Ready, Row! USA #84 – Rowing to Recovery
We all know that rowing is low-impact, requires mindfulness and focus, builds physical strength and stamina. For recovery from breast cancer to physical injury to addiction to PTSD and other aspects of mental health, rowing is uniquely suited as a tool to regain and maintain a healthy mind and body. In this episode, we have […]
Ready, Row! USA #83: Rowing for All?
How do we mobilize as a rowing community to make our sport more accessible to people from a wider range of communities, financial resources, and physical abilities? Our panel discussion focuses on the recent initiatives of three leaders in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in rowing. Panelists: Coach Richard Butler, former ED […]
The Candid Cox Cast: GW is Cut & the Petition to Save Men’s Rowing
George Washington University Men’s Rowing is cut, but they’re not going down without a fight. Paddy George, John Knies, and Head Coach Eric Gehrke are leading the charge to try to protect more than their own program, as teams around the country are being cut during Covid. Paddy George has come up with an initiative […]
The Candid Cox Cast: The Unstoppable Corne de Koning
Battling visual technical difficulties for the first minute or so, I chat with Paralympic and world-champion Dutch rower Corne de Koning, who is a man of SO many talents: in the gym, on the erg, in the boat, and in the kitchen. Corne talks about how to do alot of things, from how to get […]
The Candid Cox Cast: The Unstoppable Corne de Koning
Battling visual technical difficulties for the first minute or so, Paralympic and world-champion Dutch rower Corne de Koning is a man of SO many talents: in the gym, on the erg, in the boat, and in the kitchen. Corne talks about how to do alot of things, from how to get better at pull-ups to […]
The Candid Cox Cast: Dartmouth Lights are Cut
Dartmouth Lightweight Rowing has been suddenly cut…and they aren’t the only ones. Stanford and UConn are also gone. Three athletes from Dartmouth come on to tell us the heartbreaking story about how they found out, what reasons they heard for getting the axe, and what they’re doing about it. This story is as frustrating as […]
The Candid Cox Cast: Arshay Cooper’s Most Beautiful Thing
Rower, author, & speaker Arshay Cooper joins me to talk about how a group of all-black high schoolers in a rough area see a boat on campus one day and against all odds, become unlikely teammates that learn to trust and work as a very different kind of crew. Arshay’s infectious energy and stories about […]
Ready, Row! USA #78: Rowing with PRIDE!
At Ready, Row! USA, Pride Month is all about inclusion and opportunity, supporting friends & teammates as we grow this amazing sport. Guests: Brian Todd, founder and executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Rowing Federation. You may have seen Brian at regattas or the USRowing Convention, inviting people to sign the Rower’s Pledge (glrf.info […]
The Candid Cox Cast: Realities of LGBTQ+ & Rowing (Michael Toutloff)
Michael from Chicago Rowing joins me to discuss how AWESOME the gay Games are and what the realities of LGBTQ+ athletes still deal with. This humbling episode really shows us how federations still don’t know how to “deal with” certain issues (this was fascinating!), how creative clubs are getting to recruit and include minorities and […]
Power in Rowing Symposium: Stephen Seiler
Power, Pulse rate and Perception as a telling trinity in training monitoring of endurance athletes. The full audio and slides for this presentation are on www.rowing.chat Stephen Seiler received his doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is past Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation and past Dean of the Faculty of Health […]