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.
choice of either a 1.5 mile run, or a 500 yd/450m swim.
being in the AFR I somewhat envy the Navy’s fitness test option to swim instead of running. In my age group (50 -54) it takes 10.5 min 1.5 mile run to get a perfect score on the aerobic part (I did that once but it was not worth the effort and trauma). The navy standard for perfect score with a swim is about *8 min for a 500m swim.
edited for accuracy: *500 yds (or 450m) in 7:15 (or 7:05)
choice of either a 1.5 mile run, or a 500 yd/450m swim.
being in the AFR I somewhat envy the Navy’s fitness test option to swim instead of running. In my age group (50 -54) it takes 10.5 min 1.5 mile run to get a perfect score on the aerobic part (I did that once but it was not worth the effort and trauma). The navy standard for perfect score with a swim is about *8 min for a 500m swim.
edited for accuracy: *500 yds (or 450m) in 7:15 (or 7:05)
