The Fastest Age

Originally posted by mattson Lefty, in the same way I can find your comment "just stupid". Let's say we have two 50 year olds. The first started swimming at age 30, and has been swimming to the present. The second swam for four years in high school, stopped swimming, and only started again last year. Are you saying that the first person, with twenty years of swimming experience, is at a disadvantage compared to the person who only swam 5 years (total)? Your question is a lot better than Lefty's, although I think it could be worded even better: Let's say that we have two 50-year-olds. The first swam competitively in high school for four years, stopped swimming, and only started again last year. The second started swimming competitively at age 45, and since that time has had the same amount of training per year and the same quality of coaching that a typical high school swimmer would have. Is the second person at a disadvantage compared with the first? Bob

Originally posted by mattson Lefty, in the same way I can find your comment "just stupid". Let's say we have two 50 year olds. The first started swimming at age 30, and has been swimming to the present. The second swam for four years in high school, stopped swimming, and only started again last year. Are you saying that the first person, with twenty years of swimming experience, is at a disadvantage compared to the person who only swam 5 years (total)? Your question is a lot better than Lefty's, although I think it could be worded even better: Let's say that we have two 50-year-olds. The first swam competitively in high school for four years, stopped swimming, and only started again last year. The second started swimming competitively at age 45, and since that time has had the same amount of training per year and the same quality of coaching that a typical high school swimmer would have. Is the second person at a disadvantage compared with the first? Bob