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Best Rowing Machines 2026: Five Ergs Worth Your Floor Space

Compare the best rowing machines of 2026, from Concept2 to Hydrow, and find the right erg for serious training, quiet homes or tight budgets.

Ex-Police Officer “The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done In My Life” Three Records From One Brutal North Atlantic Row

Dawn Smith and Paul Lore Set Three Atlantic Records

Oldest U.S. Olympic Oarswoman Gets Surprise Health Results and New Sporting Challenge

Four-time Olympian Meghan Musnicki on Life After Rowing

'Crew Girl’ Gives Rowing the Teen-Romance Treatment

Can a single sculler command a chaotic boys’ eight, repair her family life and choose between two rival rowers? Netflix heads to Easton Prep on 10 September.

Olaf Tufte, Norway’s seven-time Olympian: The Last Chapter

Olaf Tufte’s Cause of Death Confirmed by Family

Horten Roklubb

Memories of The Boat Race: Donald Legget remembers his time rowing for Cambridge

“Ely was also iced up, so we cast around to find a stretch at St Neots where hot effluent from a power station kept the water clear of ice.”

Donald Legget, Cambridge’s Tideway Master, Dies Aged 84

The former Cambridge Blue coached successive generations on the Thames, bringing an exceptional technical eye and more than six decades of Boat Race knowledge to the Light Blues.

Katie O’Brien Had to Learn How to Move the Boat Again

Paris Paralympian Returns to the Water

Karolien Florijn Capsizes: What went wrong for the Dutch Olympic champion?

Seville, Spain

Hannah Scott’s Second Act: Olympic Champion Returns to Lead GB’s New-Look Quad

Seville, Spain

Champions, Comebacks and Class Switches: Who to Watch at World Rowing Cup I in Seville

Seville, Spain

The Eight

New book on British coach Mike Spracklen and his successful yet controversial time coaching Canada

Chris Dodd Obituary

London, UK

Decision Time

Olympic champion and Crew Connection co-founder Sholto Carnegie sheds light on U.S. college rowing.

James Robson: From Paris Reserve to World Champion

Henley-on-Thames

Finn Hamill: Handling Pressure, His Way

Finn Hamill: Dad’s lost two brothers: imagine what it would be like to lose a son.

Last Word

Twelve quick fire questions with Anna Sheremet

Murtagh’s leap from sweep

Fiona Murtagh: "It’s sport. Nothing is guaranteed.”

Unfinished Business

Lauren Rowles: "Sport was my therapy. My way of battling demons."

Rowles Retires

Three-time Paralympic champion calls it a day

Overlooked and Undervalued

How best to rest?

Great British Odyssey Update

The Lonely Way Around

Letter to my younger self

Sholto Carnegie

Great British Odyssey

The Lonely Way Around

On the Water

H.M. van den Brink: "Interesting, exciting and scary, but not for me. I wouldn't advise my kids to become war journalists."

Henley Royal Regatta introduces The Bridge Challenge Plate

Henley Royal Regatta makes key steps towards achieving gender parity with new Women’s event for 2025

Bridging the Gap

Henley Royal Regatta chair discusses journey to gender parity

Benjamin Pritchard in his own words

Paris, France

After the finish line

Cloud Nine

How to choose the best college rowing program?

Crew Connection Co-Founder and Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist Sholto Carnegie helps ease the pain of rowing recruitment dilemmas.

‘Toughness Sheet’ lands Brookes in hot water

Independent investigation launched

Meghan Musnicki: Heartbroken Hero Bows Out

Four-time Olympian hangs up her oar

Boats Not Bars

Meet Imogen Walsh

Dreaming Big

Gabriel Soares: This time, it's my time.

Revved Up ‘n’ Ready to Go

Broken Bones, Never Moans: Jordan Parry on his helter-skelter sculling career.

Steward Stanning Conquers Sahara Desert

“The hardest part of my decision to retire was knowing it would end our journey together. I knew that Helen wasn’t necessarily done, even though I was. That was really difficult.”

World Rowing Press Conference at Paris Olympic Regatta

Paris, France

Whale hits rower’s boat in North Atlantic

British ocean rower having a whale of a time off the coast of Newfoundland

Bowden Steps Down

End of an era at Oxford

Life on camp

Sierra Nevada, Spain

Rebuilding the Dream

Process Driven Content

Washout not a knockout

Film Review: The Boys in the Boat

‘The Boys in the Boat’ Golden Boy

Meet Callum Turner

Sinkovic brothers change tack

Disappearing double prepares for Paris.

The Power of Purpose

Ingredients for success

Who is the new Oxford coach?

Will Oxford merge?

RowingNZ Team Sheet

Cambridge, New Zealand

No one makes the rules

Monterey, California

Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutrals

World Rowing to reinstate limited numbers

Plane vs Boat

Docklands, London

Mourning Angel Fournier

Dallas, Texas

New Coach for German Eight

Bender no longer coaching Deutschland Achter

Mourning Dr Tim Senior

Henley-on-Thames, Great Britain

Cambridge race the Dutch

The Championship Course, London

Cambridge race ULBC

The Championship Course, London

Riemekasten Retires

Hamburg, Germany

Bond is Back

Knot Quite Finished

Gmelin Retires

Switzerland's two-time Olympian calls time on her career

Pleading Innocent

Czech Rowing Association Reacts to Radiožurnal

Checking Czech Cheques

Czech Rowing Association Under Investigation

Rowing Australia race Canberra Raiders

Canberra, Australia

Mourning Seifriedsberger

Sabaudia, Italy

Mourning Dowell

Lake Sarnen, Switzerland

Another World Record

Penrith, New South Wales

New World Record

Berkeley, California

Prendergast Retires

New Zealand's Olympic gold and silver medallist calls time on her career

Hidden Voices in Rowing

Daniela Nacházelova releases her second book

Future feature film

John McAvoy signs film contract

Coach Bond

Blue Devils recruit Hamish Bond

Eleven questions with Patryk Wojtalak

Athlete Interview

Vincent’s Vision

Taking the reins at World Rowing

Twelve Questions with Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár

Athlete Interview

At the helm

British Rowing Chairman Mark Davies

Emma Dyke Retires

New Zealand's Olympic silver medallist calls time on her career.

Behind the Blues

The Championship Course, London, UK

Ten Questions with Christine Cavallo

Athlete Interview

World Record for Evans

Ocean Rowing

Swinging by the Stars and Stripes

Josy Verdonkschot and Sara Hendershot in conversation

Atlantic Hat Trick

Lasse Wulff Hansen wins the Solo Class of the Talisker Atlantic Challenge 2021

G’day Coach Randell

Visa delays Great Britain's new Women's Head Coach

Mixed Up

An exploration of mixed-gender events and inclusive rowing formats.

Goodbye Bond

New Zealand's Triple Olympic Champion Hamish Bond retires from rowing.

How to Wake a Sleeping Giant?

Amanda Kraus, one year in

Head Coach Stannard

Paul Stannard appointed GB Men’s Olympic Head Coach

New Year Honours 2022

Four GB Paralympic Champions recognised for their services to rowing.

USRowing signs Verdonkschot

Josy Verdonkshot appointed new USRowing Chief High Performance Director

Beaumont Retires

Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallist Jack Beaumont retires

London’s Calling

OUBC and CUBC ready to race Trial VIIIs

Testing Times

Covid cases force Trial VIIIs delay for Boat Race women.

Terhaar leaves USRowing

USRowing's Women's Head Coach joins Columbia University

Three New Stewards

14th December 2021, Henley Royal Regatta AGM

Quick-fire questions with Graeme Thomas

Athlete Interview

Redgrave’s American Nightmare

Redgrave will not be the head of high performance at USRowing.

Marshalling Canada’s Comeback

Phil Marshall is the new Head Coach of Rowing Canada

Kingsley Crowned

Louise Kingsley is British Rowing's new Director of Performance

British Rowing Reject Redgrave

Only one Redgrave at The Redgrave and Pinsent Rowing Lake

Exit the ‘Rowing Guy’

Matt Smith hangs up his oar at World Rowing

Challenge Accepted

The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race 2022, Presidents' Challenge

Bitcoin Billionaires button down the Boat Race

Gemini secures a three-year partnership with The Boat Race

Twelve Questions with Erik Horrie

Athlete Interview

FTT favours Cambridge in £575k clash with HMRC

Cambridge win boathouse VAT dispute

Ian Wright returns to Swiss Rowing

The Wright Move

Paul Thompson is the new Performance Director of Rowing Australia

Coming Home Down Under

Were The Team Let Down By Management?

The facts behind GB's underperformance at Tokyo

Brendan Purcell steps down as British Rowing Director of Performance

British Rowing Changes Direction

Gröbler Joins Team France

The most successful Olympic coach of all-time, who British Rowing carelessly lost just one year short of Tokyo 2020, is signed by the French Rowing Federation.

Journeyman John Collins

Metro Marathon Challenge

British Rowing’s CEO and Performance Director go to Ground

By Rod Sparks, Publisher, Row360

TOKYO 2020: GB Rowing – The monolith crumbles

Post-mortem begins after GB Rowing falters in Tokyo

TOKYO 2020: GB Rowing, where have all the golds gone?

Row360 Deputy Editor and British Olympic champion in the M8+, Tom Ransley, reflects on GB's Tokyo performance

TOKYO 2020: The report they should have written in the UK papers

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Next Stop Tokyo: Oliver Zeidler

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Will Satch: Moving On

Olympic Champion and Triple World Champion Will Satch MBE

Next Stop Tokyo: Dara Alizadeh

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Sam Bosworth

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Martin Sinković

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Marie Jacquet

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Tom Mackintosh

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Valent Sinković

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Olaf Tufte

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Maike Diekmann

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Laila Youssifou

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Onat Kazakli

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: John Smith

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Gevvie Stone

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Olivia Loe

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Liam Corrigan

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

Next Stop Tokyo: Victoria Thornley

Tokyo 2020 Athlete Interviews

The Kiwi Chameleon

From London Gold to an Auckland Auld Mug

Norman Foster: Building a Future

Iconic British architect Norman Foster talks about the transformational power of architecture as he sets out his vision for a new boathouse for Row New York

Jürgen Grobler, in conversation

Britain's greatest coach speaks to Martin Cross after a controversial departure from British Rowing, ten months shy of the Olympic Games

Who We Leave Behind

Confronting racism and discrimination in rowing in America

Tokyo 2020: Will they, won’t they?

The Boat Race e-magazine

Oxford Cambridge Boat Races

Amanda Kraus: State of the Union

Amanda Kraus speaks to Row360 at the end of her first month as CEO of USRowing

British Rowing confirms coaches for Tokyo Games

Dawn of the post-Grobler era

Goodbye to Britain’s Greatest Coach

From Masters Rower to Olympian

Aisha Chow, Trinidad & Tobago

The Kellerific effect

‘Fairness’ and ‘family’ are two values taken for granted in international rowing. Thomi Keller dedicated thirty years of his life to securing them.

Poly Swann: Flashes of Silver and Dreams of Gold

Dr. Swann swaps the scalpel for the blade

Don’t worry, keep rowing

The role of endorphins and pain control

Last Word: Olivia Loe

New Zealand's two-time world champion

The drive to succeed

Understanding differences in motivation

Magdalena Lobnig: Austria’s finest

Row360 catches up with the Austrian sculling sensation

Sanita Puspure’s golden era

Ireland's Sculling World Champion

Foot for thought

Why feet are so important in rowing?

How to make use of USRowing’s weekly webinar series

USRowing release treasure trove of rowing knowledge

Catching up with Polly Swann

Great Britain's Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist in the W8+

Ten nutrition tips for taking on the coronavirus and coping in a lockdown

Our handy guide to staying healthy while weathering a global pandemic

Caryn Davies, adjusting to a new reality

Princeton, USA

Ollie Zeidler on life in lockdown

Row360 catches up with the German men's singles world champion

Rio gold medalist Tom Ransley announces retirement

Caversham, UK

Gevvie Stone and the road ahead

How Olympic contenders around the world are adapting to an unchartered new reality

Chasing Perfection

Scott Durant

A World Class Warmup

How Technogym is helping the world’s best rowers achieve peak performance at World Rowing events

Steve Redgrave on City of Oxford College’s new rowing program

Oxford, UK

World Rowing Indoor Championships in Pictures

Paris, France

HOCR Interviews

2019 Head of The Charles Regatta, Boston, USA.

Q&A with Anne-Marie McConnon

Global Chief Marketing Officer, BNY Mellon Investment Management

HOCR 2019: Setting The Course

The legacy of Sherry Proctor

2019 New Zealand Masters Championships

Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel, New Zealand, September 14-15

A Small Revolution On The Thames

Fulham Reach Boat Club, London, UK

Missed opportunity? Reflecting on New Zealand’s 2019 junior world championships

2019 World Rowing Junior Championships, Tokyo, Japan

The King’s Cup and The 1919 Henley Peace Regatta

The story behind the historic race celebrating its 100th anniversary this week in Henley

How To Watch Henley 2019

Row360's handy guide to following all of the racing this week at Henley Royal Regatta

US Based Rowers, New Zealand’s Lost Progeny?

New Zealand correspondent Steve McArthur wonders whether more can be done to capitalise on the mass exodus of New Zealand rowing talent heading to US colleges

What Lies Ahead For The New Zealand Rowing Team?

Our New Zealand based correspondent Steve McArthur peels back the layers of the 2019 New Zealand team

Bidders For Upcoming World And European Rowing Events Announced

Front Row Seat

An inside view on life while preparing for the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race, by Cambridge Cox Matthew Holland.

OUWBC President Eleanor Shearer

The Science Behind the Skillrow

Technogym explains all at the 2018 World Rowing Sports Medicine, Science and Coaches Conference in Berlin

Architect of Dreams

Meet Svetlana Otzetova

Five Habits of Highly Successful Coaches

Adrian Cassidy explores the best practices of the words most successful rowing coaches

Bach vs Rowing: Ding Ding

IOC President Bach pays world rowing a visit at the World Championships in Bulgaria to discuss the future of the sport within the Olympic movement.

Are You Playing Russian Roulette With Your Feet, Every Time You Row?

Why rowers should be paying more attention to their feet.

Henley Royal Regatta, Behind The Scenes

A look at some of the inner workings going on behind the scenes at the worlds oldest and busiest rowing regatta

Filming Henley

The Story Behind The YouTube Coverage

Tom Terhaar: Keeper Of Dreams

Caryn Davies won Olympic gold medals in the US women's eight in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, as well as a silver medal in Athens 2004. Here she talks to her former coach.

The Best Rowing Videos On Youtube

In no particular order ...

Going Vegan: Will it boost your rowing performance?

Can you really perform on a vegan plant diet?

Into Thin Air

What is it like to train at altitude?

US Men’s Coach Mike Teti

In his own words

Katelin Guregian

US W8+ World and Olympic Champion

Q&A with Magdalena Lobnig

Austria's Tenacious Single Sculler

The Future of Thames Tideway Eights Racing

I would like to ask why it was decided that the Men’s Head is to be run on Sunday 11th March ? This is an extraordinary decision, and I think the first occasion of a Sunday race. These head races have built up well earned international reputations that will suffer untold damage because of this one decision.

Challenging Convention: Technogym’s SKILLROW Reviewed

Row360 visits the Technogym Village in Italy to learn about the all new SKILLROW rowing machine

Steve Gladstone, Crafter and Leader

Inside the mind of Yale's legendary coach Steve Gladstone

Breaking Out: A man’s redemption through rowing

From a life sentence and sharing a prison wing with Abu Hamza, to breaking nearly every UK indoor rowing record going, John McAvoy's is the quintessential story of redemption through sport.