In swimming, how is it that one can excel in both sprints and long distance? Is it because the distance games in swimming are only "relatively" distance games but are not really distance games from a physiologic perspective?
In the world of tracks, for example, an athlete cannot excel at both sprints and distance. Even the athletes from the two areas look different - much leaner for the distance runners and muscular for the sprinters.
I am wondering about this because whether I should focus on either the sprint or the distance as I plan to participate in the masters meet, or whether I don't have to sacrifice one for the other.
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Completely agree with you, Swimstud. I think we all should train a little of both. It makes us better and gives our bodies a chance to be in the water without using the same muscles day in and day out.
I think triathletes miss a big advantage by only training freestyle. I find that when i even train breastroke(which takes a really freaking long time) that I do learn something that I can use in my other strokes. Pluse it is a nice diversion from the norm...even better when I pass freestyle at my local pool, using my crappy stroke.
Completely agree with you, Swimstud. I think we all should train a little of both. It makes us better and gives our bodies a chance to be in the water without using the same muscles day in and day out.
I think triathletes miss a big advantage by only training freestyle. I find that when i even train breastroke(which takes a really freaking long time) that I do learn something that I can use in my other strokes. Pluse it is a nice diversion from the norm...even better when I pass freestyle at my local pool, using my crappy stroke.
