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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(S)he...its masters and its great to try all kinds of events..but the old saying "jack of all trades/master of none" really applies with regard to "generic" training that most teams use (or the workout you described).
I would suggest that decide each "season" what your priority is (sprint/mid-D/D) and focus the bulk of your training on that...you can then extend up/down a bit for fun but have a focus/mission and try and stick to it.
Makes sense. Would training for the flys (with an emphasis on the 100 and 200) and distance frees be focused enough for the long course season? I enjoy practicing these things AND I think I can place best in these areas too.
Or would you drill down and specialize even further?
Now I'm guessing that I shouldn't even think about asking to throw in the IMs too, right?
(S)he...its masters and its great to try all kinds of events..but the old saying "jack of all trades/master of none" really applies with regard to "generic" training that most teams use (or the workout you described).
I would suggest that decide each "season" what your priority is (sprint/mid-D/D) and focus the bulk of your training on that...you can then extend up/down a bit for fun but have a focus/mission and try and stick to it.
Makes sense. Would training for the flys (with an emphasis on the 100 and 200) and distance frees be focused enough for the long course season? I enjoy practicing these things AND I think I can place best in these areas too.
Or would you drill down and specialize even further?
Now I'm guessing that I shouldn't even think about asking to throw in the IMs too, right?
