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...
Coxing
Coxswains: Lighten your gunwale grip with these tips
Question of the week, from parents of a junior’s coxswain: Our daughter started coxing about six months ago... Read More...
Flipping a Four: What to Do When the Unexpected Happens
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...
Hot Seat: Tom Boedeker
When you’re a 90-pound high school freshman, your seat in the boat is the ninth. And if you... Read More...
Hot Seat: AC Chacon
Weight Training 101 is what 110-pound AC Chacon signed up for one fall as a student at Grand... Read More...
CoxBox 101: Is this Thing On?
Back in the day, a coxswain wore a megaphone strapped to his face in order to be heard by... Read More...
U.S. Olympic Cox Katelin Snyder: Coxswains ARE Teammates
“Change the culture of what it means to be a coxswain.” So proclaimed US National team coxswain Katelin... Read More...
8-Time Olympian: Canadian Cox Lesley Thompson-Willie
When Canadian coxswain Lesley Thompson-Willie won a silver medal at the 2012 summer Olympic games in London at age 53,... Read More...
4 Common Questions a Rower Asks After Years Away
Once upon a time you were younger, more motivated, and willing to push your body through punishing workouts, laughing... Read More...
HOCR: Top 5 Coxing Tips
[Revised 10.17.19] My first time at the Head of the Charles, back in 2010, I was cocky and... Read More...