Hello from the Rowperfect front

Hello all,

It may not be much for right now. But I am excited to have received the handle of the new Rowperfect. It feels really nice to hold. The C shaped handle allows for a tighter and more efficient use of the lat muscles at the finish. The wooden handle feels solid and makes the feel of rowing indoors more natural. Another excellent feature that has been patented is the OARFLEX. The connection between the handle and the chain is spring-loaded and is perfect for a nice water like catch with a real oar.

Mark Campbell owner and redesigner of the Rowperfect has done an excellent job.
Stay tuned and remember a couple of perks. Anyone who buys a ROWPERFECT coming from IRON OARSMAN will get a 5 hour set of workout DVDs. If the order of Rowperfects is 10 or more, I will travel for complimentary coaching session.

All the best,

XENO

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

Newport Beach is a great training location for rowing!

See you soon here in Newport Beach.

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

A new sign for the Iron Oarsman

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

Sculling on the water is very similar to rowing indoors look at this footage:

The rower here handles the single scull well.
Sincerely,
XENO

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

Val's East Coast Adventures

Adventure
Thursday April 12
I arrived in Philadelphia, PA just past 9pm EST and by 11pm i was on the way to Newark, DE were i stayed one night at Jordan Fissels house. Jordan is a former student at Orange Coast College where we're teammates on rowing team for 2 years. He is responsible for getting me on a road bike following the end of the rowing season. I haven't seen him since he moved to DE in 2005.

On friday April 13 i departed Delaware and went on the way SOUTH to Leesburg, VA where i stayed for a day at my cousins house just relaxing. Saturday morning i drove down to Springfield, VA and visited Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. That place is absolutely increadible. It has some of the earliest airplanes including Wrights brothers airplane and some of the most advanced Mach 3 n above planes like SR-71 Blackbird. Museum has over 130 full size airlanes and lots of space equiment and shuttles. This is museums web site http://www.nasm.si.edu/
After spending about 4 hours checking out the airplanes, i left the museum and headed farther east to Washington DC. It was about one hour drive to the capital city. When i entered the city i had a warm feeling come over me, it was just magical knowing that there was so much history there. Each building had its own story. I love this city and would love to come back there again and spend little bit more time walking down the streets. I only had few hours before i had to head up North to New York.
That's all for now. I will update shortly...

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

Back in 1998 some footage was taken of my rowing:

Click on this link and it will take you to the page.
It may take a little bit of time to load.
XENO

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

Bob pulled a great 2k, check out the video, click on the link below

Check out BOB's terrific 2k. He is 60 years young and I want to be in his shape in 25 years!
XENO

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

If I could not row I would learn to dance like this guy, he is awesome!

I hope you will have a good laugh.
XENO

PS: a couple of days ago I came up with: Row Old, or Die Young. It is a little extreme.

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

This is great footage. Mark is a great friend of mine.

We are taking orders now for the early birds.
By the way, Mark Campbell on this video is the owner of Rowperfect. He came to visit me last August with two of his five children. I hit it off with him in a heart beat. Truely one of those great Aussies! I am very lucky to have the opportunity to work with him in the future for a LONG LONG TIME. I am so excited to hit the road with the Rowperfect. We will be at regattas, tradeshows, and will teach fitness entrepreneurs to start their own indoor rowing studio where they will be able to sell the machine as well. Stay tuned.
XENO

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

USASA Nationals 2007 NORTHSTAR-AT-TAHOE

USASA returning to Northstar
sierra sun post

The nation’s top amateur snowboarders and skiers will begin trickling in to the North Shore this weekend for the 18th Annual United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) National Championships.

For the second consecutive year, Northstar-at-Tahoe is hosting what organizers tout as the world’s largest snowboard event, which kicks off Sunday with an opening ceremonies parade at Ice Rink Plaza. Much like in the Olympic Games, the opening ceremony will consist of a parade featuring all of the athletes from the country’s 35 participating regions displaying their local pride.

Competition begins on Monday and continues through Friday. As of Tuesday, 1,421 athletes were set to compete, said Karen Mertl, administrative executive for USASA. Mertl said there may be as many as 1,600 skiers and snowboarders by the time competition gets under way.

Of those 1,421 athletes, 114 will be representing the North Tahoe Snowboard Series, with roughly the same number representing the South Tahoe Snowboard Series, Mertl said.

Snowboarders will compete in one or more of the following five events: Superpipe, Slopestyle, Boardercross, Giant Slalom and Slalom. Events for skiers include Slopestyle, Superpipe and Skiercross.


How they get there

Since the beginning of the 2006-2007 season, the competitors have been qualifying at their local USASA Regional Series for an invitation to the grand finale.

USASA hosts more than 500 events annually at approximately 200 resorts throughout the U.S., with each of the USASA series holding eight to 20 events each year. The North Tahoe Snowboard Series held 15 events this past winter at Boreal, Northstar and Donner Ski Ranch, according to the USASA Web site, www.usasa.org.

Beginner, intermediate and expert riders ages 4 to 74 compete in 32 separate divisions in their regional series to earn a chance to participate in the National Championship, where they will vie for 840 medals. In addition, more than $15,000 in scholarships funds are awarded by the USASA to National Championship participants each year at Nationals.


Check it out

The USASA National Championship news coverage and daily results will be featured on the USASA Web site at www.usasa.org. Visit the USASA Web site for the latest information.

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

XENO INTERVAL WORKOUT, CHECK IT OUT, WE LOVE IT at the IRON OARSMAN

Hello everyone. I did some thinking. At the IRON OARSMAN, we usually use the 500 meter split time to fire our rowers up to push harder and faster. In the last week, I changed this a bit. We started using the Watts setting and I found this to be really cool, because people were clearly seeing how much more powerful they are as they increase there velocity and stroke rate. In the last seconds of the XENO INTERVAL, I mustered up a couple strokes above 1100 Watts. This surprised a few, because I was able to push several hundred Watts more than them. I explained that their ability will quickly increase as we train the XENO INTERVAL. Here is how the XENO INTERVAL works: Interval setting on the rowing machine is 20 seconds ON and 40 seconds OFF. The power expressed in Watts of the first step is equal to the rower’s body weight. Each subsequent interval intensity is increased by 10%. Since I weigh 260lb., my starting interval is 260W. For simplicity I use 25W increase each time. Second interval is 285W. The third interval 310W and so on and so forth. The XENO INTERVAL is complete once the power can not be increased. At that point remember your Watts amount and shoot for higher next time. This is an awesome workout.
Also check out the newly redesigned www.ironoarsman.com. All the best,
XENO

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

This morning at the Iron Oarsman, full house!

We had a great workout!
Go IRON OARSMAN

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.

Steff rows with us at the Iron Oarsman, here is what she has to say!

I am 37 years old and love fitness, working out, and challenging myself. I am very interested in health, nutrition and conscious living. I am an adapted physical education teacher (PE teacher for kids with disabilities). I played college basketball and have accumulated many injuries over the years. I have had 5 knee surgeries, plantar fascia release surgery, and IT band problems from running and other weight bearing workouts/sports.

I was looking for something that would be "easier" on my body in terms of pounding and weight bearing and i found indoor rowing. I find rowing to be the best overall fitness and conditioning workout i have done. The recovery is fairly quick and i have developed more muscle tone and flexibility as well. I absolutely love it. I had been very into spin cycling for many years.....now i spin maybe once a week....and that is only because my spin friends keep calling me a traitor. I have met the coolest people at my row gym (Iron Oarsman) and i am so grateful to have this amazing place to row, have fun, and feel amazing. I plan on rowing till the very end.

Thank you Steff

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.