First lightweight under 6 minutes

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gonnermand
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First lightweight under 6 minutes

Post by gonnermand » February 1st, 2009, 9:40 am

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
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Post by bsharp5utk » February 3rd, 2009, 11:47 pm

what a beast
158lbs lwt

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Post by rlholtz » February 4th, 2009, 11:26 am

anybody know what his typical spm and meters per stroke are during a performance like that?
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Stephansen stroke rate

Post by pmacaula » February 4th, 2009, 12:54 pm

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.
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Post by johnlvs2run » February 4th, 2009, 2:34 pm

Woo hoo! Good for you Henrik!
bikeerg 75 5'8" 155# - 18.5 - 51.9 - 568 - 1:52.7 - 8:03.8 - 20:13.1 - 14620 - 40:58.7 - 28855 - 1:23:48.0
rowerg 56-58 5'8.5" 143# - 1:39.6 - 3:35.6 - 7:24.0 - 18:57.4 - 22:49.9 - 7793 - 38:44.7 - 1:22:48.9 - 2:58:46.2
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Post by kipkeino68 » February 5th, 2009, 4:52 pm

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.
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Started 12-15-2006
2K: 7:08.7
1K: 3:23.8
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Post by karldiesen » February 8th, 2009, 9:50 am

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!
Weight: 68kg
Height: 177cm/5'10'
LP: 1:19
60": 341m
2000m: 7:11.8
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Post by Nosmo » February 8th, 2009, 1:14 pm

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.
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