There seems to be as many opinions and misinformation floating around about personal weight that I thought we might share and perhaps open our minds a bit. Here are the questions that I feel will provide useful info:
Age
Sex
Height
Present weight range (many people vary 3-4 lbs over a day)
Ideal weight range for optimum health (your opinion)
Ideal weight range for optimum swimming performance
What steps are you taking, or will you be taking, to lose or
gain the weight difference between present & optimum.
I'll start
54
M
6'1"
220-224
190-194
182-188
Drastically cut down drinking & desserts; resume active training
Parents
Former Member
Two reasons
1) You may have noticed how submarines are shaped - not especially long, nor sleek. Not very hydrodynamic on the surface but highly so when submerged
2) The underwater dolphin works best at high cycle rates. Tall swimmers with longer body sections to articulate can find it more difficult to match the rates achieved by shorter swimmers - think Misty Hyman vs some of the willowy 6-footers you see so often at Nationals in the LA strokes.
Is there anything that doesn't work better at high cycle rates, so long as it can be done efficiently???
The biggest reason that the dolphin kick works well for those who can do it right, is that there are TWO acceleration phases in the kick. For lack of better terms, the downbeat AND the upbeat. Most will emphasize only the downbeat for acceleration, while those that do use the underwater dolphin correctly are using both upbeat and downbeat for acceleration... Not to mention an extremely tight streamline.
Shhhh... don't tell anyone though. It's a secret!
Two reasons
1) You may have noticed how submarines are shaped - not especially long, nor sleek. Not very hydrodynamic on the surface but highly so when submerged
2) The underwater dolphin works best at high cycle rates. Tall swimmers with longer body sections to articulate can find it more difficult to match the rates achieved by shorter swimmers - think Misty Hyman vs some of the willowy 6-footers you see so often at Nationals in the LA strokes.
Is there anything that doesn't work better at high cycle rates, so long as it can be done efficiently???
The biggest reason that the dolphin kick works well for those who can do it right, is that there are TWO acceleration phases in the kick. For lack of better terms, the downbeat AND the upbeat. Most will emphasize only the downbeat for acceleration, while those that do use the underwater dolphin correctly are using both upbeat and downbeat for acceleration... Not to mention an extremely tight streamline.
Shhhh... don't tell anyone though. It's a secret!
