Use your eye grab your camera and start filming your technique

Rowers and coaches, today there is no excuse for not analyzing your rowing technique frame by frame. Almost any smart phone can take footage and be played back on a computer screen. My tool of choice is my iPhone 4, truly incredible and simple to download to the computer. It is amazing how much detail you can see in frame by frame analysis and most of the time it is not pretty at all. Try it, have a look at your crews footage or your own technique and notice how much extra body movement there is which needs to be controlled and erased, because if you don't the race stroke rate will stay low, the boat won't run/glide, and the ratio inexistent.
I have had a wonderful experience coaching Rowers as well as coaches on how to surgically remove problem spots. The results are staggering. Stay tuned, sincerely,


Xeno Muller
www.row2go.com to solve motivation problems
www.xenorowingcoach.com to solve true speed problems

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

Story on CNN about woman who lost 235 pounds:

When I read that story I was intrigued by the simplicity of her "diet":

1. Eat every three hours a max of 8oz.

2. No sugar drinks

3. Do not skip meals

4. Don't tell anyone.

That doctor hit the nail on the head for two reasons: simplicity and discipline.

Simplicity: there are many reason why people are overweight. One is certainly due to the grazing habit. For example taking a trip to the fridge for no reason at all due to jaw movement boredom. Setting a timer to go off every three hours keeps your subconscious feeding impulse in check. It works! This leads me to discipline. It is not complicated to be disciplined about food intake quantity when you must eat every three hours when the timer goes off.

So set your timer :-).
FYI 1 oz is similar to 30 grams.

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

Olympic gold medal final single scull 1996 Atlanta

This is a new version of the Olympic gold medal race. It also features the medal ceremony!

Xeno Muller

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

GB 4- Rowing in Athens Olympics 2004

A great race and so well retold by the athletes. This is rowing at its finest.

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

Change in training routine!!! Result: more power and more distance

Hello Rowers and Visitors.

Most of you know that for 7 years I have been leading indoor rowing workouts.  I have now stopped running these workouts for two reasons :-)

1. My daughter started 7. grade and needs to be at school an hour before her siblings... running classes at 7AM was not fitting in anymore.

2. I am using my time more for my growing sons who want to start rowing...

3. I began the job of advising the Mexican National Rowing Team.

4. I am coaching two brothers who are capable of going really fast in their boat....  the goal is London 2012 :-)

Since the change in my "job" I am very pleased to announce that I am pushing harder and farther when I row on my own.  I always appreciated running classes and motivating others to row.  I did not realize how little air I was using to push my own strokes.  My home routine is currently an hour of rowing, actually today I pushed an additional 15 minutes with the total distance rowed being 18000 meters.  As I sit typing this blog entry, I feel worked out and calm.  I feel relaxed and satisfied with my shape.  I am looking forward to getting back into better shape....  this is hard to believe because I never stopped rowing for most of my life.

If you are interested in being coached by me have a look at www.xenorowingcoach.com and if you want to row to my workouts visit www.row2go.com.

It is important that you know what proper rowing technique is, although no one needs to have perfect technique in order to be in shape, however it is important to know what the wrong technique is :-).

Row far!!!

Xeno Muller

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Xeno Muller won an Olympic Gold in Atlanta and an Olympic Silver in Sydney, and is the current Olympic Record holder in the 2000m Single Scull. He is also the President of XenoRowingCoach and Row2Go which is quickly becoming THE online community for both indoor and on-the-water rowers providing its members with weekly online workout routines and individualized coaching programs.

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