Ande....having read your blog and a few others and seeing some of the times you've posted...as well as some of the mnd boggling in season/unrested swims going on this college and USS season I thought I'd bring up the topic of swimming fast in workout and in unrested meets.
Having always been a VERY slow workout swimmer as well as a poor untapered swimmer I'm always amazed at how fast others can go in those situations. But I have noticed that those same swimmers don't necessarilly have big drops for meets they rest and shave for.
So after seeing Michael Klueh from Texas go 4:11 unrested in the 500, my evil twin go 21.8/47.7 unrested (and at altitude), hearing you went 22.0 50 free and 2:00 in the 200 back at workout the question for everyone is what do you see in your own situations?
Note; one thing that a few of us have noticed is that big old clydesadle types like me usually are the ones that drop the most from resting....little jackrabbits like JS swim fast all the time and don't seem to take as big of drops rested.
Muscle mass/body type is one thing I think plays the biggest part for me and a few other folks I've spoke to about this.
I carry a load of about 240lbs and I get terribly broken down in my training...to the point that I need 3 weeks of rest to nail a taper (Fort's getting twitchy just thinking about that much rest!). John on the other hand is a measly 185 and always seems to be able to swim fast...except when he psychs himself out!
Hard to say...but for me I have to absolutely 100% believe that I've "banked" the training and the time drops will come, which for the most part has been the case the last few years in spite of some horrible unrested meets (2:08 200m free at mission before dropping to 2:00 at worlds).
PS; Mr. Nelson...those times would be from a dive
PSS: Dennis....we were just in SLC last week, where are you coaching/training these days?
Muscle mass/body type is one thing I think plays the biggest part for me and a few other folks I've spoke to about this.
I carry a load of about 240lbs and I get terribly broken down in my training...to the point that I need 3 weeks of rest to nail a taper (Fort's getting twitchy just thinking about that much rest!). John on the other hand is a measly 185 and always seems to be able to swim fast...except when he psychs himself out!
Hard to say...but for me I have to absolutely 100% believe that I've "banked" the training and the time drops will come, which for the most part has been the case the last few years in spite of some horrible unrested meets (2:08 200m free at mission before dropping to 2:00 at worlds).
PS; Mr. Nelson...those times would be from a dive
PSS: Dennis....we were just in SLC last week, where are you coaching/training these days?
