How to get stronger

I'm not comparing you or anyone else here to anyone, touchy aren't we. I am saying that for those who are interested in training/competing you look at the best and what they do...and you adapt. Maybe if you came to a few masters meet not only would you be able to quit whining about not having you times recognized by USMS (or wait, you said that wasn't important) you'd see women in their 30's, 40's & 50's that understand this type of thinking/training and do quite well. Ever met Liz Hobbs...take a look at her times, ever met my wife? She gives Dara a run for he money in the "guns" department, Anna Scott? Kim Crouch? Caroline Krattli? All these women train as I have been describing, are ripped, fast and beautiful. Woa! Touchy is one thing. How come it's so easy to get your panties in such a wad? Just b/c I'm not like you and prefer to do my own thing when it comes to my hobby? Accuracy is your middle name I see. I have no USMS recognized times as I don't attend Masters meets. Just as you are in the know with how we women train (and think for that matter! :lmao:) and how masters swimmers should train, you have my stats 100% accurate. How's this for a land gridge? I quit whining about Top 10s not counting and you quit your crying about people who don't actually want to be like you and train as you do. Let's see who caves first. You had your chance and you swam your brains out as a youth. Why condemn those of us who are healthy and feeling great and who never had that opportunity to try (gasp!) a few workouts over 5K? Why deny us the lessons we learn about ourselves and life in those tough practices? I'm sure when I'm your age I'll want to switch to your 4x a week of swimming, weight lifting, and cross training. Oh wait. :dunno: That sounds like a heck of lot more work than I'm doing which is just swimming. Somehow in your mind that equates to "less." "Less is more" is a nice sound bite. I think I'll stick to my easier routine! You are right. I've not met your lovely wife, but I would love to.

I'm not comparing you or anyone else here to anyone, touchy aren't we. I am saying that for those who are interested in training/competing you look at the best and what they do...and you adapt. Maybe if you came to a few masters meet not only would you be able to quit whining about not having you times recognized by USMS (or wait, you said that wasn't important) you'd see women in their 30's, 40's & 50's that understand this type of thinking/training and do quite well. Ever met Liz Hobbs...take a look at her times, ever met my wife? She gives Dara a run for he money in the "guns" department, Anna Scott? Kim Crouch? Caroline Krattli? All these women train as I have been describing, are ripped, fast and beautiful. Woa! Touchy is one thing. How come it's so easy to get your panties in such a wad? Just b/c I'm not like you and prefer to do my own thing when it comes to my hobby? Accuracy is your middle name I see. I have no USMS recognized times as I don't attend Masters meets. Just as you are in the know with how we women train (and think for that matter! :lmao:) and how masters swimmers should train, you have my stats 100% accurate. How's this for a land gridge? I quit whining about Top 10s not counting and you quit your crying about people who don't actually want to be like you and train as you do. Let's see who caves first. You had your chance and you swam your brains out as a youth. Why condemn those of us who are healthy and feeling great and who never had that opportunity to try (gasp!) a few workouts over 5K? Why deny us the lessons we learn about ourselves and life in those tough practices? I'm sure when I'm your age I'll want to switch to your 4x a week of swimming, weight lifting, and cross training. Oh wait. :dunno: That sounds like a heck of lot more work than I'm doing which is just swimming. Somehow in your mind that equates to "less." "Less is more" is a nice sound bite. I think I'll stick to my easier routine! You are right. I've not met your lovely wife, but I would love to.