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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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.
When I see one of my taller age group swimmers taking short strokes compared to the little guy in the next lane taking longer ones...I note that the shorter one is "swimming taller" in the water. One can be a short swimmer and swim *taller* in the water than someone with considerably more height. (Getting reach has everything to do with staying long.)
As soon as one discovers their ideal body line (horizontal)...there's no reason why a swimmer under six feet can't challenge another who's around six and a half. There are many sprinters under six feet feet who can do a 50yard free in 20 seconds. And that's quick.
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.
When I see one of my taller age group swimmers taking short strokes compared to the little guy in the next lane taking longer ones...I note that the shorter one is "swimming taller" in the water. One can be a short swimmer and swim *taller* in the water than someone with considerably more height. (Getting reach has everything to do with staying long.)
As soon as one discovers their ideal body line (horizontal)...there's no reason why a swimmer under six feet can't challenge another who's around six and a half. There are many sprinters under six feet feet who can do a 50yard free in 20 seconds. And that's quick.
