I'm trying to determine what level of strength is required to be a good sprinter (i.e. 100 free).
Could you list your max repetitions of push ups, pull ups and dips? This would give me some assesment on power to weight ratio and strength endurance.
Also, what is your max bench press if you know it? or reps of 225 lbs. I'm curious about what level of pure strength sprinters have.
I think I am deficient mostly in technique and then strength endurance but maybe this post would show me I need weight room work.
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At a recent masters meet...we had the pleasure of sitting next to Mr.T...who by the way has an effortless looking freestyle.
Being more experienced than my newbie counterparts on the team...I was sharing some sage advise about how to swim faster in the 50. "Take longer strokes" I said..."and keep the turnover moving". Needless to say...it dawned on me that this is precisely the intention of swimming fishlike. Any short choppy strokes will invariably result in some form of resistance.
TI drills show people how to rotate properly during the stroke...show people how to lengthen the stroke...and focus on good clean swimming. Swimming catch up style is not the intention...althgough it's initially promoted to get folks un-stuck from bad form.... and introduced to their ideal.
And I strongly believe in taking long strokes.
A low SPL count is a sign of good form...and it can translate to fast times.
Uh, oh, I guess I am swimming TI and don't even know it (except for the being low in the water thing which I won't do). But long strokes just feel better to me!!
And short, choppy strokes destroy my rhythm completely; I run in to this problem when I am swimming and come upon an ocean depth change from deep to really shallow and have to shorten my stroke to keep from scraping the coral on the bottom. I now don't swim in that area.
I have never considered myself a sprinter, except for the 50 and 100 back which were NOT my favorites; I loved the 200 back---perfect! And I am 5'8, but now weigh in the 190s, but even when I was really thin, didn't much enjoy those 50s. So I guess we all just come in different sizes for all of the events!!
Donna
At a recent masters meet...we had the pleasure of sitting next to Mr.T...who by the way has an effortless looking freestyle.
Being more experienced than my newbie counterparts on the team...I was sharing some sage advise about how to swim faster in the 50. "Take longer strokes" I said..."and keep the turnover moving". Needless to say...it dawned on me that this is precisely the intention of swimming fishlike. Any short choppy strokes will invariably result in some form of resistance.
TI drills show people how to rotate properly during the stroke...show people how to lengthen the stroke...and focus on good clean swimming. Swimming catch up style is not the intention...althgough it's initially promoted to get folks un-stuck from bad form.... and introduced to their ideal.
And I strongly believe in taking long strokes.
A low SPL count is a sign of good form...and it can translate to fast times.
Uh, oh, I guess I am swimming TI and don't even know it (except for the being low in the water thing which I won't do). But long strokes just feel better to me!!
And short, choppy strokes destroy my rhythm completely; I run in to this problem when I am swimming and come upon an ocean depth change from deep to really shallow and have to shorten my stroke to keep from scraping the coral on the bottom. I now don't swim in that area.
I have never considered myself a sprinter, except for the 50 and 100 back which were NOT my favorites; I loved the 200 back---perfect! And I am 5'8, but now weigh in the 190s, but even when I was really thin, didn't much enjoy those 50s. So I guess we all just come in different sizes for all of the events!!
Donna
