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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Wait a minute--when we talk about muscle physiology, like myoglobin, mitochondria and capillaries, we're talking about VO2max. That's what muscles do--they consume oxygen. And how can swimming not depend on VO2max? Maglischo seems to think it does. As for former age groupers, if they've retained all of those adaptations to training (while not training for fifteen or twenty years!), why can't they just jump in the pool and effortlessly repeat the times of their youth? Why are breaks in training so problematic even for younger swimmers? So we're supposed to believe that it's not technique, but rather muscle physiology (but not VO2max) that benefits the former age grouper when he or she returns to swimming years later. Makes a lot of sense to me.
Wait a minute--when we talk about muscle physiology, like myoglobin, mitochondria and capillaries, we're talking about VO2max. That's what muscles do--they consume oxygen. And how can swimming not depend on VO2max? Maglischo seems to think it does. As for former age groupers, if they've retained all of those adaptations to training (while not training for fifteen or twenty years!), why can't they just jump in the pool and effortlessly repeat the times of their youth? Why are breaks in training so problematic even for younger swimmers? So we're supposed to believe that it's not technique, but rather muscle physiology (but not VO2max) that benefits the former age grouper when he or she returns to swimming years later. Makes a lot of sense to me.
