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.
Wow, you're really a fan of those things. Other than the risk of inflicting a serious injury on yourself or a lanemate, what is it that they provide that fins don't?
What Paul said is right. Plus, it improves leg strength, is good for the glutes and increases ankle flexibility. The blade is super powerful, almost a combo weight and swimming workout. If you're serious about underwater work on backstroke or swimming fly (my fav 2 strokes), monofins are fabulous.
I never use them when I swim with my team, which is only 1x or less a week. I use them swimming solo in a lane by myself. As long as you don't drop the blade on your foot or toe, I don't see the injury risk. I guess if you have a bad back maybe?
Wow, you're really a fan of those things. Other than the risk of inflicting a serious injury on yourself or a lanemate, what is it that they provide that fins don't?
What Paul said is right. Plus, it improves leg strength, is good for the glutes and increases ankle flexibility. The blade is super powerful, almost a combo weight and swimming workout. If you're serious about underwater work on backstroke or swimming fly (my fav 2 strokes), monofins are fabulous.
I never use them when I swim with my team, which is only 1x or less a week. I use them swimming solo in a lane by myself. As long as you don't drop the blade on your foot or toe, I don't see the injury risk. I guess if you have a bad back maybe?
