curious about the breakdown between introverts and extroverts who swim, and what they swim. are distance folks more inclined to be introverted, and sprinters, the opposite?
I think sprinters versus distance is more how your muscles are made, ie, slow twitch/fast twitch. My son was a better sprinter/mid distance kid, very introverted. My daughter is showing some early signs of being good at distance, she is extremely extroverted. My son swam because he loved swimming and competing. My daughter swims for the pure social aspect of it.
I consider myself introverted... (except when I write) ... and I'm pretty slow. I like both sprints and long, easy distances.
Sprints allow me to feel fast and breathless and free, if only for the 25 or 50 yards that they last. Of course, my sprints are best timed with an hour glass, but still...
Yet one wonderful thing I've gained from masters' swim practices is that I can swim for a much longer time without getting tired, and get into a nice zenlike rhythm, and sometimes that's a real treat too. I try to include one day of just plain lap swimming for 45 minutes to an hour, with no particular time goal. But the adrenaline junkie side kicks in usually and wants a few sprints to keep things exciting. ;)
I assume there are all types who swim.
I am convinced swimmers are the only people that can hold a complete conversation over the course of an hour in 10-15 second rest intervals.
Originally posted by aquageek
I assume there are all types who swim.
I am convinced swimmers are the only people that can hold a complete conversation over the course of an hour in 10-15 second rest intervals. :D
I'm definitely introverted - I've always been the shy, quiet one. I always thought I was a sprinter up through middle and high school because I only swam summer league (only 50's, 100 free, and 100 IM) and did better in the 50 events. Now I'm in college, swimming year round, and not sure what I am. My 50's haven't improved in the past year, but my 100 IM has dropped several seconds. I haven't gotten brave enough to try a 200 or 500 in a meet yet, though.
This reminds me my yesterday workout.
As I can not train with the team on working days because of my schedule (they train from 4:00 to 6:30 in the afternoon), my couch waits for me to train me from 7:30 to 9:00 at night, but yesterday he left me the workout in a board as he had to go to the doctor.
A young lady asked me if we could share the line and of course I agreed as in a 50 meter pool two people in a line is not a problem. I had a 20 second rest interval between 4X400 and in that period of time she wanted me to explain my training in the board so she could do it as well. I did my best but I don´t know if she really understood what I was saying.
She asked me about four more times and I tried to be polite but may be my talking was not the clearest it could be. Now I wonder if she thought I was rude or a kind of introverted guy.:rolleyes:
Originally posted by gebbadine
curious about the breakdown between introverts and extroverts who swim, and what they swim. are distance folks more inclined to be introverted, and sprinters, the opposite?
You could have made this a poll...
