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.
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Originally posted by Fritz
The article doesn't say he started swimming 5 years ago. It says he didn't start full time until he was 13. For all we know, he'd been swimming for 10 years before that.
Exactly!
I swim on the same team as he does, and have little more acces to info about him...
If I remember correctly, his mom was an elite swimmer, and Larsen 'swam at home' sine a little kid. It was when he was 13 that his mom decided he's got talent and asked Bill Rose if Larsen can train with him, sonce where they lived there was no really good swim team where he could excell.
So, Larsen didn't exactly start from nothing at age 13.
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Originally posted by Fritz
The article doesn't say he started swimming 5 years ago. It says he didn't start full time until he was 13. For all we know, he'd been swimming for 10 years before that.
Exactly!
I swim on the same team as he does, and have little more acces to info about him...
If I remember correctly, his mom was an elite swimmer, and Larsen 'swam at home' sine a little kid. It was when he was 13 that his mom decided he's got talent and asked Bill Rose if Larsen can train with him, sonce where they lived there was no really good swim team where he could excell.
So, Larsen didn't exactly start from nothing at age 13.
