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.
Good lord! I liked it when the discussion was focused on my doing a little more core work and weights now and then.
Once again, forget families and jobs, when do you guys sleep?
Ignore (S)he. lol. She's a youngster.
Do core work and weights and you'll improve, Isobel.
I go to sleep around 12:30-1:00 am though. I have to have down time from kids, work and running the family empire.
Paul is right on with changing focus. It's a nice change of pace to pick a different event or different distance for each season. Keeps you fresher.
(S)he's secret and Chris' secret: Training with kids. But you don't have to do this, and shouldn't, if you're a sprinter.
Good lord! I liked it when the discussion was focused on my doing a little more core work and weights now and then.
Once again, forget families and jobs, when do you guys sleep?
Ignore (S)he. lol. She's a youngster.
Do core work and weights and you'll improve, Isobel.
I go to sleep around 12:30-1:00 am though. I have to have down time from kids, work and running the family empire.
Paul is right on with changing focus. It's a nice change of pace to pick a different event or different distance for each season. Keeps you fresher.
(S)he's secret and Chris' secret: Training with kids. But you don't have to do this, and shouldn't, if you're a sprinter.
