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.
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Not only is slippage possible it happens even in the very best swimmers. It happens no matter how fast you swim or slow you swim but a swimmer using proper tech has less slippage. I have watched several videos of you Terry and have found very little slippage in your slow tempo swims but I have watched some of you swimming faster and did detect slippage. So to say we have to set and wait to feel the water really does not hold water. We have to get there as fast as we can get set and go. I think you will find that us big guys look like it is leisurely but it is not.
It is easy to say "The best 100m sprinters generally have more "leisurely" catches than less successful sprinters" but do they generally have leisurely catches??? I have seen very few sprint swimmers who have leisurely catches.
Turbulence and slippage is possible at all speeds. I've seen literally thousands of triathletes swimming 35 and 45 minute miles, with a significant source of their ineffectiveness being that they spend a vast amount of energy creating turbulence.
The best 100m sprinters generally have more "leisurely" catches than less successful sprinters. Those with a rushed catch gain less traction and have to turn over more to compensate. Those who take a millisecond extra to trap water and rotate the upper arm into the most advantageous position hold water better and are better connected to core power. The effect of the mechanical advantage they gain is the ability to use a lower stroke rate, the result of which is being able to maintain maximum speed for longer before the almost inevitable deceleration sets in. Voila - more muscular endurance.
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Not only is slippage possible it happens even in the very best swimmers. It happens no matter how fast you swim or slow you swim but a swimmer using proper tech has less slippage. I have watched several videos of you Terry and have found very little slippage in your slow tempo swims but I have watched some of you swimming faster and did detect slippage. So to say we have to set and wait to feel the water really does not hold water. We have to get there as fast as we can get set and go. I think you will find that us big guys look like it is leisurely but it is not.
It is easy to say "The best 100m sprinters generally have more "leisurely" catches than less successful sprinters" but do they generally have leisurely catches??? I have seen very few sprint swimmers who have leisurely catches.
Turbulence and slippage is possible at all speeds. I've seen literally thousands of triathletes swimming 35 and 45 minute miles, with a significant source of their ineffectiveness being that they spend a vast amount of energy creating turbulence.
The best 100m sprinters generally have more "leisurely" catches than less successful sprinters. Those with a rushed catch gain less traction and have to turn over more to compensate. Those who take a millisecond extra to trap water and rotate the upper arm into the most advantageous position hold water better and are better connected to core power. The effect of the mechanical advantage they gain is the ability to use a lower stroke rate, the result of which is being able to maintain maximum speed for longer before the almost inevitable deceleration sets in. Voila - more muscular endurance.
