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'll tell you the wrong way to swim the 200 BR. 2 years ago in a meet in CA I was in lane 3 with a 2:32 seed and there was a guy in my age group with a 2:33 seed in lane 6.I was hoping for a 2:30 going out in 1:13 back in 1:17,but I didn't want to let the guy in lane 6 get too far ahead.On the dive my goggles filled with water(first time in years).None the less I was determined to keep up with the guy in lane 6. At the 100 I was feeling amazingly tired but I was still with the guy. At the 125 I was dead but somehow managed to finish. I found the guy in lane 6 in the warmup pool(when I managed to crawl to it.)He said "man I'm out of shape,I swam a 2:40. I thought,if he swam a 2:40 what did I swim. It turns out with my goggles full of water I was racing the guy in lane 5 who did a 2:22 and was 20 years younger than I. I amazingly did my 2:32 splitting 1:09-1:23,not the way to swim it!!!
I'll tell you the wrong way to swim the 200 BR. 2 years ago in a meet in CA I was in lane 3 with a 2:32 seed and there was a guy in my age group with a 2:33 seed in lane 6.I was hoping for a 2:30 going out in 1:13 back in 1:17,but I didn't want to let the guy in lane 6 get too far ahead.On the dive my goggles filled with water(first time in years).None the less I was determined to keep up with the guy in lane 6. At the 100 I was feeling amazingly tired but I was still with the guy. At the 125 I was dead but somehow managed to finish. I found the guy in lane 6 in the warmup pool(when I managed to crawl to it.)He said "man I'm out of shape,I swam a 2:40. I thought,if he swam a 2:40 what did I swim. It turns out with my goggles full of water I was racing the guy in lane 5 who did a 2:22 and was 20 years younger than I. I amazingly did my 2:32 splitting 1:09-1:23,not the way to swim it!!!
