As Howard Coselle would put it, "controversy!"
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I find myself cheering her criticism of unchallenged assumptions about more yards always being better, and an unwillingness to determine why so many swimmers are getting hurt or sick.
Matt
Parents
Former Member
I thought Mono was like chicken pox-- you can only get it once (and I did, a mild case, but not when I was actively swimming). Not sure what that adds to the discussion if true.
I do remember in HS what might be best described as an excess of fatigue or "burnout" from doing 50,000 yards a week. I can recall looking at the clock at the pool and having to actively figure out if it was morning or evening workout.
Right at my HS graduation in 1982, I switched to once a day workouts, and managed, in nine weeks, to prepare myself for the best 400 IM LCM of my life. Less yardage was what worked for me in that case.
I thought Mono was like chicken pox-- you can only get it once (and I did, a mild case, but not when I was actively swimming). Not sure what that adds to the discussion if true.
I do remember in HS what might be best described as an excess of fatigue or "burnout" from doing 50,000 yards a week. I can recall looking at the clock at the pool and having to actively figure out if it was morning or evening workout.
Right at my HS graduation in 1982, I switched to once a day workouts, and managed, in nine weeks, to prepare myself for the best 400 IM LCM of my life. Less yardage was what worked for me in that case.
