This is one reason why it is nice to live in Southern California

The photo was taken less then a mile from the Pacific Ocean. In the back ground you can see snowy mountains. This is the lowest snow level I have seen since I moved here in 1995. The winters here in Southern California is great.
XENO

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

NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER about the ROWPERFECT

Quick info on the pictures: The cage has a variable resistance. The flywheel/foot-board rig glides smoothly back and forth on a monorail, which makes the footprint of the machine less then 2meters in length. I can't wait for the first machines. It is going to be awesome.
XENO


Check out my British counterparts inforamtion:

Check in with me with the early arrivals of the ROWPERFECT to the United States.

In addtion take a look at our MP3 workout on our website:

IRON OARSMAN

XENO

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

New MP3 workout to download for indoor rowing by Xeno Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist

Hello everyone.
Visit our website for a brand new 45' indoor rowing workout on MP3.
This is a monthly published service.
If you upgrade to the monthly training program you can download a FRESH workout every week.
All the best,
XENO


Also in the news which I found interesting:

These guys held a 1:30.5 averagea for 24 hours!!!!!


Ten-man team sets new 24-hour indoor marathon best.


A world record has been broken by Bedford Star Club rowers.

A ten-man team smashed the 24-hour indoor marathon best, set by a French squad in 2006.

Each man had to row on a machine for 30 seconds, with a rest period in between of just four minutes and 30 seconds.

Their target was 474,402 metres – and they beat it by 3,043 metres.

The new benchmark of 477,445 metres was set at the club's headquarters in Commercial Road between 9am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday.

Team captain Chris Callow said: "Changeovers had to be quick and precise to make sure the momentum and the speed stayed constant.

"And we didn't look at the meters on poor changeovers, which could have cost us the record."

The record-breaking team was Chris Callow, Dave Kempsell, Kevin Bullard, Mark Bavington, Martin Birch, Andrew Piesley, James Gani, Richard Slaymaker, Joel Grant-Jones and Pete Mulkerrins, a former Great Britain Olympic rower.

The rowers were also bidding to raise £10,000 to buy a new coxless four boat for their club before this year's Henley Royal Regatta.

And happily they are already half way to the target thanks to a £5,000 donation from Sandy-based construction company Kier.

Original link: http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/bed-news/Star-Club-rowers-break-world.3710163.jp

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

It is raining here in California, BUT let's row at the Iron Oarsman anyway.

Hello Rowers from all parts of the world.

Quick update with my new years resolution to train harder during my workouts at the Iron Oarsman.

I made everyone pull a few 30' pieces and rank them on the Concept2 world ranking. I believe that I am number 36 overall. Not too bad, but I see that I am going to be training more in the next few years. Four years ago, I was able to hold 1:46.8 for a MARATHON.... This is not the case. As soon as we have the ability to distribute the ROWPERFECT, I will make my workouts which I lead 90'long. Like that I will shed some weight and become competitive again in my age division.

Another update is that I am going to take my computer to the Iron Oarsman tomorrow and record our workout. I will then put it on our podcast website that is accessible to the rowers who get the monthly training program which is $25 a month.

All the best,

XENO

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

Update on MP3 workouts for rowers and their rowing machine.

OK,
I am in the process of getting set up with a server which will allow people to purchase the MP3 workouts and download them directly to their computer.
In the meantime, I am sending out hard copies on CD ROM.
The other added bonus for being on the monthly training program (cost is $25/month) is that I am opening up a library of MP3 workouts, which are direct copies of workouts that we do at the Iron Oarsman. So no matter where you are on the face of the world you can get a fresh of the press workout and NEVER EVER NEVER feel boredom again when putting in the miles.
Talk to you guys soon.
XENO

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