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Ready, Row! USA

On this Ready, Row! USA podcast I was invited to chat about coxing weigh-ins, HOCR, and rowing an erg half-marathon next to an Olympic gold medalist.... Read More...

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Coxswains: Lighten your gunwale grip with these tips

Rachel Freedman

Question of the week, from parents of a junior's coxswain: Our daughter started coxing about six months ago and her hands have gotten really torn up from holdi... Read More...

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Flipping a Four: What to Do When the Unexpected Happens

Rachel Freedman

It's rare that a crew flips a big boat, which makes it even more important for coaches, rowers, and coxswains to know what to do in case of emergency.... Read More...

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Coxswain Tom Beodeker spent 16 years with Lake Union Crew before moving to San Diego.

Hot Seat: Tom Boedeker

Rachel Freedman

When you're a 90-pound high school freshman, your seat in the boat is the ninth. And if you take on the challenge of learning the coxing ropes as a teenager, yo... Read More...

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AC Chacon, Head Coach of Long Beach State men's rowing. (Photo: Jasmine McGill)

Hot Seat: AC Chacon

Rachel Freedman

Weight Training 101 is what 110-pound AC Chacon signed up for one fall as a student at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. It was there that a chance mee... Read More...

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Understand what three main buttons do and you'll rule practice.

CoxBox 101: Is this Thing On?

Rachel Freedman

Back in the day, a coxswain wore a megaphone strapped to his face in order to be heard by the crew, and used a mechanical stop watch and rate watch to manage wo... Read More...

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US Women's 8+ cox-toss at 2013 World Championships. (row2k image)

U.S. Olympic Cox Katelin Snyder: Coxswains ARE Teammates

Rachel Freedman

"Change the culture of what it means to be a coxswain." So proclaimed US National team coxswain Katelin Snyder at RowingTalks, held on the campus of Washington... Read More...

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8-Time Olympian: Canadian Cox Lesley Thompson-Willie

Rachel Freedman

When Canadian coxswain Lesley Thompson-Willie won a silver medal at the 2012 summer Olympic games in London at age 53, she became a five-time Olympic medalist a... Read More...

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A mixed 8 rows on the Anacostia River in Washington, DC

4 Common Questions a Rower Asks After Years Away

Rachel Freedman

Once upon a time you were younger, more motivated, and willing to push your body through punishing workouts, laughing off the muscle soreness and doing it all a... Read More...

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Head of the Charles course map and notes

HOCR: Top 5 Coxing Tips

Rachel Freedman

My first time at the Head of the Charles, back in 2010, I was cocky and under-prepared (see post HOCR 2013: In the Driver's Seat), making botched calls and st... Read More...

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