I propose USMS adopt handicap measurements to more equitably compare performances in Masters Swimming.
1. Married ...... deduct one tenth per 50
2. Nagging spouse.... deduct two tenths per 50
3. Each child under the age of 10..... deduct one tenth per 50
4. Work more than 40 hours a week..... deduct one tenth per 50
5. House and car payment stress.... deduct on tenth per vehicle two tenths per house.
6. Travel more than 1 day a week.... one tenth per 50
Note: item 6 can help negate item 2.
In addition.... those of us with more manageable lifestyles need to adjust their times as well.
7. Training more than 4,000 a workout ...... add one tenth per 50
8. Training more than 4 days a week....... add one tenth per 50
9. Born independently wealthy..... add 3 tenths per 50
John Smith
Originally posted by gull80
If you come to New Bern in October for Mumfest, you can try a fried Twinkie. I call it job security.
I know this will come as a shock but I just went downstairs and looked at the nutrition label on my box of twinkies. They only have 4.5 grams of fat per delicious, moist and tasty serving.
I suspect the deep frying part might push that 4.5g up just a bit, like maybe to 20 or 30g.
Also, the USMS convention is being held in NC this week, further proof this is the swimming hub of the nation.
Just for the sake of argument, I can understand why a "late bloomer" (someone who takes up competitive swimming as an adult) might want to find some means to assess his or her progress in comparison to other swimmers besides looking strictly at (unadjusted) times. Face it, no late bloomer will ever make top ten in my age group (45-49), unless of course they just outlive everyone else.
Fear not, you probably have caught up already.
Seriously, when Asians move to the US and adopt our diet, their risk of heart disease increases significantly.
Originally posted by aquageek
...how can it...be impossible to improve one's sporting abilities (say swimming, for instance) to the point of being exceptional?
World class coaches really do talk about a window for maximum aerobic development, but I don't know the science behind that. I think technique (or lack thereof) will always be a major limitation for late starters.
If you come to New Bern in October for Mumfest, you can try a fried Twinkie. I call it job security.
Originally posted by gull80
Just for the sake of argument, I can understand why a "late bloomer" (someone who takes up competitive swimming as an adult) might want to find some means to assess his or her progress in comparison to other swimmers besides looking strictly at (unadjusted) times. Face it, no late bloomer will ever make top ten in my age group (45-49), unless of course they just outlive everyone else.
In my case:
.) in 2001 it was 27.40 in 50 yards free;
.) this season it was 27.06 in 50 yards free;
.) in 2001 it was 2:12.22 in 200 yards free;
.) this season it was 2:09.11 in 200 yards free;
.) in 2001 it was 30.84 in 50 meter free Long Course;
.) this season it was 29.60 in 50 meter free Long Course;
.) in 2001 it was 2:34.xx in 200 meter free Long Course;
(in a fast pool, indoors at King County in Washington State)
.) this season it was 2:29.85.
(in a slow outdoor pool where I was slowed down furthermore by a heat stroke under a blasting sun)
When I had many of my points -but not all- outlined in the thread 'Lifetime best' in place in 2001, including 1,301 kilometers of training over a 52 week season, then how could I improve from there and top 2001?
I think that the evolution I described in 'Lifetime best' is about the fine points of improvement.
Originally posted by gull80
World class coaches really do talk about a window for maximum aerobic development, but I don't know the science behind that. I think technique (or lack thereof) will always be a major limitation for late starters.
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Unlike Craig though, I don't think that technique is the driving force, I think that technique follows conditioning, conditioning is best done in the window of opportunity, better conditioning allows for better technique, and Maglischo in 'Swimming Fastest' emphasizes training this conditioning at 60% of the mileage in anaerobic threshold.
100 meter free World Record Holder Pieter van den Hoogenband's (Ned.) workouts are at 60% in anaerobic threshold.
John opened a new thread ('Swimming -a sport of fads') where he emphasizes this.
Originally posted by aquageek
I know this will come as a shock but I just went downstairs and looked at the nutrition label on my box of twinkies. They only have 4.5 grams of fat per delicious, moist and tasty serving.
That is shocking. I thought you preferred Hostess cupcakes.
"People I met at the 2005 Long Course Nationals who trained with him and coached him in Texas, and who read this forum (Bob the architect, Cathy the coach) told me not to hope for any better from him."
Ion, what a classless thing to post.....
Originally posted by Tom Ellison
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Ion, what a classless thing to post.....
The post that I wrote there is a counter attack to my activity being ridiculed.
Geochuck, the answer is no, no, no. This has been raised as a point before but we have all been advised there is but a single person in all of Masters swimming, even all of swimming, who can lay claim to being a true late bloomer. Mind that if you ever even took a bath as a child or were submerged in a church baptismal pool or even washed dishes in a sink with water at a greater depth than your forearm, you are an early bloomer. Have you ever stood in the rain - then you are an early bloomer. Have you seen a lake, flown over an ocean or accidentally stepped in a puddle - you are an early bloomer.
If you have taken shots of V02Max while chasing it with beer from a country that has a lake, river or ocean as a border then you are an early bloomer.
