How many yards a practice do you swim?

Originally posted by Ion Beza Artie, in my example of the truck driver, it is the driver's responsability to address the conditions of the road. When you are 240, it is your responsabilty to not be like that. It is your irresponsability to not address it, and be 240. When I am a late bloomer, it is my responsability given fact A to address it. When you disregard late bloomer, you disregard fact A. I don't disregard fact A, late bloomer. Me, I address fact A, late bloomer. Your 240 pounds, they are your irresponsability, you don't address them and that's being indecent. Speaking of responsibility, by the same logic it is your responsibility to address the deficiencies in your social interactions. But, you refuse to be responsible for that, and to use your words: "they are your irresponsability, you don't address them and that's being indecent."

Originally posted by Ion Beza Artie, van den Hoogenband (Ned.) is 6'4" and 162 pounds. He has the World Record in 100 meter free, and top times in 400 and 1500 free. You wrote yourself that an 180 pounds has an advantage on you being 240. Your aerobic has room to improve by trimming down. Have you looked at Gary Hall Jr? He doesn't look nearly as emaceated as you. I bet you his weight is a lot closer to Art's then yours.

Sam, My comment definitely was not directed at you!! I was just trying to help you avoid the trap that I have fallen into. When someone attacks you, just add them to your "ignore" list! I've had "discussions" with this person before that accomplished nothing positive. Just avoid letting him draw you into his web. You are human and reacted the way anyone who is attacked would!

Originally posted by Conniekat8 Have you looked at Gary Hall Jr? He doesn't look nearly as emaceated as you. I bet you his weight is a lot closer to Art's then yours. He put on weight in 2005. In 2004 he was slimmer. In 1999, before the diabetes, he was very slim. At that time he was 6'6" and 180. As for your telling me of being emaciated, you and many are chubby and too soft, weaklings. Me I am strong. Look at the International Boxing System. Not U.S. and its sumo standards, but International. The weight class of 154 pounds is called light-middleweight. It is not emaciated. You got that wrong. Too mch U.S. in you, I guess. I weigh 155. So, I am a light-middleweight internationally. Not emaciated in sumo U.S.. In the 154 light-middleweight class, boxers around my height and weight are examples of me. Bernard Hopkins (U.S.) is 6'1" and 154, an over 40 professional boxer that counters knelson's claim that 40s is not a time for best. Oscar de la Hoya (Mex.) is 5'11' and 154. Go international, where is normal. Don't go U.S., and its sumo eye-sore weaklings who cannot benchpress much because "I hurt my back two years ago." and such. Fat = eye-sore, ugly. Fat = weak physically. Fat = poor aerobic.

Even though I swim around 4,000 yds in a workout, the intensity and distances of the main sets vary for each workout. Our coach is great at mixing it up so we don't get overtrained and/or bored! Is it necessary to train each energy system in each individual workout or is it better to spread them out? Doesn't it accomplish the same goal if you spread it out?

Its amazing that certain individuals rag on others here about their times. That was fun to do in high school but I guess some of us never outgrow that mentality. :rolleyes:

Ion, I admit that I am not as familiar with your "theories" (sic) as are some others here (due at least in part, I suppose, to the fact that I find your ranting screeds to be largely unintelligible, and your opinions expressed in them to be woefully misguided and unsupported by anything other than your own anecdotal evidence and snippets of quotes which, even when not taken out of context, generally fail to bolster your allegations a whit.) But notwithstanding my ignorance of your highly evolved constructs, from what I can glean from your posts should I not be commended for somehow rising above my obvious genetic shortcomings, through years of late blooming hard work and perserverence, to, despite those clear limitations, recognize and acknowledge your masterful references to what, by any measure of obscurity (think of the sources in relation to, say, a John Grisham novel) are indeed obscure? Should not all bow down to me, despite the fact that others have more posts; or better command of language, grammar, syntax, or even spelling, and acknowledge what I have been able to achieve from such a humble double helix? Oh, and by the way, the first post (like this one. Well, to a certain extent anyway) was a joke. A quip. A bon mot. You know, a little funny. You weren't the only one slinging references back and forth, and it struck me as funny that so many were taking the time to frantically leaf through their swimming books for quotes to use in debating the most arcane of points. Feelin' nearly faded as my genes. And a good day to all. You too, Ion.:D

I guess a related question (sorry to get back on topic) would be: What should be the relative percentages of En1, En2, and En3 sets (aerobic, anaerobic threshold, and overload endurance) at a Masters level? I think it's difficult to adequately distribute these swimming 3-4000/workout.

I have no idea what any of the above post meant. Maybe I am stupid, but I am done. Sorry for getting involved in a very odd discussion.

Originally posted by swimr4life Sam, Do what I do....use your "ignore" function!! I don't like mean people and reading some of these posts upsets me and takes all the enjoyment out of this discussion board. Unfortunately the ignore button doesn't work if someone else is quoting that person. I am sorry for the previous post. I was out of line and stooping to a level where I don't belong...