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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The following factors ALL are important in determining performance:
-- the amount of training
-- the quality of training and coaching
-- swimming background
-- genetics
-- a good team environment
These are great points and are right on, I but would add:
-- willingness/motivation of the swimmer to suffer and push it in training
This is my own personal failing: I don't really care enough - just don't want to embarrass myself at a meet. My excuse is that there's more to life than busting a gut in the pool.
I'm lucky enough on all the other points on your list to offset my lazyness to some extent and enjoy the swimming overall.
Ian.
The following factors ALL are important in determining performance:
-- the amount of training
-- the quality of training and coaching
-- swimming background
-- genetics
-- a good team environment
These are great points and are right on, I but would add:
-- willingness/motivation of the swimmer to suffer and push it in training
This is my own personal failing: I don't really care enough - just don't want to embarrass myself at a meet. My excuse is that there's more to life than busting a gut in the pool.
I'm lucky enough on all the other points on your list to offset my lazyness to some extent and enjoy the swimming overall.
Ian.
