The Fastest Age

Originally posted by gull80 My comments about VO2max were made with the assumption that the technique is good. Popov trains overdistance but not at the expense of his technique. Here's a question: Today while I was warming up with a slow 800, one of the other regulars was sprinting a 50 free. His stroke rate was twice mine, yet I easily passed him. I was swimming at a fraction of my VO2max, while he was probably at 100% of his. Why the difference? Could it be technique? No, Craig, you are an early bloomer which explains all unexplainable aquatic phenomenons.

Originally posted by gull80 My comments about VO2max were made with the assumption that the technique is good. Popov trains overdistance but not at the expense of his technique. Here's a question: Today while I was warming up with a slow 800, one of the other regulars was sprinting a 50 free. His stroke rate was twice mine, yet I easily passed him. I was swimming at a fraction of my VO2max, while he was probably at 100% of his. Why the difference? Could it be technique? No, Craig, you are an early bloomer which explains all unexplainable aquatic phenomenons.