You may be racing him at the Head of the Charles, trouble ahead. :-)

[caption id="attachment_1190" align="aligncenter" width="735"] Getting ready for the Head of the Charles 2012[/caption]

The Head of the Charles regatta is only a few weeks away. Some competitors use this fall race as a way to judge and wrap up their 2012 racing season. I have the pleasure to work with individuals who do not want to leave their fate up to chance. I enable scullers to understand their own technique through describing what they do to move them boat. Frame by frame commentary leaves no unnecessary motion undetected. Each time I watch someone's stroke I zero in onto the computer screen and anything beyond becomes blurry. Everyone's technical signature speaks to me. I do not have a set way to start a stroke analysis. The rowing motion is so natural, so organic, that my study flows with the pros and cons of its boat moving effectiveness.

[caption id="attachment_1145" align="aligncenter" width="3600"] As the weather gets colder and you need to wear more layers of clothing to stay warm, rowing a racing scull is impossible. The fear of skim ice, or falling into the frigid water is a powerful deterrent. The Xeno Signature Tango, will keep you afloat and leaves you with room to drop your extra layers when you find your rowing groove. Row in winter, row in the snow, don't worry your safe![/caption]

Xeno Müller Signature Rowing in the works.

I had a great time racing the single scull and winning Olympic gold and silver. Life as a competitor is emotionally charged to say the least.



A few days ago, I had the opportunity to pack my entire family into a really cool rowing boat. Three of my passions came together all at once, family, health, and rowing. It was epic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZOG9d4KsAM
[caption id="attachment_1121" align="alignleft" width="2560"] Stable and fast, room for family and friends, incredible workout and sightseeing.[/caption]

I enjoyed rowing the boat so much that we are putting together a special model that I am so excited about.

After my last Olympics I started an indoor rowing studio. As I lead the classes I tweaked our rowing machines a little which lead to our Signature Waterrower. I enjoy rowing so much that I am fully in touch with my equipment. That is why I closely work with a handful of rowing equipment manufacturers who build to my specifications.

[caption id="attachment_1068" align="alignright" width="2803"] Stay stress free with great smooth rowing.[/caption]

My signature Waterrower comes with an awesome subscription to a full online rowing library that will bring so much fun to your rows.

How can a beginner row when no boathouse is nearby, there are choices:

You came to the realization that rowing would be a perfect exercise for you, but where and how can you start rowing. There are ways to scout boathouses. The drawback with rowing in a club is that it is very time consuming. Chances are you don't have much free time. The other option is to row at a gym. Sadly, gym machines are usually in poor conditions and positioned in places that are least desirable due to the fact that few members use them because no one understands how to enjoy rowing them.

The solution is to get your own. I row wood with water at home. I enjoy smooth strokes with the gentle sound of water swishing by. Our Xeno Müller Signature Model comes with a 6 months online workout library that includes a 10 Week Beginner Learner Program. You will love rowing. It will calm your worries and make you feel strong.

[caption id="attachment_1068" align="alignleft" width="2803"] Stay stress free with great smooth rowing.[/caption]

Holland Beker Rowing Regatta

Hello Dutch Rowers!

I would like to say hello and share with you some of my great experiences I had racing the Holland Beker. I was fortunate to win it twice and it was a lot of fun for me and my young family. In 1998, I set the course record, 6:38...
One day, after a workout, I was met at the dock by Henri Jan Wienese, Olympic gold medalist himself in 1968, it was great to exchange a few rowing stories.

Michiel Bartman, Olympic gold medalist, once said to me that while I was training on the Holland Beker race course, he and his crew mates were left perplexed. As they came to the race course, I had already started my workout. When they were finished, I was still rowing. A couple years later, Michiel asked me how long my workouts were. I would routinely row 24KM on a 2KM course and that took roughly 2 hours.

The Holland Beker is also the only regatta that offers some prize money for the winner. This is a very welcome financial boost to single scullers. Unfortunately second place winners get nothing, that is tough.

I also love the spectator truck that follows the races, that is so cool. I don't understand why the International Rowing Federation doesn't make such a truck mandatory on race courses with a road running parallel to it.

Finally, I must compliment the rowers and coaches of the Netherlands who always generate very respectable crews at the World Championship and Olympic Games. The Dutch are smart.

Cheers from California.
Xeno

Denial... Well, getting with the program is never too late!

Hello Folks,

My strength has always been my motivation to train.  Now, being father of four, and head of a Zoo, fanatic workouts is something in the distant past.  The problem that emerged from all this is that I turned into a beast.  I can literally squish people if I chose to roll over them, "people" being my own children sitting on the couch with me.

I have done diets, some have been more successful than others.  Most seemed to have cost a bit of money.  I also would rebound quite well from the newly acquired low weight.  I fit the profile perfectly, yo-yo-weight-man, I hate it.

About 9 days ago, I spoke to a rower in Canada.  We chatted about fitness business and we both keenly shared that we read the 4 Hour Workweek.  Then, I was told that I should read the 4 Hour Body, which I heard of before, but quite simply was not enough in distress to buy and read.  Ironically, when I spoke to my rowing friend, my distress level reached the boiling point.  My body weight was at an all time high and I medicated my heart burn with baking soda.

Fast forward to today, I am 13 pounds lighter and already feel a lot better.  What changed? I started reading the 4 Hour Body, and implemented the chapter on slow carbs.  No more in my diet was: Milk, white carbs, sugar drinks, rice, bread...., I substituted carbs with lentils and beans, amazing, I never had eaten many legumes, but here they were, being happily consumed by me instead of bread and pasta. 

It is ironic that one is open to change at different times throughout life.  Who knows, had I known of the slow carb diet... a la 4 Hour Body, I would have gone even faster during my competitive years.

Tim Ferris author of the 4 Hour Body

The purpose for this blog entry, is not to shamelessly troll for new business of which I can be guilty of at times.  In the contrary, I would like to simply share great information.  Exercise is great for building capillaries, enjoying endorphins, building stronger muscles and bones, but it is pretty lame for weight loss.  It is true that exercise helps you burn energy of different fat and glycogen, but it is very inefficient and often leads to increased appetite :-0, and in some case a pulled muscle in the back...

If you are like me, give the 4 Hour Body a shot :-)

Xeno

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

A better erg score can save parents thousands of dollars in tuition cost..

Are a parent of a high school student who loves to row?  You may be in luck or not...

You are in luck, if your child has a good erg score.  A good erg score, a.k.a. fast 2K on a Concept2 rowing machine, makes rowing coaches foam at the mouth.  If your child is a girl with a good score, you could get thousands of $ off tuition through a rowing scholarship.  For the boys it is a little different.  Men's crew at the University level does not receive funding from the athletic department because of title IX.  However,  a good erg score for a male rower can get him into a great rowing university.  The better the 2K the more likely a H.S. student is to be recruited for a university crew program.

If your child's erg score is not good enough yet... you are in luck, because I can help you.  If your son or daughter is determined to put in the rowing meters, I can help lower the erg score by twenty seconds depending on how much time is left before applying to a university.

Through superior internet speed, helping rowers worldwide, has become the main part of my coaching business.  I receive rowing clips on a daily basis.  These excerpts are between 45 and 60 seconds long, taken at 90 degrees, full side view.  I complete a slow motion stroke analysis by carefully explaining and graphically illustrate the strong and weak points of a rowers technique.  I then explain which technical drills need to be done to improve power application.  Each analysis comes complete with a one month training program. 

Your child's rowing stroke improves dramatically without pain. 

With today's tuition cost averaging $28,000 per year it is an absolute must to utilize a professional stroke analysis, by one of the most successful rower and coach in history.

Learn more at www.xenorowingcoach.com

Sincerely,
Xeno Müller
Olympic gold and silver medalist, Olympic record holder.

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

Rowing on Lake Union a beautiful 7 minute piece of history

I am so happy that I came across this beautiful piece about rowing. The filming is great and the voice of the coach extremely nice to listen too. Great job and I am excited about sharing it!
Xeno Muller

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

Rowing the Xeno Signature Waterrower | Xeno Rowing Coach

Xeno,
Love my Waterrower because I can get an erg in anytime at home, it feels like rowing (no

flywheel chain pulling me to the catch and it feels like water against the blades on the drive) and it is quiet and peaceful and not consigned to the garage or basement. The signature series changes are great additions as well especially the wide handle.

Rowin happy,

Rich

Hello Rich, 

I am so happy that you love your Signature Waterrower.  

I fell in love with the "machine" when I lead classes at my indoor rowing studio.  The quiet swishing of the water in the paddle drum created a stress free sound.

The seat and the handle were also extremely comfortable to use.  I put in a special request to Waterrower to lengthen the handle for added mobility for larger people.  I also made a change to the foot board height which is lower than on standard Waterrowers.  By having the feet lower, people with slightly less flexibility were able to find more leg compression and therefore develop more power during the push.

The first time I rowed a Waterrower I had an epiphany so to speak.  I noticed that the water drum was heavy enough to use the Waterrower for different STANDING exercises.  This was a total out of the box thought.  We started doing standing "reverse" pullovers and one arm triceps exercises to name a couple.

It become obvious that with the changes the owner of Waterrower thought we should create the Xeno Müller Signature Waterrower.  So everyone who gets a Xeno Rower is rewarded with my digitized rowing workouts, a total of over 80.  The workouts are a complimentary gift in form of a 6 months membership to www.row2go.com.

Enjoy rowing and you and I will live to be 300 years old!  All the best from Southern California!

Xeno!

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

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