Sorry if this is :dedhorse: , but I was wondering if there is such thing as a speed cap. A point where you just aren't going to get any faster. I know that's what happens with walls, but is there a point when you hit a permanent wall? I'm in decent enough shape (working on getting in better) and I've been told I have good technique, I just can't ever seem to get the speed I want. I recently took about 6 months off so I know that's a factor, but even when I've swam regularly for an extended amount of time my progress seems to cap at a certain point. Is it worth trying to gain the speed or should I just accept my fate in the slow lane? Thanks a bunch!!!!!!!:notworthy:
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I do not know how much more I can drop in the 200 fly. However I still think I have not reached my potential yet. A lot is based on my training and the outside factors which sometimes put training on the back burner. I am trying to defy age for a few more years and hope I do get faster. Its that ole saying, "the body achieves what the mind believes". Of course you gotta have the training to back that up.
As for the 50 free, Im not really a sprinter but could not see myself getting much faster in that event. I never was a sprinter always 200 type of guy but last year I have slowly started to convert to dark side of distance.
Happy Halloween,
Greg
SCY freestyler:
So the speed cap doesn't hit until the 70s?! LOL. Gee, I don't think I'll be going my current 50 free time then. I was thinking there was a bit of a slide with each increasing age group. Now maybe when they come out with the fastskin III++ ...
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I didn't want to choose a younger age and be proven wrong by these waterborne superheroes! For most of us the slowdown will likely occur decades before that.
