I think Tarzan is right in his last post. Although maybe not in the way he intended.
In HS ('63 - '67) our team won the NJ State Championships 10 years in a row as well as the Eastern Championships 4 out of 5 years. We swam from November to March one hour per day and no summer program. We did not swim practice in circles but in "waves" i.e. the first group would swim a 50, then the next group would swim etc. I don't know for sure, but if we did 1500 a day we were doing alot! BTW the 200 medley relay team went a 1:39.5 in 1965 and was, I believe the state record for 15 years. The breastroker (Dave Perkowski) went a 1:01+ to set the National record. In college, TCNJ (The College of New Jersey) in '69/'70 we probably swam maybe 2500 yards 5 days a week.
I swim 4000 yards 5 times a week now and at age 54 and 8 months I am 4 seconds faster than I was in college! Twenty years ago I swam 3 times a week probably 3500 each session and I struggled to break 6:00 in the 500. At last years SC Nats I went 5:33. So, yes, it is yardage and intensity, regardless of the age group!:)
I think Tarzan is right in his last post. Although maybe not in the way he intended.
In HS ('63 - '67) our team won the NJ State Championships 10 years in a row as well as the Eastern Championships 4 out of 5 years. We swam from November to March one hour per day and no summer program. We did not swim practice in circles but in "waves" i.e. the first group would swim a 50, then the next group would swim etc. I don't know for sure, but if we did 1500 a day we were doing alot! BTW the 200 medley relay team went a 1:39.5 in 1965 and was, I believe the state record for 15 years. The breastroker (Dave Perkowski) went a 1:01+ to set the National record. In college, TCNJ (The College of New Jersey) in '69/'70 we probably swam maybe 2500 yards 5 days a week.
I swim 4000 yards 5 times a week now and at age 54 and 8 months I am 4 seconds faster than I was in college! Twenty years ago I swam 3 times a week probably 3500 each session and I struggled to break 6:00 in the 500. At last years SC Nats I went 5:33. So, yes, it is yardage and intensity, regardless of the age group!:)
