This is something I have been thinking about since the Olympics... at what point will it not be possible for human beings to swim or run any faster. There has to be a point where the human body just can't go any faster, no matter how much you train, what kind of things you put into your body (legal or not), etc.
I mean it isn't possible to swim a 400 IM, for example, in 2 seconds (at least I don't think it ever will be) so where does it end? And when will that happen?
Thought I'd resurrect this old post
the world will never know
Who would have thought someone would beat the mens 50 y free record by 0.3?
probably every current record can improve by at least .3 per 50
some records are currently beatable, it's just that the swimmer hasn't swum in a meet, tapered shaved ...
like Ian Crockers 44.5 100 y fly.
his 50.7 LCM 100 fly is a much faster time
under the right conditions Ian could probably go 43.99 or better in the 100 y fly
some records are harder to beat than others and may stay on the books for a long time. It took a long time for someone to beat Mary T's 200 fly.
Natalie Coughlins 100 y back and 100 fly times will be very hard to beat
If you include age group records,
in 1976 as a 14 year old jesse vassallo went 15:31 in the 1500 meter free and that record still stands nearly 30 years later.
Then if you look at masters swimming, as some of the younger faster whipper snappers age up, records will fall.
Maybe the US should begin a champion swimmer breeding program.
Ande
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
This is something I have been thinking about since the Olympics... at what point will it not be possible for human beings to swim or run any faster. There has to be a point where the human body just can't go any faster, no matter how much you train, what kind of things you put into your body (legal or not), etc. I mean it isn't possible to swim a 400 IM, for example, in 2 seconds (at least I don't think it ever will be) so where does it end? And when will that happen?
Thought I'd resurrect this old post
the world will never know
Who would have thought someone would beat the mens 50 y free record by 0.3?
probably every current record can improve by at least .3 per 50
some records are currently beatable, it's just that the swimmer hasn't swum in a meet, tapered shaved ...
like Ian Crockers 44.5 100 y fly.
his 50.7 LCM 100 fly is a much faster time
under the right conditions Ian could probably go 43.99 or better in the 100 y fly
some records are harder to beat than others and may stay on the books for a long time. It took a long time for someone to beat Mary T's 200 fly.
Natalie Coughlins 100 y back and 100 fly times will be very hard to beat
If you include age group records,
in 1976 as a 14 year old jesse vassallo went 15:31 in the 1500 meter free and that record still stands nearly 30 years later.
Then if you look at masters swimming, as some of the younger faster whipper snappers age up, records will fall.
Maybe the US should begin a champion swimmer breeding program.
Ande
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
This is something I have been thinking about since the Olympics... at what point will it not be possible for human beings to swim or run any faster. There has to be a point where the human body just can't go any faster, no matter how much you train, what kind of things you put into your body (legal or not), etc. I mean it isn't possible to swim a 400 IM, for example, in 2 seconds (at least I don't think it ever will be) so where does it end? And when will that happen?
