Dara just one the national title in the 100M Freestyle in 54.4 at the ripe old age of 40. Simply Incredible. :applaud: :woot:
If that's not inspiring I don't know what is.
It would be interesting to take two sizeable groups of young sprint swimmers (say, age 17 to 21), train half of them using a conventional high mileage training plan and half using Dara Torres's training plan and see which group has the most improvement over an 18 month stretch.
If I remember correctly, the NYT article said that DT did the same workout as the sprinters at the club where she was training, except she didn't do doubles.
From what I could tell, I think it was the dryland and the recovery program that were more innovative, not the "wet work."
It would be interesting to take two sizeable groups of young sprint swimmers (say, age 17 to 21), train half of them using a conventional high mileage training plan and half using Dara Torres's training plan and see which group has the most improvement over an 18 month stretch.
If I remember correctly, the NYT article said that DT did the same workout as the sprinters at the club where she was training, except she didn't do doubles.
From what I could tell, I think it was the dryland and the recovery program that were more innovative, not the "wet work."
