150 Years of Rowing Faster - Professor Stephen Seiler
Published on Jun 15, 2015 150 Years of Rowing Faster: What Are the Sources of More and More Speed? Professor Stephen Seiler discusses how rowing has a 150 yr. + competitive history and that examining results from historic races like Oxford-Cambridge (est. 1829) and the world championships (est. 1893) reveals a linear increase in boat speed by 2-3% per decade. Boat velocity increases if propulsive power is increased and/or power losses are reduced. Over time, the propulsive power capacity of elite rowers has increased. Part of this increase is a result of recruiting athletes from a population that has become taller (1-3 cm per decade) and heavier. Speaker BiographyProfessor Stephen Seiler (PhD FACSM earned his doctoral degree from the University...