A question about technique vs strength

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For a 54-year old (that's me), which is more critical to limit the potential swim speed between flawed technique and unathletic strength? Well, I'll actually try to improve both. However, many people around me mainly focus on swimming more laps and gym workout, while don't bother about improving their technique at all, despite their techniques being far from efficient.
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  • The last two years I have helped out with a Tri-training program, and I alway make them start out with a lot of simple technique drills before we try to build yards. Too many Tri folks think they can just bull thru the swim and then catch up. I have a Tri buddy who always says... "you may not win with the swim, but you sure can lose with a bad one!" I've heard similar, you can't win a tri on the swim, but you can lose it on the swim. I've taken that to mean you can exhaust yourself on it, and have nothing left. I mean, you can only get a few minutes lead over the rest of the pack, which can be made up for in a few miles of teh run. Racing (auto) analogy - you can't win a race on the first turn, but you can lose it on the first turn (by wrecking).
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  • The last two years I have helped out with a Tri-training program, and I alway make them start out with a lot of simple technique drills before we try to build yards. Too many Tri folks think they can just bull thru the swim and then catch up. I have a Tri buddy who always says... "you may not win with the swim, but you sure can lose with a bad one!" I've heard similar, you can't win a tri on the swim, but you can lose it on the swim. I've taken that to mean you can exhaust yourself on it, and have nothing left. I mean, you can only get a few minutes lead over the rest of the pack, which can be made up for in a few miles of teh run. Racing (auto) analogy - you can't win a race on the first turn, but you can lose it on the first turn (by wrecking).
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