Div I 1st 8+ grand final GF Ohio State Brown California Princeton Michigan State Washington State
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 26, 2006
On to Surf City Huntington Beach Relay 4 Life!!!!
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Contact: Xeno Muller, Founder
(949) 400-7630 Voice
(949) 743-2570 Fax
xeno@gorow.com
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Iron Oarsman helped raise $112,000 for the American Cancer Society and goes on for June 3rd Huntington Beach Relay 4 Life
Costa Mesa, CA – May 26, 2006 - Xeno Muller, Gold Medal Olympian and founder of the Iron Oarsman, indoor rowing studio, teamed up with the American Cancer Society.
In Newport Beach, Team Iron Oarsman helped raise $112,000 and rowed a total of 588,000 meters. The top five rowers were Val Stepanchuk (103,456m), Richard Lund (54,693m), Arash Calafi (42,000m), Roman Rukosuyev (40989m) and Matt Ziezer (30873m), congratulations to them.
IRON OARSMAN will tackle the 24 hours Relay 4 Life in Huntington Beach, June 3rd.
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Xeno’s father passed away from liver cancer in 1992 and Xeno’s friend, Val, lost his mom to cancer in 1996.
Xeno (pronounced Z-ee-no) will row at the Huntington Beach Relay from 5pm to 8pm. Any new members that donate for the cause will receive unlimited access to his indoor rowing studio, the Iron Oarsman, for one week. In addition, Xeno will have several Concept2 rowing machines at the event were team members will row and record their mileage. Muller also added, “We are actively looking for a compassionate, corporate partner or partners that will make a pledge towards the miles that we log. I have a great group that is willing to break a good sweat for this cause.”
The Iron Oarsman was founded by Xeno Muller in 2003 and provides a variety of indoor rowing workouts and techniques that been used by executives and celebrities for years. The workouts are finally becoming mainstream with the general public. While rowing for Switzerland, Xeno won the Gold Medal in men’s single scull in Atlanta (1996) and the Silver Medal in Sydney (2000). Through his business, the Iron Oarsman, Xeno has developed routines using his chosen sport that have helped his clients lose weight, increase cardiac strength, cross-train, and rehabilitate. He has even helped students obtain collegiate scholarships in rowing despite their late introduction to the sport. For more information, Xeno can be contacted at (949) 400-7630.
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Contact: Xeno Muller, Founder
(949) 400-7630 Voice
(949) 743-2570 Fax
xeno@gorow.com
www.gorow.com
Iron Oarsman helped raise $112,000 for the American Cancer Society and goes on for June 3rd Huntington Beach Relay 4 Life
Costa Mesa, CA – May 26, 2006 - Xeno Muller, Gold Medal Olympian and founder of the Iron Oarsman, indoor rowing studio, teamed up with the American Cancer Society.
In Newport Beach, Team Iron Oarsman helped raise $112,000 and rowed a total of 588,000 meters. The top five rowers were Val Stepanchuk (103,456m), Richard Lund (54,693m), Arash Calafi (42,000m), Roman Rukosuyev (40989m) and Matt Ziezer (30873m), congratulations to them.
IRON OARSMAN will tackle the 24 hours Relay 4 Life in Huntington Beach, June 3rd.
http://surfcityusa.com/show/xmlsite/xml-standard.xml/xsl-remind_me.xsl/start_id-nlligmpdhpbmjjfnankopiijpfigjjpligciapbn/surfcity-true/
Xeno’s father passed away from liver cancer in 1992 and Xeno’s friend, Val, lost his mom to cancer in 1996.
Xeno (pronounced Z-ee-no) will row at the Huntington Beach Relay from 5pm to 8pm. Any new members that donate for the cause will receive unlimited access to his indoor rowing studio, the Iron Oarsman, for one week. In addition, Xeno will have several Concept2 rowing machines at the event were team members will row and record their mileage. Muller also added, “We are actively looking for a compassionate, corporate partner or partners that will make a pledge towards the miles that we log. I have a great group that is willing to break a good sweat for this cause.”
The Iron Oarsman was founded by Xeno Muller in 2003 and provides a variety of indoor rowing workouts and techniques that been used by executives and celebrities for years. The workouts are finally becoming mainstream with the general public. While rowing for Switzerland, Xeno won the Gold Medal in men’s single scull in Atlanta (1996) and the Silver Medal in Sydney (2000). Through his business, the Iron Oarsman, Xeno has developed routines using his chosen sport that have helped his clients lose weight, increase cardiac strength, cross-train, and rehabilitate. He has even helped students obtain collegiate scholarships in rowing despite their late introduction to the sport. For more information, Xeno can be contacted at (949) 400-7630.
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Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 24, 2006
Another reason why you should train on the indoor rower at the Iron Oarsman
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/index/blueangels.html
The man passing out in the cockpit of a Blue Angel Jet should have been training at the Iron Oarsman before pulling 7.5 Gs.
ENJOY the video
The man passing out in the cockpit of a Blue Angel Jet should have been training at the Iron Oarsman before pulling 7.5 Gs.
ENJOY the video
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 21, 2006
We raised US$ 112 000 at the Rowing/Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society
The event took place in Newport Beach at the Newport Harbor High School Football field on May 20 until May 21 for 24 hours.
Thank you Orange Coast College for all the meters that you guys have pulled. That was totally awesome! Thanks to VAL Surf the rowing machine kept going and going. He totaled over 100 000 meters in 24 hours. At 3 AM until 5 AM there was no one to give him a break and he just powered through.
This was also a great opportunity for me to get to know Orange Coast College Oarsman. I would like to extend an invitation to any of you who are interested in being trained to run indoor rowing workouts at the Iron Oarsman. It would be great if one day we could start a second location as an Indoor Rowing COOP. Just give me a call and we will start a once a week training session for future instructors.
XENO
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Thank you Orange Coast College for all the meters that you guys have pulled. That was totally awesome! Thanks to VAL Surf the rowing machine kept going and going. He totaled over 100 000 meters in 24 hours. At 3 AM until 5 AM there was no one to give him a break and he just powered through.
This was also a great opportunity for me to get to know Orange Coast College Oarsman. I would like to extend an invitation to any of you who are interested in being trained to run indoor rowing workouts at the Iron Oarsman. It would be great if one day we could start a second location as an Indoor Rowing COOP. Just give me a call and we will start a once a week training session for future instructors.
XENO
9494007630
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 18, 2006
It is a pleasure to coach here is a very kind testimonial
I would like to put in a good word for the merits of a coaching session with Xeno at the Iron Oarsman. I am a fifty-ish recreational rower from Boston who trains moderately most of the year, trains a little harder in the three months before Crash-B's, and barely ekes out a sub-7 2k at Crash-B's every year--at least so far. I've never been on the water, never been coached, and never watched myself in a mirror or on tape. Having been at this for several years, I just assumed that my technique was pretty good.
I visited California a few weeks ago and while there I set up a private coaching session with Xeno at the Iron Oarsman in Costa Mesa, CA. The session took place on slides with a video monitor set up so that I could watch myself as I rowed. I'm guessing that it took about three warmup strokes for Xeno to diagnose my stroke and figure out what needed to be fixed. Wasting no time, Xeno described to me as I rowed exactly what things I was doing well and what things I was doing poorly. I was slightly dismayed to learn--and see on the monitor very clearly--that I had a couple of significant technical flaws that were causing me to lose power. The flaws centered around upper body carriage, upper body angle, and the timing of my upper body lean relative to the bending of my knees at the start of the recovery. Xeno pointed out how these flaws inevitably led to other flaws at the catch and during the drive.
Much of the session was devoted to drills that would address the diagnosed flaws. The drills were meant to suggest what I could do in my training sessions to improve technique, but also to allow me to get a sense of how the stroke should feel at various points. The drills were actually a bit frustrating, as each drill isolated a part of the stroke and highlighted any problems with that part of the stroke. But the drills also highlighted the solutions to the problems. Xeno warned that the drills would cause me to feel a little uncomfortable and disjointed and mechanical. That they did.
When I finished up the drills and tried to apply everything I had learned to the full stroke, I felt really uncomfortable--I just couldn't put all the pieces together except for a few strokes where everything seemed to fall into place. But for those few strokes where everything fit together, it was very apparent that I could generate a lot more power with the new stroke than the old stroke. When I was done, Xeno jumped on the erg and did a quick run-through of the key points with his stroke as the example. I left the Iron Oarsman with a video of the session complete with Xeno's comments, as well as a video of Xeno's 1996 Gold Medal row, which is quite inspiring!
In all honesty, I felt a little discouraged after the session. I knew I was going to have to choose between sticking with my somewhat inefficient but nevertheless comfortable normal technique or undertake the pain in the ass of rehabbing my stroke. I pouted for a couple of days before deciding to get to work on a new stroke.
Now, after a couple of weeks of lots of drills, things are starting to come together. I'm still a little mechanical--partly by design, as I want to avoid reversion to old habits--but there is no doubt that I am able to generate more power per stroke at the same level of effort than with the old stroke. As I am becoming more consistent and comfortable with the new stroke, I find myself also becoming more enthusiastic and energized about my workouts. It's not so bad to be an old dog when you can still learn some new tricks.
Anyway, I heartily recommend a session with Xeno if you get the chance. And thanks, Xeno, if you happen to read this.
I visited California a few weeks ago and while there I set up a private coaching session with Xeno at the Iron Oarsman in Costa Mesa, CA. The session took place on slides with a video monitor set up so that I could watch myself as I rowed. I'm guessing that it took about three warmup strokes for Xeno to diagnose my stroke and figure out what needed to be fixed. Wasting no time, Xeno described to me as I rowed exactly what things I was doing well and what things I was doing poorly. I was slightly dismayed to learn--and see on the monitor very clearly--that I had a couple of significant technical flaws that were causing me to lose power. The flaws centered around upper body carriage, upper body angle, and the timing of my upper body lean relative to the bending of my knees at the start of the recovery. Xeno pointed out how these flaws inevitably led to other flaws at the catch and during the drive.
Much of the session was devoted to drills that would address the diagnosed flaws. The drills were meant to suggest what I could do in my training sessions to improve technique, but also to allow me to get a sense of how the stroke should feel at various points. The drills were actually a bit frustrating, as each drill isolated a part of the stroke and highlighted any problems with that part of the stroke. But the drills also highlighted the solutions to the problems. Xeno warned that the drills would cause me to feel a little uncomfortable and disjointed and mechanical. That they did.
When I finished up the drills and tried to apply everything I had learned to the full stroke, I felt really uncomfortable--I just couldn't put all the pieces together except for a few strokes where everything seemed to fall into place. But for those few strokes where everything fit together, it was very apparent that I could generate a lot more power with the new stroke than the old stroke. When I was done, Xeno jumped on the erg and did a quick run-through of the key points with his stroke as the example. I left the Iron Oarsman with a video of the session complete with Xeno's comments, as well as a video of Xeno's 1996 Gold Medal row, which is quite inspiring!
In all honesty, I felt a little discouraged after the session. I knew I was going to have to choose between sticking with my somewhat inefficient but nevertheless comfortable normal technique or undertake the pain in the ass of rehabbing my stroke. I pouted for a couple of days before deciding to get to work on a new stroke.
Now, after a couple of weeks of lots of drills, things are starting to come together. I'm still a little mechanical--partly by design, as I want to avoid reversion to old habits--but there is no doubt that I am able to generate more power per stroke at the same level of effort than with the old stroke. As I am becoming more consistent and comfortable with the new stroke, I find myself also becoming more enthusiastic and energized about my workouts. It's not so bad to be an old dog when you can still learn some new tricks.
Anyway, I heartily recommend a session with Xeno if you get the chance. And thanks, Xeno, if you happen to read this.
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 17, 2006
From World Rowing: Diabetes and Rowing and Olympic story
Living and rowing with diabetes
17/05/2006
A pump the size of a pager sits permanently to the waist of Canadian Olympian Chris Jarvis. It enables him to live his life pretty much as regular as possible. But there’s nothing much that’s regular about Jarvis.
Jarvis starts off by talking about how he got into rowing, describing how he began playing American football with the indoor rowing machine being used as off-season training.
“Then,” says Jarvis, “rowing started to take over.”
Jarvis goes on to explain his rapid rise in the sport going to the Canadian high school championships and winning both the pair and the four, gaining a rowing scholarship to college in the United States and going on to become an under-23 medallist before being pulled into Canada’s very successful men’s eight in 2004. Making it to the Athens Olympics, Jarvis raced in a highly favoured pair.
As Jarvis continues to list his rowing achievements he calmly adds, “I’m a diabetic. I have been since I was 14.”
Lifting up his shirt Jarvis reveals his constant companion, an insulin pump. Jarvis can and must regulate the amount of insulin that flows into his body through a needle.
“Do I feel it? Yeah I feel it. It feels like a needle is in me.”
Every second day Jarvis has to move the needle to a new spot to ensure continued flow of the insulin. Mainly it is in his backside, an extra issue in his chosen sit-down sport.
The needle inserts leave scars. “I can’t do any nude modelling,” confesses Jarvis. “The scars heal eventually but sometimes they get infected then I have to find a new spot.”
“But,” says Jarvis putting it into perspective, “it’s a small price to pay for having the right blood sugar level.”
“Yes, it’s affected my rowing. It’s been a challenge almost every day,” says Jarvis as he goes on to explain how he has had to prove himself to coaches. “Team mates see the highs and lows so they wonder if it’s going to happen in racing.”
“My university coach said I was a risk, so I felt like I should step up to a level that no one could lose trust in me.”
How Jarvis got diabetes is not known. He says there are many theories, some based on the pancreas being attacked by white blood cells and killing off the ability to produce insulin. According to the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association, DESA, athletes who get diabetes usually get it as elite athletes.
Rowing’s most famous diabetic, Sir Steve Redgrave was diagnosed with diabetes while still training. He already had four Olympic golds and can only be described as Olympic fit when he was diagnosed with diabetes. Although a setback, it didn’t stop Redgrave from continuing on to Olympic gold medal number five.
Jarvis is unusual in the earliness of the onset of his case, at just 14 years old, so managing the issue has been an integral part of his rowing career.
The only rower with juvenile diabetes to make the Athens Olympics, Jarvis has received help for his medical costs though an award from the DESA. “I was without medical coverage and needing to beg and borrow for my supplies, reusing needles many times and worse. It was a saving step in my approach to Athens.”
But now support and medical technology has gone one step further.
“An insulin pump was out of my reach before Athens financially, but now with support from a company I have been able to trial a new product which combines continuous glucose monitoring with the already favourable results of an insulin pump. The pump is basically a mechanical pancreas to distribute insulin as programmed along with manual shots whenever food is taken. With the high variability of blood sugars resulting from exercise and stress it has been an awesome step to have a continuous stream of data available right on my pump. I can see glucose levels and trends at the push of a button, which allow me to make a more informed decision.”
Jarvis contrasts this to rowing at Athens. “I was testing 20 times a day to be aware of my sugars. Any time spent out of my zone I would pay for with dehydration, fatigue or lack of coordination.
Currently finishing his chemical engineering degree, Jarvis has every intention of continuing on towards Beijing especially after the disappointment in Athens when his pair was disqualified for crossing into another lane.
“I don’t want to tell the story to my grandchildren that I made it to the Olympics but didn’t get to the finish.”
17/05/2006
A pump the size of a pager sits permanently to the waist of Canadian Olympian Chris Jarvis. It enables him to live his life pretty much as regular as possible. But there’s nothing much that’s regular about Jarvis.
Jarvis starts off by talking about how he got into rowing, describing how he began playing American football with the indoor rowing machine being used as off-season training.
“Then,” says Jarvis, “rowing started to take over.”
Jarvis goes on to explain his rapid rise in the sport going to the Canadian high school championships and winning both the pair and the four, gaining a rowing scholarship to college in the United States and going on to become an under-23 medallist before being pulled into Canada’s very successful men’s eight in 2004. Making it to the Athens Olympics, Jarvis raced in a highly favoured pair.
As Jarvis continues to list his rowing achievements he calmly adds, “I’m a diabetic. I have been since I was 14.”
Lifting up his shirt Jarvis reveals his constant companion, an insulin pump. Jarvis can and must regulate the amount of insulin that flows into his body through a needle.
“Do I feel it? Yeah I feel it. It feels like a needle is in me.”
Every second day Jarvis has to move the needle to a new spot to ensure continued flow of the insulin. Mainly it is in his backside, an extra issue in his chosen sit-down sport.
The needle inserts leave scars. “I can’t do any nude modelling,” confesses Jarvis. “The scars heal eventually but sometimes they get infected then I have to find a new spot.”
“But,” says Jarvis putting it into perspective, “it’s a small price to pay for having the right blood sugar level.”
“Yes, it’s affected my rowing. It’s been a challenge almost every day,” says Jarvis as he goes on to explain how he has had to prove himself to coaches. “Team mates see the highs and lows so they wonder if it’s going to happen in racing.”
“My university coach said I was a risk, so I felt like I should step up to a level that no one could lose trust in me.”
How Jarvis got diabetes is not known. He says there are many theories, some based on the pancreas being attacked by white blood cells and killing off the ability to produce insulin. According to the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association, DESA, athletes who get diabetes usually get it as elite athletes.
Rowing’s most famous diabetic, Sir Steve Redgrave was diagnosed with diabetes while still training. He already had four Olympic golds and can only be described as Olympic fit when he was diagnosed with diabetes. Although a setback, it didn’t stop Redgrave from continuing on to Olympic gold medal number five.
Jarvis is unusual in the earliness of the onset of his case, at just 14 years old, so managing the issue has been an integral part of his rowing career.
The only rower with juvenile diabetes to make the Athens Olympics, Jarvis has received help for his medical costs though an award from the DESA. “I was without medical coverage and needing to beg and borrow for my supplies, reusing needles many times and worse. It was a saving step in my approach to Athens.”
But now support and medical technology has gone one step further.
“An insulin pump was out of my reach before Athens financially, but now with support from a company I have been able to trial a new product which combines continuous glucose monitoring with the already favourable results of an insulin pump. The pump is basically a mechanical pancreas to distribute insulin as programmed along with manual shots whenever food is taken. With the high variability of blood sugars resulting from exercise and stress it has been an awesome step to have a continuous stream of data available right on my pump. I can see glucose levels and trends at the push of a button, which allow me to make a more informed decision.”
Jarvis contrasts this to rowing at Athens. “I was testing 20 times a day to be aware of my sugars. Any time spent out of my zone I would pay for with dehydration, fatigue or lack of coordination.
Currently finishing his chemical engineering degree, Jarvis has every intention of continuing on towards Beijing especially after the disappointment in Athens when his pair was disqualified for crossing into another lane.
“I don’t want to tell the story to my grandchildren that I made it to the Olympics but didn’t get to the finish.”
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 16, 2006
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P R E S S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Xeno Muller, Founder
(949) 400-7630 Voice
(949) 743-2570 Fax
muller2000@sbcglobal.net
Iron Oarsman Aims High with American Cancer Society Fundraiser
Newport Beach, CA – May 16, 2006 - Xeno Muller, Gold Medal Olympian and founder of the Iron Oarsman, is teaming up with the American Cancer Society during the 5th Annual Relay for Life Event being held during May 20th – 21st.
This year the Relay’s surfing-related theme is “Wipeout Cancer” and is scheduled to raise awareness and funds for cancer research (www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/relayforlife).
The event includes a 24-hour relay among participating teams, booths, a pancake breakfast, and entertainment.
“Last year the event raised $120,000 and the this year there is a fantastic potential to raise so much more money for such an important cause,” says Xeno whose father passed away from liver cancer in 1992 and whose connection with the community frequently puts him in touch with cancer victims and survivors.
In order to boost proceeds for the event, Xeno (pronounced Z-ee-no) is actively recruiting team members for “Team Iron Oarsman.” Any new member that joins the team for the event will receive unlimited access to his indoor rowing studio, the Iron Oarsman, for one week. No previous rowing experience is necessary. In addition, Xeno will have several Concept2 rowing machines at the event were team members will row and record their mileage. Muller also added, “We are actively looking for a compassionate, corporate partner or partners that will make a pledge towards the miles that we log. I have a great group that is willing to break a good sweat for this cause.”
The Iron Oarsman was founded by Xeno Muller in 2003 and provides a variety of indoor rowing workouts and techniques that been used by executives and celebrities for years. The workouts are finally becoming mainstream with the general public. While rowing for Switzerland, Xeno won the Gold Medal in men’s single scull in Atlanta (1996) and the Silver Medal in Sydney (2000). Through his business, the Iron Oarsman, Xeno has developed routines using his chosen sport that have helped his clients lose weight, increase cardiac strength, cross-train, and rehabilitate. He has even helped students obtain collegiate scholarships in rowing despite their late introduction to the sport. Contact Xeno at (949) 400-7630 for further information.
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Contact: Xeno Muller, Founder
(949) 400-7630 Voice
(949) 743-2570 Fax
muller2000@sbcglobal.net
Iron Oarsman Aims High with American Cancer Society Fundraiser
Newport Beach, CA – May 16, 2006 - Xeno Muller, Gold Medal Olympian and founder of the Iron Oarsman, is teaming up with the American Cancer Society during the 5th Annual Relay for Life Event being held during May 20th – 21st.
This year the Relay’s surfing-related theme is “Wipeout Cancer” and is scheduled to raise awareness and funds for cancer research (www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/relayforlife).
The event includes a 24-hour relay among participating teams, booths, a pancake breakfast, and entertainment.
“Last year the event raised $120,000 and the this year there is a fantastic potential to raise so much more money for such an important cause,” says Xeno whose father passed away from liver cancer in 1992 and whose connection with the community frequently puts him in touch with cancer victims and survivors.
In order to boost proceeds for the event, Xeno (pronounced Z-ee-no) is actively recruiting team members for “Team Iron Oarsman.” Any new member that joins the team for the event will receive unlimited access to his indoor rowing studio, the Iron Oarsman, for one week. No previous rowing experience is necessary. In addition, Xeno will have several Concept2 rowing machines at the event were team members will row and record their mileage. Muller also added, “We are actively looking for a compassionate, corporate partner or partners that will make a pledge towards the miles that we log. I have a great group that is willing to break a good sweat for this cause.”
The Iron Oarsman was founded by Xeno Muller in 2003 and provides a variety of indoor rowing workouts and techniques that been used by executives and celebrities for years. The workouts are finally becoming mainstream with the general public. While rowing for Switzerland, Xeno won the Gold Medal in men’s single scull in Atlanta (1996) and the Silver Medal in Sydney (2000). Through his business, the Iron Oarsman, Xeno has developed routines using his chosen sport that have helped his clients lose weight, increase cardiac strength, cross-train, and rehabilitate. He has even helped students obtain collegiate scholarships in rowing despite their late introduction to the sport. Contact Xeno at (949) 400-7630 for further information.
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Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 11, 2006
I need your help!
No body is able to do everything. I was taught how to row the single scull and now I am pulling the chain and motivating people to do the same. Where I am really lacking is spreading the word about the IRON OARSMAN. I have been really lucky to meet a new friend, RON!
Ron is going to help me market the Iron Oarsman. For this we are looking for subjects/reasons why rowing is good for us humans.
So I thank you all in advance for your input!
Sincerely,
XENO
Ron is going to help me market the Iron Oarsman. For this we are looking for subjects/reasons why rowing is good for us humans.
So I thank you all in advance for your input!
Sincerely,
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 10, 2006
Indoor Rowing, Diabetes, and hip replacement surgery
At the Iron Oarsman we have a rower who has type 2 diabetes. He carries an insuline pump on his waist. He told me that on the days he works out he reduces his insuline intake by 30%. This is of course great news. I asked him to write a testimonial. So stay tuned.
In addition we learned at the Iron Oarsman that the motion of rowing is good rehab for hip replacement surgery. I can imagine that knee replacement patients would greatly benefit from rowing too.
I do want to stress that the rowing machines that we use at the IRON OARSMAN are ON SLIDES and are not stationary on the ground.
Do visit our website www.gorow.com or call me at 949-400-7630
All the very best,
sincerely,
XENO
In addition we learned at the Iron Oarsman that the motion of rowing is good rehab for hip replacement surgery. I can imagine that knee replacement patients would greatly benefit from rowing too.
I do want to stress that the rowing machines that we use at the IRON OARSMAN are ON SLIDES and are not stationary on the ground.
Do visit our website www.gorow.com or call me at 949-400-7630
All the very best,
sincerely,
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 9, 2006
Latest Indoor Rowing Newsletter can be found following the link below.
http://www.gorow.com/Newsletter%2520May%25202006.htm
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 7, 2006
I am starring in a VIDEO made by my friend and rower Shaggy!
This video is rated G.
It has absolutely nothing to do with rowing, indoor rowing, or Concept2/rowperfect. The only items that show that rowers are at the helm of this academy award winning display are a couple of oars and a rowing jacket worn by one of the DANCERS!
follow the link and leave me comments: THE GREAT VIDEO
XENO
It has absolutely nothing to do with rowing, indoor rowing, or Concept2/rowperfect. The only items that show that rowers are at the helm of this academy award winning display are a couple of oars and a rowing jacket worn by one of the DANCERS!
follow the link and leave me comments: THE GREAT VIDEO
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 6, 2006
Great new Seat addition to the Concept2 Rowing Machine
I have tested the Core-perform seat attachement for Concept2 rowing machines model C & D. It is great.
Follow the link, I made a video showing how it works:
http://web.mac.com/xenoralfmuller/iWeb/Site/Core-perform.html
Follow the link, I made a video showing how it works:
http://web.mac.com/xenoralfmuller/iWeb/Site/Core-perform.html
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 5, 2006
Ratio and Torque in Rowing a question answered:
Dear Xeno:
Please know how much I appreciate your Web site and Blog. Your dedication to rowing and love of the sport is truly inspirational (You are a stud!). I just started training on the Concept 2 for the first time about 2 months ago and I am already obsessed! If you would be so kind, I have a quick question. . .
OK, here goes. . .
I am following a level 3, 16-week, 2,000 meter, 4X per week training program that I downloaded off the www.concept.co.uk/training site. The chart says at the UT1 training level my stroke rate should be 22 – 24 SPM; however, I find that to row at my 2:00/500 meter UT1 pace I need to row 33 – 34 SPM. My entire training group has the same problem (i.e., our SPM is 10 SPM higher than the SPM indicated in our training chart), regardless of their UT1 pace. Are we nuts or just missing something?
Thanks in advance; peace and all good things for you and your family,
S.
Hi S.
In rowing there is much emphasis on RATIO and TORQUE
per stroke.
The recovery is roughly twice as long than the drive.
Torque is how much you can accelerate the flywheel in
one acceleration.
To learn torque see how much you can accelerate the
flywheel by keeping the stroke rate VERY low like 16.
You will notice that the recovery takes a long time
whereas the drive is fast. Make sure that on the recovery you get the
forward body angle BEFORE you raise the knees.
You should get my indoor workout DVDs because the
ratio and torque are clearly shown.
All the best and I hope this helped.
Kindest regards,
XENO
Please know how much I appreciate your Web site and Blog. Your dedication to rowing and love of the sport is truly inspirational (You are a stud!). I just started training on the Concept 2 for the first time about 2 months ago and I am already obsessed! If you would be so kind, I have a quick question. . .
OK, here goes. . .
I am following a level 3, 16-week, 2,000 meter, 4X per week training program that I downloaded off the www.concept.co.uk/training site. The chart says at the UT1 training level my stroke rate should be 22 – 24 SPM; however, I find that to row at my 2:00/500 meter UT1 pace I need to row 33 – 34 SPM. My entire training group has the same problem (i.e., our SPM is 10 SPM higher than the SPM indicated in our training chart), regardless of their UT1 pace. Are we nuts or just missing something?
Thanks in advance; peace and all good things for you and your family,
S.
Hi S.
In rowing there is much emphasis on RATIO and TORQUE
per stroke.
The recovery is roughly twice as long than the drive.
Torque is how much you can accelerate the flywheel in
one acceleration.
To learn torque see how much you can accelerate the
flywheel by keeping the stroke rate VERY low like 16.
You will notice that the recovery takes a long time
whereas the drive is fast. Make sure that on the recovery you get the
forward body angle BEFORE you raise the knees.
You should get my indoor workout DVDs because the
ratio and torque are clearly shown.
All the best and I hope this helped.
Kindest regards,
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 4, 2006
Let's fight cancer together please follow the link
On May 20, Iron Oarsman will take part in the fifth annual fund raiser in Newport Beach to fight cancer. Please follow this link:
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=152619&lis=1&kntae152619=3E5540ABD418499A
AE0FCFC5DE60A165&supId=0&team=1283951&cj=Y
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=152619&lis=1&kntae152619=3E5540ABD418499A
AE0FCFC5DE60A165&supId=0&team=1283951&cj=Y
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
Here is a nice piece on Rowing and Fighting Cancer
Colleen Carey
By Ashley Lerch
Each year over 1.3 million people are newly diagnosed with cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The rowing community is full of people who have battled cancer, and our rowing friends are also among the millions of people who also die from the disease.
Interested in rowing since college, it was a fight with breast cancer that finally guided Colleen Carey into the boat. After recovering from the treatments to battle her cancer, she found rowing was the perfect exercise to help her body and mind to recover from the drain that the cancer had put on her body.
“It’s fairly impossible for me to separate my cancer recovery from rowing.” Carey said. “Cancer is very good at teaching you to accept things that are out of your control. You have to accept that your body will never be the same, which was a hard lesson for me to learn at age 27.”
According to the National Cancer Institute, “Physical activity improves quality of life among cancer patients and survivors. Studies are beginning to explore the potential for physical activity to improve cancer survival.”
Colleen enrolled in a learn-to-row program at the Albany Rowing Center, in Albany, New York on her 29th birthday. She found rowing to be a wonderful exercise on her weakened body, but provided her with the full body workout she needed to gradually regain her strength.
“Rowing was crucial in giving me my body back. I eventually had new proof, proof that my body was strong and flexible and capable of doing something pretty special.” She said.
A year later, Colleen has enrolled in the adult competitive rowing program at Albany Rowing. She intends on participating in many regattas in the 2006 rowing season, especially the 2006 FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta, in Princeton, NJ.
Colleen is one of the many rowers who attribute rowing to helping them overcome illnesses. The rowing community is full of amazing people who have greatly benefited from the health advantages that rowing exercise provides.
Aside from rowing, Colleen is an active volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Last year she participated in the Boston Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, and she is fundraising once again this year for the San Diego 3-Day Walk. For more information on Colleen, her battle with cancer, and her 3-Day Walk fundraising efforts, please visit her site at http://www.colleencarey.com/3day/boston/.
Also she has designed rowing themed merchandise to aid her fundraising efforts, and you may purchase these items at http://www.cafepress.com/crewclothing.
By Ashley Lerch
Each year over 1.3 million people are newly diagnosed with cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The rowing community is full of people who have battled cancer, and our rowing friends are also among the millions of people who also die from the disease.
Interested in rowing since college, it was a fight with breast cancer that finally guided Colleen Carey into the boat. After recovering from the treatments to battle her cancer, she found rowing was the perfect exercise to help her body and mind to recover from the drain that the cancer had put on her body.
“It’s fairly impossible for me to separate my cancer recovery from rowing.” Carey said. “Cancer is very good at teaching you to accept things that are out of your control. You have to accept that your body will never be the same, which was a hard lesson for me to learn at age 27.”
According to the National Cancer Institute, “Physical activity improves quality of life among cancer patients and survivors. Studies are beginning to explore the potential for physical activity to improve cancer survival.”
Colleen enrolled in a learn-to-row program at the Albany Rowing Center, in Albany, New York on her 29th birthday. She found rowing to be a wonderful exercise on her weakened body, but provided her with the full body workout she needed to gradually regain her strength.
“Rowing was crucial in giving me my body back. I eventually had new proof, proof that my body was strong and flexible and capable of doing something pretty special.” She said.
A year later, Colleen has enrolled in the adult competitive rowing program at Albany Rowing. She intends on participating in many regattas in the 2006 rowing season, especially the 2006 FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta, in Princeton, NJ.
Colleen is one of the many rowers who attribute rowing to helping them overcome illnesses. The rowing community is full of amazing people who have greatly benefited from the health advantages that rowing exercise provides.
Aside from rowing, Colleen is an active volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Last year she participated in the Boston Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, and she is fundraising once again this year for the San Diego 3-Day Walk. For more information on Colleen, her battle with cancer, and her 3-Day Walk fundraising efforts, please visit her site at http://www.colleencarey.com/3day/boston/.
Also she has designed rowing themed merchandise to aid her fundraising efforts, and you may purchase these items at http://www.cafepress.com/crewclothing.
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 2, 2006
Cool indoor rowing picture
Concept2 Indoor Rowing Machine
After looking a little on google I found this pretty nice picture
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
Stating what is not obvious to everyone:
Indoor rowing is a sport that can be practiced by many many different people of different ages and physical ability.
My phrase to explain how accessible rowing is to people who think they can not do it:
"If you can sit in the coach without pain, then you can row."
We have now been in business for three years. The diversity of the rowers at the Iron Oarsman is remarkable. Young and old, limber and not so limber, all enjoy the zero impact motion of indoor rowing and the great cardio vascular exercise they get out of it.
You don't need to pull hard to enjoy rowing.
If you want to workout harder then all you need to do is pull harder.
So come on down to the Iron Oarsman and check it out for yourself.
We use Concept2 rowing machines.
You can look at our website:
www.gorow.com for information and indoor rowing DVDs.
Call me if you have questions:
9494007630
Sincerely and all the best,
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
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May 27, 2006
Consider Indoor Rowing conditioning as PRE-hab for joint replacement surgery
A friend of mine with whom I have rowed on the water in the past, paid me a visit yesterday at the Iron Oarsman. We talked about the many benefits of rowing and I told him how quickly one of our rowers recovered from hip replacement surgery. So we came up with the idea of PRE-Hab. Joint surgery replacement patients are often muscularly weak in the area that they get surgery. This makes RE-Hab that much harder. Indoor rowing could be a huge improvement on how fast a post surgery patient could regain full mobility of the repaired limb.
Food for thought, in the mean time I am going to register a couple domain names along those lines.
Have a great weekend everybody.
XENO
Food for thought, in the mean time I am going to register a couple domain names along those lines.
Have a great weekend everybody.
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
You are a young high school women? Row hard on the Concept2 machine and become a rower at these schools:
NCAA Grand Final tomorrow Sunday
1:45 36 Div I 1st 8+ grand final GF Ohio State Brown California Princeton Michigan State Washington State
1:45 36 Div I 1st 8+ grand final GF Ohio State Brown California Princeton Michigan State Washington State
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 26, 2006
On to Surf City Huntington Beach Relay 4 Life!!!!
P R E S S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Xeno Muller, Founder
(949) 400-7630 Voice
(949) 743-2570 Fax
xeno@gorow.com
www.gorow.com
Iron Oarsman helped raise $112,000 for the American Cancer Society and goes on for June 3rd Huntington Beach Relay 4 Life
Costa Mesa, CA – May 26, 2006 - Xeno Muller, Gold Medal Olympian and founder of the Iron Oarsman, indoor rowing studio, teamed up with the American Cancer Society.
In Newport Beach, Team Iron Oarsman helped raise $112,000 and rowed a total of 588,000 meters. The top five rowers were Val Stepanchuk (103,456m), Richard Lund (54,693m), Arash Calafi (42,000m), Roman Rukosuyev (40989m) and Matt Ziezer (30873m), congratulations to them.
IRON OARSMAN will tackle the 24 hours Relay 4 Life in Huntington Beach, June 3rd.
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Xeno’s father passed away from liver cancer in 1992 and Xeno’s friend, Val, lost his mom to cancer in 1996.
Xeno (pronounced Z-ee-no) will row at the Huntington Beach Relay from 5pm to 8pm. Any new members that donate for the cause will receive unlimited access to his indoor rowing studio, the Iron Oarsman, for one week. In addition, Xeno will have several Concept2 rowing machines at the event were team members will row and record their mileage. Muller also added, “We are actively looking for a compassionate, corporate partner or partners that will make a pledge towards the miles that we log. I have a great group that is willing to break a good sweat for this cause.”
The Iron Oarsman was founded by Xeno Muller in 2003 and provides a variety of indoor rowing workouts and techniques that been used by executives and celebrities for years. The workouts are finally becoming mainstream with the general public. While rowing for Switzerland, Xeno won the Gold Medal in men’s single scull in Atlanta (1996) and the Silver Medal in Sydney (2000). Through his business, the Iron Oarsman, Xeno has developed routines using his chosen sport that have helped his clients lose weight, increase cardiac strength, cross-train, and rehabilitate. He has even helped students obtain collegiate scholarships in rowing despite their late introduction to the sport. For more information, Xeno can be contacted at (949) 400-7630.
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Contact: Xeno Muller, Founder
(949) 400-7630 Voice
(949) 743-2570 Fax
xeno@gorow.com
www.gorow.com
Iron Oarsman helped raise $112,000 for the American Cancer Society and goes on for June 3rd Huntington Beach Relay 4 Life
Costa Mesa, CA – May 26, 2006 - Xeno Muller, Gold Medal Olympian and founder of the Iron Oarsman, indoor rowing studio, teamed up with the American Cancer Society.
In Newport Beach, Team Iron Oarsman helped raise $112,000 and rowed a total of 588,000 meters. The top five rowers were Val Stepanchuk (103,456m), Richard Lund (54,693m), Arash Calafi (42,000m), Roman Rukosuyev (40989m) and Matt Ziezer (30873m), congratulations to them.
IRON OARSMAN will tackle the 24 hours Relay 4 Life in Huntington Beach, June 3rd.
http://surfcityusa.com/show/xmlsite/xml-standard.xml/xsl-remind_me.xsl/start_id-nlligmpdhpbmjjfnankopiijpfigjjpligciapbn/surfcity-true/
Xeno’s father passed away from liver cancer in 1992 and Xeno’s friend, Val, lost his mom to cancer in 1996.
Xeno (pronounced Z-ee-no) will row at the Huntington Beach Relay from 5pm to 8pm. Any new members that donate for the cause will receive unlimited access to his indoor rowing studio, the Iron Oarsman, for one week. In addition, Xeno will have several Concept2 rowing machines at the event were team members will row and record their mileage. Muller also added, “We are actively looking for a compassionate, corporate partner or partners that will make a pledge towards the miles that we log. I have a great group that is willing to break a good sweat for this cause.”
The Iron Oarsman was founded by Xeno Muller in 2003 and provides a variety of indoor rowing workouts and techniques that been used by executives and celebrities for years. The workouts are finally becoming mainstream with the general public. While rowing for Switzerland, Xeno won the Gold Medal in men’s single scull in Atlanta (1996) and the Silver Medal in Sydney (2000). Through his business, the Iron Oarsman, Xeno has developed routines using his chosen sport that have helped his clients lose weight, increase cardiac strength, cross-train, and rehabilitate. He has even helped students obtain collegiate scholarships in rowing despite their late introduction to the sport. For more information, Xeno can be contacted at (949) 400-7630.
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Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 24, 2006
Another reason why you should train on the indoor rower at the Iron Oarsman
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/index/blueangels.html
The man passing out in the cockpit of a Blue Angel Jet should have been training at the Iron Oarsman before pulling 7.5 Gs.
ENJOY the video
The man passing out in the cockpit of a Blue Angel Jet should have been training at the Iron Oarsman before pulling 7.5 Gs.
ENJOY the video
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 21, 2006
We raised US$ 112 000 at the Rowing/Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society
The event took place in Newport Beach at the Newport Harbor High School Football field on May 20 until May 21 for 24 hours.
Thank you Orange Coast College for all the meters that you guys have pulled. That was totally awesome! Thanks to VAL Surf the rowing machine kept going and going. He totaled over 100 000 meters in 24 hours. At 3 AM until 5 AM there was no one to give him a break and he just powered through.
This was also a great opportunity for me to get to know Orange Coast College Oarsman. I would like to extend an invitation to any of you who are interested in being trained to run indoor rowing workouts at the Iron Oarsman. It would be great if one day we could start a second location as an Indoor Rowing COOP. Just give me a call and we will start a once a week training session for future instructors.
XENO
9494007630
Thank you Orange Coast College for all the meters that you guys have pulled. That was totally awesome! Thanks to VAL Surf the rowing machine kept going and going. He totaled over 100 000 meters in 24 hours. At 3 AM until 5 AM there was no one to give him a break and he just powered through.
This was also a great opportunity for me to get to know Orange Coast College Oarsman. I would like to extend an invitation to any of you who are interested in being trained to run indoor rowing workouts at the Iron Oarsman. It would be great if one day we could start a second location as an Indoor Rowing COOP. Just give me a call and we will start a once a week training session for future instructors.
XENO
9494007630
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 18, 2006
It is a pleasure to coach here is a very kind testimonial
I would like to put in a good word for the merits of a coaching session with Xeno at the Iron Oarsman. I am a fifty-ish recreational rower from Boston who trains moderately most of the year, trains a little harder in the three months before Crash-B's, and barely ekes out a sub-7 2k at Crash-B's every year--at least so far. I've never been on the water, never been coached, and never watched myself in a mirror or on tape. Having been at this for several years, I just assumed that my technique was pretty good.
I visited California a few weeks ago and while there I set up a private coaching session with Xeno at the Iron Oarsman in Costa Mesa, CA. The session took place on slides with a video monitor set up so that I could watch myself as I rowed. I'm guessing that it took about three warmup strokes for Xeno to diagnose my stroke and figure out what needed to be fixed. Wasting no time, Xeno described to me as I rowed exactly what things I was doing well and what things I was doing poorly. I was slightly dismayed to learn--and see on the monitor very clearly--that I had a couple of significant technical flaws that were causing me to lose power. The flaws centered around upper body carriage, upper body angle, and the timing of my upper body lean relative to the bending of my knees at the start of the recovery. Xeno pointed out how these flaws inevitably led to other flaws at the catch and during the drive.
Much of the session was devoted to drills that would address the diagnosed flaws. The drills were meant to suggest what I could do in my training sessions to improve technique, but also to allow me to get a sense of how the stroke should feel at various points. The drills were actually a bit frustrating, as each drill isolated a part of the stroke and highlighted any problems with that part of the stroke. But the drills also highlighted the solutions to the problems. Xeno warned that the drills would cause me to feel a little uncomfortable and disjointed and mechanical. That they did.
When I finished up the drills and tried to apply everything I had learned to the full stroke, I felt really uncomfortable--I just couldn't put all the pieces together except for a few strokes where everything seemed to fall into place. But for those few strokes where everything fit together, it was very apparent that I could generate a lot more power with the new stroke than the old stroke. When I was done, Xeno jumped on the erg and did a quick run-through of the key points with his stroke as the example. I left the Iron Oarsman with a video of the session complete with Xeno's comments, as well as a video of Xeno's 1996 Gold Medal row, which is quite inspiring!
In all honesty, I felt a little discouraged after the session. I knew I was going to have to choose between sticking with my somewhat inefficient but nevertheless comfortable normal technique or undertake the pain in the ass of rehabbing my stroke. I pouted for a couple of days before deciding to get to work on a new stroke.
Now, after a couple of weeks of lots of drills, things are starting to come together. I'm still a little mechanical--partly by design, as I want to avoid reversion to old habits--but there is no doubt that I am able to generate more power per stroke at the same level of effort than with the old stroke. As I am becoming more consistent and comfortable with the new stroke, I find myself also becoming more enthusiastic and energized about my workouts. It's not so bad to be an old dog when you can still learn some new tricks.
Anyway, I heartily recommend a session with Xeno if you get the chance. And thanks, Xeno, if you happen to read this.
I visited California a few weeks ago and while there I set up a private coaching session with Xeno at the Iron Oarsman in Costa Mesa, CA. The session took place on slides with a video monitor set up so that I could watch myself as I rowed. I'm guessing that it took about three warmup strokes for Xeno to diagnose my stroke and figure out what needed to be fixed. Wasting no time, Xeno described to me as I rowed exactly what things I was doing well and what things I was doing poorly. I was slightly dismayed to learn--and see on the monitor very clearly--that I had a couple of significant technical flaws that were causing me to lose power. The flaws centered around upper body carriage, upper body angle, and the timing of my upper body lean relative to the bending of my knees at the start of the recovery. Xeno pointed out how these flaws inevitably led to other flaws at the catch and during the drive.
Much of the session was devoted to drills that would address the diagnosed flaws. The drills were meant to suggest what I could do in my training sessions to improve technique, but also to allow me to get a sense of how the stroke should feel at various points. The drills were actually a bit frustrating, as each drill isolated a part of the stroke and highlighted any problems with that part of the stroke. But the drills also highlighted the solutions to the problems. Xeno warned that the drills would cause me to feel a little uncomfortable and disjointed and mechanical. That they did.
When I finished up the drills and tried to apply everything I had learned to the full stroke, I felt really uncomfortable--I just couldn't put all the pieces together except for a few strokes where everything seemed to fall into place. But for those few strokes where everything fit together, it was very apparent that I could generate a lot more power with the new stroke than the old stroke. When I was done, Xeno jumped on the erg and did a quick run-through of the key points with his stroke as the example. I left the Iron Oarsman with a video of the session complete with Xeno's comments, as well as a video of Xeno's 1996 Gold Medal row, which is quite inspiring!
In all honesty, I felt a little discouraged after the session. I knew I was going to have to choose between sticking with my somewhat inefficient but nevertheless comfortable normal technique or undertake the pain in the ass of rehabbing my stroke. I pouted for a couple of days before deciding to get to work on a new stroke.
Now, after a couple of weeks of lots of drills, things are starting to come together. I'm still a little mechanical--partly by design, as I want to avoid reversion to old habits--but there is no doubt that I am able to generate more power per stroke at the same level of effort than with the old stroke. As I am becoming more consistent and comfortable with the new stroke, I find myself also becoming more enthusiastic and energized about my workouts. It's not so bad to be an old dog when you can still learn some new tricks.
Anyway, I heartily recommend a session with Xeno if you get the chance. And thanks, Xeno, if you happen to read this.
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 17, 2006
From World Rowing: Diabetes and Rowing and Olympic story
Living and rowing with diabetes
17/05/2006
A pump the size of a pager sits permanently to the waist of Canadian Olympian Chris Jarvis. It enables him to live his life pretty much as regular as possible. But there’s nothing much that’s regular about Jarvis.
Jarvis starts off by talking about how he got into rowing, describing how he began playing American football with the indoor rowing machine being used as off-season training.
“Then,” says Jarvis, “rowing started to take over.”
Jarvis goes on to explain his rapid rise in the sport going to the Canadian high school championships and winning both the pair and the four, gaining a rowing scholarship to college in the United States and going on to become an under-23 medallist before being pulled into Canada’s very successful men’s eight in 2004. Making it to the Athens Olympics, Jarvis raced in a highly favoured pair.
As Jarvis continues to list his rowing achievements he calmly adds, “I’m a diabetic. I have been since I was 14.”
Lifting up his shirt Jarvis reveals his constant companion, an insulin pump. Jarvis can and must regulate the amount of insulin that flows into his body through a needle.
“Do I feel it? Yeah I feel it. It feels like a needle is in me.”
Every second day Jarvis has to move the needle to a new spot to ensure continued flow of the insulin. Mainly it is in his backside, an extra issue in his chosen sit-down sport.
The needle inserts leave scars. “I can’t do any nude modelling,” confesses Jarvis. “The scars heal eventually but sometimes they get infected then I have to find a new spot.”
“But,” says Jarvis putting it into perspective, “it’s a small price to pay for having the right blood sugar level.”
“Yes, it’s affected my rowing. It’s been a challenge almost every day,” says Jarvis as he goes on to explain how he has had to prove himself to coaches. “Team mates see the highs and lows so they wonder if it’s going to happen in racing.”
“My university coach said I was a risk, so I felt like I should step up to a level that no one could lose trust in me.”
How Jarvis got diabetes is not known. He says there are many theories, some based on the pancreas being attacked by white blood cells and killing off the ability to produce insulin. According to the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association, DESA, athletes who get diabetes usually get it as elite athletes.
Rowing’s most famous diabetic, Sir Steve Redgrave was diagnosed with diabetes while still training. He already had four Olympic golds and can only be described as Olympic fit when he was diagnosed with diabetes. Although a setback, it didn’t stop Redgrave from continuing on to Olympic gold medal number five.
Jarvis is unusual in the earliness of the onset of his case, at just 14 years old, so managing the issue has been an integral part of his rowing career.
The only rower with juvenile diabetes to make the Athens Olympics, Jarvis has received help for his medical costs though an award from the DESA. “I was without medical coverage and needing to beg and borrow for my supplies, reusing needles many times and worse. It was a saving step in my approach to Athens.”
But now support and medical technology has gone one step further.
“An insulin pump was out of my reach before Athens financially, but now with support from a company I have been able to trial a new product which combines continuous glucose monitoring with the already favourable results of an insulin pump. The pump is basically a mechanical pancreas to distribute insulin as programmed along with manual shots whenever food is taken. With the high variability of blood sugars resulting from exercise and stress it has been an awesome step to have a continuous stream of data available right on my pump. I can see glucose levels and trends at the push of a button, which allow me to make a more informed decision.”
Jarvis contrasts this to rowing at Athens. “I was testing 20 times a day to be aware of my sugars. Any time spent out of my zone I would pay for with dehydration, fatigue or lack of coordination.
Currently finishing his chemical engineering degree, Jarvis has every intention of continuing on towards Beijing especially after the disappointment in Athens when his pair was disqualified for crossing into another lane.
“I don’t want to tell the story to my grandchildren that I made it to the Olympics but didn’t get to the finish.”
17/05/2006
A pump the size of a pager sits permanently to the waist of Canadian Olympian Chris Jarvis. It enables him to live his life pretty much as regular as possible. But there’s nothing much that’s regular about Jarvis.
Jarvis starts off by talking about how he got into rowing, describing how he began playing American football with the indoor rowing machine being used as off-season training.
“Then,” says Jarvis, “rowing started to take over.”
Jarvis goes on to explain his rapid rise in the sport going to the Canadian high school championships and winning both the pair and the four, gaining a rowing scholarship to college in the United States and going on to become an under-23 medallist before being pulled into Canada’s very successful men’s eight in 2004. Making it to the Athens Olympics, Jarvis raced in a highly favoured pair.
As Jarvis continues to list his rowing achievements he calmly adds, “I’m a diabetic. I have been since I was 14.”
Lifting up his shirt Jarvis reveals his constant companion, an insulin pump. Jarvis can and must regulate the amount of insulin that flows into his body through a needle.
“Do I feel it? Yeah I feel it. It feels like a needle is in me.”
Every second day Jarvis has to move the needle to a new spot to ensure continued flow of the insulin. Mainly it is in his backside, an extra issue in his chosen sit-down sport.
The needle inserts leave scars. “I can’t do any nude modelling,” confesses Jarvis. “The scars heal eventually but sometimes they get infected then I have to find a new spot.”
“But,” says Jarvis putting it into perspective, “it’s a small price to pay for having the right blood sugar level.”
“Yes, it’s affected my rowing. It’s been a challenge almost every day,” says Jarvis as he goes on to explain how he has had to prove himself to coaches. “Team mates see the highs and lows so they wonder if it’s going to happen in racing.”
“My university coach said I was a risk, so I felt like I should step up to a level that no one could lose trust in me.”
How Jarvis got diabetes is not known. He says there are many theories, some based on the pancreas being attacked by white blood cells and killing off the ability to produce insulin. According to the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association, DESA, athletes who get diabetes usually get it as elite athletes.
Rowing’s most famous diabetic, Sir Steve Redgrave was diagnosed with diabetes while still training. He already had four Olympic golds and can only be described as Olympic fit when he was diagnosed with diabetes. Although a setback, it didn’t stop Redgrave from continuing on to Olympic gold medal number five.
Jarvis is unusual in the earliness of the onset of his case, at just 14 years old, so managing the issue has been an integral part of his rowing career.
The only rower with juvenile diabetes to make the Athens Olympics, Jarvis has received help for his medical costs though an award from the DESA. “I was without medical coverage and needing to beg and borrow for my supplies, reusing needles many times and worse. It was a saving step in my approach to Athens.”
But now support and medical technology has gone one step further.
“An insulin pump was out of my reach before Athens financially, but now with support from a company I have been able to trial a new product which combines continuous glucose monitoring with the already favourable results of an insulin pump. The pump is basically a mechanical pancreas to distribute insulin as programmed along with manual shots whenever food is taken. With the high variability of blood sugars resulting from exercise and stress it has been an awesome step to have a continuous stream of data available right on my pump. I can see glucose levels and trends at the push of a button, which allow me to make a more informed decision.”
Jarvis contrasts this to rowing at Athens. “I was testing 20 times a day to be aware of my sugars. Any time spent out of my zone I would pay for with dehydration, fatigue or lack of coordination.
Currently finishing his chemical engineering degree, Jarvis has every intention of continuing on towards Beijing especially after the disappointment in Athens when his pair was disqualified for crossing into another lane.
“I don’t want to tell the story to my grandchildren that I made it to the Olympics but didn’t get to the finish.”
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 16, 2006
For immediate Release
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Contact: Xeno Muller, Founder
(949) 400-7630 Voice
(949) 743-2570 Fax
muller2000@sbcglobal.net
Iron Oarsman Aims High with American Cancer Society Fundraiser
Newport Beach, CA – May 16, 2006 - Xeno Muller, Gold Medal Olympian and founder of the Iron Oarsman, is teaming up with the American Cancer Society during the 5th Annual Relay for Life Event being held during May 20th – 21st.
This year the Relay’s surfing-related theme is “Wipeout Cancer” and is scheduled to raise awareness and funds for cancer research (www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/relayforlife).
The event includes a 24-hour relay among participating teams, booths, a pancake breakfast, and entertainment.
“Last year the event raised $120,000 and the this year there is a fantastic potential to raise so much more money for such an important cause,” says Xeno whose father passed away from liver cancer in 1992 and whose connection with the community frequently puts him in touch with cancer victims and survivors.
In order to boost proceeds for the event, Xeno (pronounced Z-ee-no) is actively recruiting team members for “Team Iron Oarsman.” Any new member that joins the team for the event will receive unlimited access to his indoor rowing studio, the Iron Oarsman, for one week. No previous rowing experience is necessary. In addition, Xeno will have several Concept2 rowing machines at the event were team members will row and record their mileage. Muller also added, “We are actively looking for a compassionate, corporate partner or partners that will make a pledge towards the miles that we log. I have a great group that is willing to break a good sweat for this cause.”
The Iron Oarsman was founded by Xeno Muller in 2003 and provides a variety of indoor rowing workouts and techniques that been used by executives and celebrities for years. The workouts are finally becoming mainstream with the general public. While rowing for Switzerland, Xeno won the Gold Medal in men’s single scull in Atlanta (1996) and the Silver Medal in Sydney (2000). Through his business, the Iron Oarsman, Xeno has developed routines using his chosen sport that have helped his clients lose weight, increase cardiac strength, cross-train, and rehabilitate. He has even helped students obtain collegiate scholarships in rowing despite their late introduction to the sport. Contact Xeno at (949) 400-7630 for further information.
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Contact: Xeno Muller, Founder
(949) 400-7630 Voice
(949) 743-2570 Fax
muller2000@sbcglobal.net
Iron Oarsman Aims High with American Cancer Society Fundraiser
Newport Beach, CA – May 16, 2006 - Xeno Muller, Gold Medal Olympian and founder of the Iron Oarsman, is teaming up with the American Cancer Society during the 5th Annual Relay for Life Event being held during May 20th – 21st.
This year the Relay’s surfing-related theme is “Wipeout Cancer” and is scheduled to raise awareness and funds for cancer research (www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/relayforlife).
The event includes a 24-hour relay among participating teams, booths, a pancake breakfast, and entertainment.
“Last year the event raised $120,000 and the this year there is a fantastic potential to raise so much more money for such an important cause,” says Xeno whose father passed away from liver cancer in 1992 and whose connection with the community frequently puts him in touch with cancer victims and survivors.
In order to boost proceeds for the event, Xeno (pronounced Z-ee-no) is actively recruiting team members for “Team Iron Oarsman.” Any new member that joins the team for the event will receive unlimited access to his indoor rowing studio, the Iron Oarsman, for one week. No previous rowing experience is necessary. In addition, Xeno will have several Concept2 rowing machines at the event were team members will row and record their mileage. Muller also added, “We are actively looking for a compassionate, corporate partner or partners that will make a pledge towards the miles that we log. I have a great group that is willing to break a good sweat for this cause.”
The Iron Oarsman was founded by Xeno Muller in 2003 and provides a variety of indoor rowing workouts and techniques that been used by executives and celebrities for years. The workouts are finally becoming mainstream with the general public. While rowing for Switzerland, Xeno won the Gold Medal in men’s single scull in Atlanta (1996) and the Silver Medal in Sydney (2000). Through his business, the Iron Oarsman, Xeno has developed routines using his chosen sport that have helped his clients lose weight, increase cardiac strength, cross-train, and rehabilitate. He has even helped students obtain collegiate scholarships in rowing despite their late introduction to the sport. Contact Xeno at (949) 400-7630 for further information.
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Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 11, 2006
I need your help!
No body is able to do everything. I was taught how to row the single scull and now I am pulling the chain and motivating people to do the same. Where I am really lacking is spreading the word about the IRON OARSMAN. I have been really lucky to meet a new friend, RON!
Ron is going to help me market the Iron Oarsman. For this we are looking for subjects/reasons why rowing is good for us humans.
So I thank you all in advance for your input!
Sincerely,
XENO
Ron is going to help me market the Iron Oarsman. For this we are looking for subjects/reasons why rowing is good for us humans.
So I thank you all in advance for your input!
Sincerely,
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 10, 2006
Indoor Rowing, Diabetes, and hip replacement surgery
At the Iron Oarsman we have a rower who has type 2 diabetes. He carries an insuline pump on his waist. He told me that on the days he works out he reduces his insuline intake by 30%. This is of course great news. I asked him to write a testimonial. So stay tuned.
In addition we learned at the Iron Oarsman that the motion of rowing is good rehab for hip replacement surgery. I can imagine that knee replacement patients would greatly benefit from rowing too.
I do want to stress that the rowing machines that we use at the IRON OARSMAN are ON SLIDES and are not stationary on the ground.
Do visit our website www.gorow.com or call me at 949-400-7630
All the very best,
sincerely,
XENO
In addition we learned at the Iron Oarsman that the motion of rowing is good rehab for hip replacement surgery. I can imagine that knee replacement patients would greatly benefit from rowing too.
I do want to stress that the rowing machines that we use at the IRON OARSMAN are ON SLIDES and are not stationary on the ground.
Do visit our website www.gorow.com or call me at 949-400-7630
All the very best,
sincerely,
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 9, 2006
Latest Indoor Rowing Newsletter can be found following the link below.
http://www.gorow.com/Newsletter%2520May%25202006.htm
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 7, 2006
I am starring in a VIDEO made by my friend and rower Shaggy!
This video is rated G.
It has absolutely nothing to do with rowing, indoor rowing, or Concept2/rowperfect. The only items that show that rowers are at the helm of this academy award winning display are a couple of oars and a rowing jacket worn by one of the DANCERS!
follow the link and leave me comments: THE GREAT VIDEO
XENO
It has absolutely nothing to do with rowing, indoor rowing, or Concept2/rowperfect. The only items that show that rowers are at the helm of this academy award winning display are a couple of oars and a rowing jacket worn by one of the DANCERS!
follow the link and leave me comments: THE GREAT VIDEO
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 6, 2006
Great new Seat addition to the Concept2 Rowing Machine
I have tested the Core-perform seat attachement for Concept2 rowing machines model C & D. It is great.
Follow the link, I made a video showing how it works:
http://web.mac.com/xenoralfmuller/iWeb/Site/Core-perform.html
Follow the link, I made a video showing how it works:
http://web.mac.com/xenoralfmuller/iWeb/Site/Core-perform.html
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 5, 2006
Ratio and Torque in Rowing a question answered:
Dear Xeno:
Please know how much I appreciate your Web site and Blog. Your dedication to rowing and love of the sport is truly inspirational (You are a stud!). I just started training on the Concept 2 for the first time about 2 months ago and I am already obsessed! If you would be so kind, I have a quick question. . .
OK, here goes. . .
I am following a level 3, 16-week, 2,000 meter, 4X per week training program that I downloaded off the www.concept.co.uk/training site. The chart says at the UT1 training level my stroke rate should be 22 – 24 SPM; however, I find that to row at my 2:00/500 meter UT1 pace I need to row 33 – 34 SPM. My entire training group has the same problem (i.e., our SPM is 10 SPM higher than the SPM indicated in our training chart), regardless of their UT1 pace. Are we nuts or just missing something?
Thanks in advance; peace and all good things for you and your family,
S.
Hi S.
In rowing there is much emphasis on RATIO and TORQUE
per stroke.
The recovery is roughly twice as long than the drive.
Torque is how much you can accelerate the flywheel in
one acceleration.
To learn torque see how much you can accelerate the
flywheel by keeping the stroke rate VERY low like 16.
You will notice that the recovery takes a long time
whereas the drive is fast. Make sure that on the recovery you get the
forward body angle BEFORE you raise the knees.
You should get my indoor workout DVDs because the
ratio and torque are clearly shown.
All the best and I hope this helped.
Kindest regards,
XENO
Please know how much I appreciate your Web site and Blog. Your dedication to rowing and love of the sport is truly inspirational (You are a stud!). I just started training on the Concept 2 for the first time about 2 months ago and I am already obsessed! If you would be so kind, I have a quick question. . .
OK, here goes. . .
I am following a level 3, 16-week, 2,000 meter, 4X per week training program that I downloaded off the www.concept.co.uk/training site. The chart says at the UT1 training level my stroke rate should be 22 – 24 SPM; however, I find that to row at my 2:00/500 meter UT1 pace I need to row 33 – 34 SPM. My entire training group has the same problem (i.e., our SPM is 10 SPM higher than the SPM indicated in our training chart), regardless of their UT1 pace. Are we nuts or just missing something?
Thanks in advance; peace and all good things for you and your family,
S.
Hi S.
In rowing there is much emphasis on RATIO and TORQUE
per stroke.
The recovery is roughly twice as long than the drive.
Torque is how much you can accelerate the flywheel in
one acceleration.
To learn torque see how much you can accelerate the
flywheel by keeping the stroke rate VERY low like 16.
You will notice that the recovery takes a long time
whereas the drive is fast. Make sure that on the recovery you get the
forward body angle BEFORE you raise the knees.
You should get my indoor workout DVDs because the
ratio and torque are clearly shown.
All the best and I hope this helped.
Kindest regards,
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 4, 2006
Let's fight cancer together please follow the link
On May 20, Iron Oarsman will take part in the fifth annual fund raiser in Newport Beach to fight cancer. Please follow this link:
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=152619&lis=1&kntae152619=3E5540ABD418499A
AE0FCFC5DE60A165&supId=0&team=1283951&cj=Y
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=152619&lis=1&kntae152619=3E5540ABD418499A
AE0FCFC5DE60A165&supId=0&team=1283951&cj=Y
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
Here is a nice piece on Rowing and Fighting Cancer
Colleen Carey
By Ashley Lerch
Each year over 1.3 million people are newly diagnosed with cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The rowing community is full of people who have battled cancer, and our rowing friends are also among the millions of people who also die from the disease.
Interested in rowing since college, it was a fight with breast cancer that finally guided Colleen Carey into the boat. After recovering from the treatments to battle her cancer, she found rowing was the perfect exercise to help her body and mind to recover from the drain that the cancer had put on her body.
“It’s fairly impossible for me to separate my cancer recovery from rowing.” Carey said. “Cancer is very good at teaching you to accept things that are out of your control. You have to accept that your body will never be the same, which was a hard lesson for me to learn at age 27.”
According to the National Cancer Institute, “Physical activity improves quality of life among cancer patients and survivors. Studies are beginning to explore the potential for physical activity to improve cancer survival.”
Colleen enrolled in a learn-to-row program at the Albany Rowing Center, in Albany, New York on her 29th birthday. She found rowing to be a wonderful exercise on her weakened body, but provided her with the full body workout she needed to gradually regain her strength.
“Rowing was crucial in giving me my body back. I eventually had new proof, proof that my body was strong and flexible and capable of doing something pretty special.” She said.
A year later, Colleen has enrolled in the adult competitive rowing program at Albany Rowing. She intends on participating in many regattas in the 2006 rowing season, especially the 2006 FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta, in Princeton, NJ.
Colleen is one of the many rowers who attribute rowing to helping them overcome illnesses. The rowing community is full of amazing people who have greatly benefited from the health advantages that rowing exercise provides.
Aside from rowing, Colleen is an active volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Last year she participated in the Boston Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, and she is fundraising once again this year for the San Diego 3-Day Walk. For more information on Colleen, her battle with cancer, and her 3-Day Walk fundraising efforts, please visit her site at http://www.colleencarey.com/3day/boston/.
Also she has designed rowing themed merchandise to aid her fundraising efforts, and you may purchase these items at http://www.cafepress.com/crewclothing.
By Ashley Lerch
Each year over 1.3 million people are newly diagnosed with cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The rowing community is full of people who have battled cancer, and our rowing friends are also among the millions of people who also die from the disease.
Interested in rowing since college, it was a fight with breast cancer that finally guided Colleen Carey into the boat. After recovering from the treatments to battle her cancer, she found rowing was the perfect exercise to help her body and mind to recover from the drain that the cancer had put on her body.
“It’s fairly impossible for me to separate my cancer recovery from rowing.” Carey said. “Cancer is very good at teaching you to accept things that are out of your control. You have to accept that your body will never be the same, which was a hard lesson for me to learn at age 27.”
According to the National Cancer Institute, “Physical activity improves quality of life among cancer patients and survivors. Studies are beginning to explore the potential for physical activity to improve cancer survival.”
Colleen enrolled in a learn-to-row program at the Albany Rowing Center, in Albany, New York on her 29th birthday. She found rowing to be a wonderful exercise on her weakened body, but provided her with the full body workout she needed to gradually regain her strength.
“Rowing was crucial in giving me my body back. I eventually had new proof, proof that my body was strong and flexible and capable of doing something pretty special.” She said.
A year later, Colleen has enrolled in the adult competitive rowing program at Albany Rowing. She intends on participating in many regattas in the 2006 rowing season, especially the 2006 FISA World Rowing Masters Regatta, in Princeton, NJ.
Colleen is one of the many rowers who attribute rowing to helping them overcome illnesses. The rowing community is full of amazing people who have greatly benefited from the health advantages that rowing exercise provides.
Aside from rowing, Colleen is an active volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Last year she participated in the Boston Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, and she is fundraising once again this year for the San Diego 3-Day Walk. For more information on Colleen, her battle with cancer, and her 3-Day Walk fundraising efforts, please visit her site at http://www.colleencarey.com/3day/boston/.
Also she has designed rowing themed merchandise to aid her fundraising efforts, and you may purchase these items at http://www.cafepress.com/crewclothing.
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
May 2, 2006
Cool indoor rowing picture
Concept2 Indoor Rowing Machine
After looking a little on google I found this pretty nice picture
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
Stating what is not obvious to everyone:
Indoor rowing is a sport that can be practiced by many many different people of different ages and physical ability.
My phrase to explain how accessible rowing is to people who think they can not do it:
"If you can sit in the coach without pain, then you can row."
We have now been in business for three years. The diversity of the rowers at the Iron Oarsman is remarkable. Young and old, limber and not so limber, all enjoy the zero impact motion of indoor rowing and the great cardio vascular exercise they get out of it.
You don't need to pull hard to enjoy rowing.
If you want to workout harder then all you need to do is pull harder.
So come on down to the Iron Oarsman and check it out for yourself.
We use Concept2 rowing machines.
You can look at our website:
www.gorow.com for information and indoor rowing DVDs.
Call me if you have questions:
9494007630
Sincerely and all the best,
XENO
Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.
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