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First lightweight under 6 minutes
Posted: February 1st, 2009, 9:40 am
by gonnermand
Henrik Stephansen rowed FAST at the danish indoor championship.
Since i'm new here, i cant post an url, but put (www) in front of the link and check out the times here: ergometertider.dk/result.php?loeb=1871
Posted: February 3rd, 2009, 11:47 pm
by bsharp5utk
what a beast
Posted: February 4th, 2009, 11:26 am
by rlholtz
anybody know what his typical spm and meters per stroke are during a performance like that?
Stephansen stroke rate
Posted: February 4th, 2009, 12:54 pm
by pmacaula
rlholtz wrote:anybody know what his typical spm and meters per stroke are during a performance like that?
Very high. While watching the video (link below) of his row, I counted 40 strokes during 1min in the body of the 2K. Some obstructions make it tough to count every stroke in the whole piece, but he was stroking a lot higher at the beginning & the end.
Think someone on the UK forum (Rocket Roy ?) counted all the strokes in Henrik's WIRC '08 row (6:02) & calculated 41spm avg for 2K.
UK Forum thread on this topic:
http://www.concept2.co.uk/forum/viewto ... a&start=41
Here is the link to the video:
http://www.quistmedia.dk/roklub/dm09/dm09.html
Cheers. Patrick.
Posted: February 4th, 2009, 2:34 pm
by johnlvs2run
Woo hoo! Good for you Henrik!
Posted: February 5th, 2009, 4:52 pm
by kipkeino68
I'm amazed how he looked at the finish. He didn't even look tired. He started celebrating as soon as he point the handle down.
My finishes are not too pretty, gasping for air, looking for something to hold on to.
I think that if he had some close competition he could push himself to go even faster.
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 9:50 am
by karldiesen
It would be interesting to pit Olaf Tufte against Henrik Stephansen in a singlesculler and see who wins! If you use the weight adjustment calculator for both of them, the lightweight would seem to have the advantage!
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 1:14 pm
by Nosmo
karldiesen wrote:It would be interesting to pit Olaf Tufte against Henrik Stephansen in a singlesculler and see who wins! If you use the weight adjustment calculator for both of them, the lightweight would seem to have the advantage!
Olaf Tufte would win. He is a better sculler. Ergs don't float.
It will take Henrik a few more years to develop.
Also did you add the 30 lbs for the boat weight in to your calculation?
Finally the weight adjustment works better for 5K then 2K--the formula assumes the race is strictly aerobic which a 2K is not.