He's the youngest US swimmer to go pro. Phelps was 15 when he went pro, but at that point he was already an Olympian.
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I get why he's turning pro (no college trains the way he does, and he won't be able to fit into that type of system). His approach to training seems to be the bigger story to me. Impossible to know for sure if he would have more or less success with a traditional training program, but he's certainly having a ton of success with pure ultra-short race pace training. Fort, I would think you'd love this kid for his training method no matter what else he wants to use his "fame" to preach.
I get why he's turning pro (no college trains the way he does, and he won't be able to fit into that type of system). His approach to training seems to be the bigger story to me. Impossible to know for sure if he would have more or less success with a traditional training program, but he's certainly having a ton of success with pure ultra-short race pace training. Fort, I would think you'd love this kid for his training method no matter what else he wants to use his "fame" to preach.
