Looking at one-hour results, and just finishing New England Masters SCY Championships at Harvard, how is it that older swimmers are getting faster and faster, and pretty much everyone is getting faster and faster compared to a few years ago when there seemed to be more mortal swimmers?
What are older (45+ women; at this point 65+ men) swimmers doing that keeps them at such elite levels? Weights? Extensive training? How much of both? How do they have jobs and families and train? The field of fast swimmers is getting deeper and deeper. Anyone have idea as to why?
I want to know the secrets. Are the people who race now self-selecting more and more as elite swimmers? Has everyone swum all their lives? I know to swim hard you have to train hard, but I am baffled by sudden increase in amazing fast times and so many records getting broken.
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4 weeks from nationals.....
3,000 a day for 5 days this week. Easy yardage with 4 x 25's all out at the end of workout.... on 3:00 Maintenance weights only 2 times this week. Shock cordz and sit ups every day
3 weeks from nationals......
2,500 a day for 5 days this week. Easy yardage with 25s and 50s no breathers and 6 x 25s all out at the end of workout on 3:00 Maintenance weights only 1 time this week. Shock cordz every day and sit ups every day
2 weeks from nationals
2,000 a day for 5 days this week. Easy yardage with no breathers and 6 x 25s all out. No weights anymore. Situps every day. No more shock cordz this week. 2 massages this week. Nap heavily on the weekend. Lock door and keep kids quiet.
Last week before nationals.
1,500 easy (500,400,300,200,100) 4 x 25s blast from a dive. If I feel good I get out early. If I feel bad, I get out early. massage 2 days out
Goal..... 21 low 50 free, A 46 at age 46 in the 100.
Drink "ritas" and eat great Tex Mex in Austin !
John Smith
4 weeks from nationals.....
3,000 a day for 5 days this week. Easy yardage with 4 x 25's all out at the end of workout.... on 3:00 Maintenance weights only 2 times this week. Shock cordz and sit ups every day
3 weeks from nationals......
2,500 a day for 5 days this week. Easy yardage with 25s and 50s no breathers and 6 x 25s all out at the end of workout on 3:00 Maintenance weights only 1 time this week. Shock cordz every day and sit ups every day
2 weeks from nationals
2,000 a day for 5 days this week. Easy yardage with no breathers and 6 x 25s all out. No weights anymore. Situps every day. No more shock cordz this week. 2 massages this week. Nap heavily on the weekend. Lock door and keep kids quiet.
Last week before nationals.
1,500 easy (500,400,300,200,100) 4 x 25s blast from a dive. If I feel good I get out early. If I feel bad, I get out early. massage 2 days out
Goal..... 21 low 50 free, A 46 at age 46 in the 100.
Drink "ritas" and eat great Tex Mex in Austin !
John Smith
