I know the benefit of tapering before a meet and I've heard that you will go faster than you do in practice. However, I've never known why. Why DO you go faster?
Also, say after the meet that you've tapered with, you go back right away to a regular workout. Do you keep the speed you gained through tapering, and are faster then? Or do you go back to your original speed before you tapered? Or do you keep a portion of the speed?
Thanks.
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Because you've rested. Usually when you're training for a meet or training in general you're working your butt off, then it comes time to taper and you don't do the distance you were a couple of weeks before, the speeds may increase, but so do the rest periods.
I'm feeling tired now, I've go to the pool five times this week, that's the most I've done in well over a year. I can tell I'm not as strong as I was even a couple of days ago.
Because you've rested. Usually when you're training for a meet or training in general you're working your butt off, then it comes time to taper and you don't do the distance you were a couple of weeks before, the speeds may increase, but so do the rest periods.
I'm feeling tired now, I've go to the pool five times this week, that's the most I've done in well over a year. I can tell I'm not as strong as I was even a couple of days ago.
