The Fastest Age

Originally posted by Ion Beza how high one who started swimming in late 20s ranks in USMS in men 40 to 44, say last year? And how many of the late starters are in this age group, total? How many train in a seruious manner, that could even put them close to the USMS top 10 rankings? I think you'll find that this number is extremely low as well. Did you ever look at the general statistics of USMS, the number of people who started swimming later in life is pretty low. People who start late, and have the inclination to even try competing at a high level are very few and far in between. It's a game of odds, even with those that are serious, whether their training is proper, will they get injutred or not, are they top swimmer potential to even begin with. So, the fact that there may be none in the USMS Top 10 really includes so many other factors that it really offers nothing to substantiate your VO2Max development deficiency theory.

Originally posted by Ion Beza how high one who started swimming in late 20s ranks in USMS in men 40 to 44, say last year? And how many of the late starters are in this age group, total? How many train in a seruious manner, that could even put them close to the USMS top 10 rankings? I think you'll find that this number is extremely low as well. Did you ever look at the general statistics of USMS, the number of people who started swimming later in life is pretty low. People who start late, and have the inclination to even try competing at a high level are very few and far in between. It's a game of odds, even with those that are serious, whether their training is proper, will they get injutred or not, are they top swimmer potential to even begin with. So, the fact that there may be none in the USMS Top 10 really includes so many other factors that it really offers nothing to substantiate your VO2Max development deficiency theory.