So many swimmers classify themselves as a "sprinter", "breaststroker", "middle distance", "IMer", etc.
Since training can affect the outcome, how can you tell if your talent matches what you're training?
To clarify with an example: How can you tell if you're really meant to be a distance swimmer vs. you like distance and you've trained yourself into it?
There's definitely something to be said for just doing what you like and going with it. Or to just take an all around approach similar to what is recommended for age groupers.
But what if you want to pick something to really throw your focus into?
Is there an objective way to decide what distance a person should focus on or what stroke a person should focus on?
If you have a specialty, how did you decide?
I wonder if there's a test like this that translates into swimming?
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For example, if one was to take a time from a recent meet, add 20% and then see how many they could do on ? amount rest to determine if they are fast twitch or slow twitch in that event. I know when I add 20% to my recent meet times! some would be pretty tricky to hold and some I feel confident I could get several reps in on short rest. That would be kinda cool. Or just take a fraction of the event, (USRPT-ish), but whatever number you first fail at is an indicator of how much fast/vs/slow twitch you recruit.
Hmmm...
I wonder if there's a test like this that translates into swimming?
kofitness2010.wordpress.com/.../
For example, if one was to take a time from a recent meet, add 20% and then see how many they could do on ? amount rest to determine if they are fast twitch or slow twitch in that event. I know when I add 20% to my recent meet times! some would be pretty tricky to hold and some I feel confident I could get several reps in on short rest. That would be kinda cool. Or just take a fraction of the event, (USRPT-ish), but whatever number you first fail at is an indicator of how much fast/vs/slow twitch you recruit.
Hmmm...
