I just recently started swimming because everyone was telling me about how "I have a typical swimmer's body".I tried it - and now can't spend one day without visiting my beloved pool.Anyways, I was wondering ig I am too late for competitive swimming.I am 24 years old, 6'1'', 162 lb., very lean and muscular.I am extremely determined, always have been good in sports(have 5 years of lifting experience).So yeah... That's the deal.I wish my parents got my ass into the pool when I was a kid.Could have been at a good level now.Anyways, what do you think, guys?After two months of swimming I clocked myself on a 100 meter freestyle - 1:25... yeah, I know - leaves a lot to be disired, but I was curious:how quick can you accomplish your time improvements at the start.to shave down 20 sec., say, would that take years?
Thanks.
Competing at any age has to be the swimmers idea. At age six life should be all about fun, she has plenty of time to get serious! I have to say the most fun I have had with my swimming, is masters swimming, after competing since age ten, through college, taking a break til age 35 before discovering masters. As a college swimming I swam strictly backstroke, my last year only swam 200 back. I would travel with the team for hundreds of miles and swim my one event. While I would never trade in that experience of being part of the team, I now can swim whatever I want and train for other events, including IM's which I have always loved swimming but was not as strong in a medley, especially in college when I only trained backstroke. Now I train all four strokes, compete when and where I want to and the relays are just as much fun, only sometimes you get to share them with a couple of guys!
Competing at any age has to be the swimmers idea. At age six life should be all about fun, she has plenty of time to get serious! I have to say the most fun I have had with my swimming, is masters swimming, after competing since age ten, through college, taking a break til age 35 before discovering masters. As a college swimming I swam strictly backstroke, my last year only swam 200 back. I would travel with the team for hundreds of miles and swim my one event. While I would never trade in that experience of being part of the team, I now can swim whatever I want and train for other events, including IM's which I have always loved swimming but was not as strong in a medley, especially in college when I only trained backstroke. Now I train all four strokes, compete when and where I want to and the relays are just as much fun, only sometimes you get to share them with a couple of guys!
