when I swim at a middle distance race pace, like if im doing 5 x 100 on a quick interval my muscles get tired faster than my heart. I wont even be breathing hard but my arms are tired and causes my stroke techinque to go bad quick. Does anyone else have this problem.
An aquaintance who is a college strength and conditioning coach recently did this experiment. He tested everyone on the team for maximum bench press (one rep). The sprinters, on average, could lift substantially more weight than the distance swimmers. On another day, when everyone was rested, he asked all his swimmers to see how many reps they could do at 70% of their maximum. No sprinter could do over 10 reps, while the distance folks averaged over 20 reps.
Rich
This explains things for me as well. In the weight room, the men that use a machine after me usually lift much lighter weights than I do. I have always found this suprising, because though I can lift a good amount, I just thought guys should be able to outlift me. Also my muscles tend to tire more easily when swimming distance than when swimming sprints which leave me more winded (as they should). I always thought I was a sprinter because of my A-type personality, but your words have me thinking that it is just the way I am made.:)
An aquaintance who is a college strength and conditioning coach recently did this experiment. He tested everyone on the team for maximum bench press (one rep). The sprinters, on average, could lift substantially more weight than the distance swimmers. On another day, when everyone was rested, he asked all his swimmers to see how many reps they could do at 70% of their maximum. No sprinter could do over 10 reps, while the distance folks averaged over 20 reps.
Rich
This explains things for me as well. In the weight room, the men that use a machine after me usually lift much lighter weights than I do. I have always found this suprising, because though I can lift a good amount, I just thought guys should be able to outlift me. Also my muscles tend to tire more easily when swimming distance than when swimming sprints which leave me more winded (as they should). I always thought I was a sprinter because of my A-type personality, but your words have me thinking that it is just the way I am made.:)
