https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/11947/training-matters-who-knewI went to Worlds and was pleased with my performance.As has been variously reported the meet conditions were difficult and I complained as much as anyone,but I had worked hard all spring and summer and I knew I was physically prepared and ready to swimen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/192593?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:50:06 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c2986344-ffa2-4bad-a145-803fa0a6fe68__steve__I will try the ice cream loading technique for our state scm meet<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/192581?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:05:56 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:12960253-6d01-461f-89e3-c2b5b0c6bc32sunruhhmmmm that then means i need to eat ice cream tonight to prepare for tomorrow. and so on and so on and so on!!! oh i can live with this the training part....ug! why does it have to be not easy?<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/192564?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:01:10 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:86c5f2cc-3968-498f-a994-b1919dd9e634Allen Starkdang nabbit! i was all for not training and still doing awesome. man, what a let down!!! if you say i cant have ice cream too i&#39;ll just quit and retire for 20 more years. No,Ice Cream is an important part of carbo-loading before a meet. Since it is also important to train like you race, you must eat ice cream the day before to prepare for that days workout.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/192555?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 13 Oct 2014 03:11:09 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c53561ee-f8a2-4916-b4dc-f990659e0187sunruhdang nabbit! i was all for not training and still doing awesome. man, what a let down!!! if you say i cant have ice cream too i&#39;ll just quit and retire for 20 more years.<div style="clear:both;"></div>