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Cheating in workout??

Dennis Tesch
I am always amused at how often master's swimmers will take individual liberties in workout to suit their own needs. For example: * Swimming free instead of breaststroke or the stroke prescribed by the coach. * One handed turns on *** and fly. * Cutting corners to stay up with the lane * Using pull gear when it isn't a pull set * Kicking your favorite kick and not the one given by the coach * Leaving 2 seconds behind (more like 2 tenths behind) * Pulling on the lane line * Swimming when it's a kick set * etc... Maybe its all those years of swimming under "do it my way or the highway" type coaches, that I still have a hard time changing anything in the workout. I must admit however that it does feel good once and while to cheat a little. As a coach, I've asked many swimmers as to why they change the set or cheat and I hear a million different excuses. I'm very interested in hearing from all of you, all the excuses you have or have heard from other swimmers. Some of my favorite ones are: * I don't want to get passed!!! * I hate the other strokes? (from a former IM'r) * My tri coach say's I shouldn't swim other strokes
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    I'm not so sure cheating is the best phrase... Even on my college team, modifications are common. Many of us are sick or injured at times and need to alter things to avoid hurting ourselves. It happens. As for cutting a set short, we do that too. If for some reason you haven't finished your warmup/set by the time the rest of the team has, you hold up. That's just what you do. I really don't consider it cheating.....it's just part of the process.
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    I'm not so sure cheating is the best phrase... Even on my college team, modifications are common. Many of us are sick or injured at times and need to alter things to avoid hurting ourselves. It happens. As for cutting a set short, we do that too. If for some reason you haven't finished your warmup/set by the time the rest of the team has, you hold up. That's just what you do. I really don't consider it cheating.....it's just part of the process.
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