What is the fastest age for a swimmer(mine seems to be faster as i get older and yes i swam as a youngster...now im 37..)?
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Originally posted by gull80
That's impressive. If we believe the theory that your VO2max (sorry!) was developed in high school and college, and we attribute your success as a Masters swimmer to this, how do we explain the fact that you're now swimming faster? :confused:
Simple question.
It's a percentage of the VO2Max that applies to swimming muscles, percentage developed in high school age that wasn't fully exploited then.
This percentage of the VO2Max is better exploited now.
How?
That's a good follow up question, involving what good practices are made of.
There are a few (not many) examples of USMS swimmers who weren't posting results good enough to reach their goals during high school years, and they are hungry enough in USMS to stay stable or improve slightly on their age-group swimming background.
Originally posted by gull80
That's impressive. If we believe the theory that your VO2max (sorry!) was developed in high school and college, and we attribute your success as a Masters swimmer to this, how do we explain the fact that you're now swimming faster? :confused:
Simple question.
It's a percentage of the VO2Max that applies to swimming muscles, percentage developed in high school age that wasn't fully exploited then.
This percentage of the VO2Max is better exploited now.
How?
That's a good follow up question, involving what good practices are made of.
There are a few (not many) examples of USMS swimmers who weren't posting results good enough to reach their goals during high school years, and they are hungry enough in USMS to stay stable or improve slightly on their age-group swimming background.
