How much endurance training?

rationalize Pronunciation: 'rash-n&-"lIz, 'ra-sh&-n&-"lIz transitive verb 1 : to bring into accord with reason;; to substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of; to attribute (one's actions) to rational and creditable motives 2 : to free from irrational parts 3 : to apply the principles of scientific management to (as an industry or its operations) for a desired result (as increased efficiency) These are the first three -- meaning most frequently used or widely accepted -- definitions for rationalize. Which of them do you deem negative? Yesterday in a post I wrote "Some swimmers tend to think they can condition their way to better performance. My thinking aligns with Jonty's." I'd originally written "Most swimmmers..." but thought better of it, knowing it would provoke a protest by Donna that would only serve to muddle and divert the point intended -- even though it's patently true. So I edited myself before posting. No matter she still felt compelled to quibble. Such responses to my word choices are precisely what I meant by "peevish dissection" of my posts -- which inevitably drew peevish ("querulous in temperament or mood; perversely obstinate") responses from the usual suspects. In the last two days I've written hundreds of words here, the preponderance of which -- on subjects like warmup and how to do a breastroke drill, etc -- constituted advice intended to help people swim better, to enjoy it more, even to rationalize their approach to it. What are you contributing by diverting discussion from the stuff that actually informs swimmers and their thinking? INCLUDE HUMOR IN THE REVOLUTION Geez. You and Dave are on a roll on this thread. Even my "Laws" joke didn't make you laugh... This is a classic example of the pot calling the kettle black. You can be just as peevish as those bad guy "usual suspects" when people disagree with you. Your response to Allen was defensive and picked on a single word from a single sentence in his otherwise informative post. Same with your response to the Caped One, who appeared to just be reminding you that you yourself use the word "revolutionary." Dave's response to my mere referencing of GoodSmith's thread was similarly peevish and seemingly written in attack-mode. And you pulled one word from one of my posts and ranted about it. In fact, it seems like you are often defensive if anyone dares to quibble with you or your vision. I have my Websters open and the third definition for "rationalize" is "to devise self-satisfying but incorrect reasons for one's behavior." I also don't believe rationalizing swimming will eliminate "fads" and "dead ends." You'd have to change human nature to accomplish that feat. As to quibbling, that is just forum talk. As a trad swimmer, Donna is allowed to quibble with you. You quibble with and diss others too, even the more unconventional sorts doing lots of TI-type stuff like me. In fact, I believe the first sentence of a recent post of yours contained the word "quibble" before imparting information. Sometimes people just fixate on certain words like "vessel" or "engine" or "mindful" or, most recently, "neural." That word has been in all your posts recently. I actually wouldn't mind hearing a little more about how the neural muscle memory thing works better than generic endurance sets, so a better explanation of that would help inform my swimming. And please lighten up and don't take everything so seriously. :joker: I believe Tall Paul recently reminded us that it's only MASTERS swimming. Even Dave can joke around. George just admitted to being "silly." Like FlyQueen, some of us folks are perfectly OK with being "loud, boisterous and sandpaper-y." Not everyone is contemplative, mindful and examined when providing hundreds of words of information -- and I think the "usual suspects" provide plenty of information too. If you only want high art and decorum and no humor or swordplay, you should probably stick with the TI forum where you can dictate the rules of discussion. :thhbbb:

rationalize Pronunciation: 'rash-n&-"lIz, 'ra-sh&-n&-"lIz transitive verb 1 : to bring into accord with reason;; to substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of; to attribute (one's actions) to rational and creditable motives 2 : to free from irrational parts 3 : to apply the principles of scientific management to (as an industry or its operations) for a desired result (as increased efficiency) These are the first three -- meaning most frequently used or widely accepted -- definitions for rationalize. Which of them do you deem negative? Yesterday in a post I wrote "Some swimmers tend to think they can condition their way to better performance. My thinking aligns with Jonty's." I'd originally written "Most swimmmers..." but thought better of it, knowing it would provoke a protest by Donna that would only serve to muddle and divert the point intended -- even though it's patently true. So I edited myself before posting. No matter she still felt compelled to quibble. Such responses to my word choices are precisely what I meant by "peevish dissection" of my posts -- which inevitably drew peevish ("querulous in temperament or mood; perversely obstinate") responses from the usual suspects. In the last two days I've written hundreds of words here, the preponderance of which -- on subjects like warmup and how to do a breastroke drill, etc -- constituted advice intended to help people swim better, to enjoy it more, even to rationalize their approach to it. What are you contributing by diverting discussion from the stuff that actually informs swimmers and their thinking? INCLUDE HUMOR IN THE REVOLUTION Geez. You and Dave are on a roll on this thread. Even my "Laws" joke didn't make you laugh... This is a classic example of the pot calling the kettle black. You can be just as peevish as those bad guy "usual suspects" when people disagree with you. Your response to Allen was defensive and picked on a single word from a single sentence in his otherwise informative post. Same with your response to the Caped One, who appeared to just be reminding you that you yourself use the word "revolutionary." Dave's response to my mere referencing of GoodSmith's thread was similarly peevish and seemingly written in attack-mode. And you pulled one word from one of my posts and ranted about it. In fact, it seems like you are often defensive if anyone dares to quibble with you or your vision. I have my Websters open and the third definition for "rationalize" is "to devise self-satisfying but incorrect reasons for one's behavior." I also don't believe rationalizing swimming will eliminate "fads" and "dead ends." You'd have to change human nature to accomplish that feat. As to quibbling, that is just forum talk. As a trad swimmer, Donna is allowed to quibble with you. You quibble with and diss others too, even the more unconventional sorts doing lots of TI-type stuff like me. In fact, I believe the first sentence of a recent post of yours contained the word "quibble" before imparting information. Sometimes people just fixate on certain words like "vessel" or "engine" or "mindful" or, most recently, "neural." That word has been in all your posts recently. I actually wouldn't mind hearing a little more about how the neural muscle memory thing works better than generic endurance sets, so a better explanation of that would help inform my swimming. And please lighten up and don't take everything so seriously. :joker: I believe Tall Paul recently reminded us that it's only MASTERS swimming. Even Dave can joke around. George just admitted to being "silly." Like FlyQueen, some of us folks are perfectly OK with being "loud, boisterous and sandpaper-y." Not everyone is contemplative, mindful and examined when providing hundreds of words of information -- and I think the "usual suspects" provide plenty of information too. If you only want high art and decorum and no humor or swordplay, you should probably stick with the TI forum where you can dictate the rules of discussion. :thhbbb: