After reading alot of threads, it seems my volume and frequency is way lower than everyone elses. My freestyle workouts are typically no more than 1500 to 1700 yards. If it is a repeat workout, then it is less (i.e. 10x100, 5x200, 2x500....etc) I swim three times a week.
My fly, *** and back workouts are no more than 1000 yds (still learning those strokes).
I am biased towards the sprints like 100 free and maybe someday if I'm lucky the 200 IM. Is this volume OK for a 42 year old, or should I be trying to build in more yardage?
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Terry:
Help me understand- since Popov smoked, should I smoke too? Or when Alex was winning the 50 at the 2000 Olympics by a significant margin, should one dolphin into the wall/finish costing Popov the gold medal (would have been third Olympic gold in the 50 in a row) when Irvin and Hall tied for the gold? His coach got him to do the dolphin kick, the same coach that was arrest during a flight for drunkeness and caught with anabolic steroids in Australia. I suggest that some athletes like Popov are just that good, despite coaching. Genetics is the ultimate key, not anything else.
What is your point since to my knowledge other than authoring some books, you have never trained anyone of significance, such as a finalist? I enjoy all posts, but quite frankly, until a coach has produced multiple champions ( George Haines, Doc Councilman, Sherm Chavor, Ray Boussard, Eddie Reese, etc.), credibility will not exist until the repetition of producing varying champions is established.
WB
"He who truly knows has no occasion to shout." Leonardo da Vinci
Terry:
Help me understand- since Popov smoked, should I smoke too? Or when Alex was winning the 50 at the 2000 Olympics by a significant margin, should one dolphin into the wall/finish costing Popov the gold medal (would have been third Olympic gold in the 50 in a row) when Irvin and Hall tied for the gold? His coach got him to do the dolphin kick, the same coach that was arrest during a flight for drunkeness and caught with anabolic steroids in Australia. I suggest that some athletes like Popov are just that good, despite coaching. Genetics is the ultimate key, not anything else.
What is your point since to my knowledge other than authoring some books, you have never trained anyone of significance, such as a finalist? I enjoy all posts, but quite frankly, until a coach has produced multiple champions ( George Haines, Doc Councilman, Sherm Chavor, Ray Boussard, Eddie Reese, etc.), credibility will not exist until the repetition of producing varying champions is established.
WB
"He who truly knows has no occasion to shout." Leonardo da Vinci
