muscular endurance

Former Member
Former Member
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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  • Hi Morgan. I've heard that sprinters should swim flatter than distance swimmers. If you look at Cullen Jones, Natalie Coughlin, Jodie Henry, Gary Hall Jr., Neil Walker, etc. they do not rotate a lot. The TREND seems to be to swim flatter when you sprint and rotate more on distance ... just my 2 cents ... or as my first graders would spell it sents ... :2cents:
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  • Hi Morgan. I've heard that sprinters should swim flatter than distance swimmers. If you look at Cullen Jones, Natalie Coughlin, Jodie Henry, Gary Hall Jr., Neil Walker, etc. they do not rotate a lot. The TREND seems to be to swim flatter when you sprint and rotate more on distance ... just my 2 cents ... or as my first graders would spell it sents ... :2cents:
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