I'm new and have been catching up on reading. I don't have a lot of swimming experience and am swimming masters and not in college. But there are a couple things I just don't get.
1. Many posters seem very concerned about technique, but are still really focused on what is referred to as "engine buiding" and on power lifting and things that might not help their swimming as much. What is the lure of engine building exactly besides the endorphins? I guess you need it for certain events? I'm not saying this very well, but it seems like some people are working out harder than they should be? Why?
2. I read one of Ande's latest tips about sprinters on masters teams that ususlly focus on mid to long distance. Does this mean that sprinters should work out alone? I haven't really decided what I am yet, but my team does seem to focus more on distance stuff and long hard sets. Do any masters teams have sprint lanes or just lanes with different intervals?
Thanks. :)
I'm all for moving to Texas ...
You should train for multiple events until you figure out what you are the best. Paul will love this, but ... you need to train to be good at a 200 just because you go out hard and die doesn't mean you are a sprinter, just because you cruised it and had energy left over doesn't make you a distance swimmer.
Technique in my mind is the most important, why swim continually with bad techinque? Fix your technique, then engine build ... make sure to always swim mindfull, too ...
I'm all for moving to Texas ...
You should train for multiple events until you figure out what you are the best. Paul will love this, but ... you need to train to be good at a 200 just because you go out hard and die doesn't mean you are a sprinter, just because you cruised it and had energy left over doesn't make you a distance swimmer.
Technique in my mind is the most important, why swim continually with bad techinque? Fix your technique, then engine build ... make sure to always swim mindfull, too ...
