excellent sports illustrated article about michael phelps
The Quest A story of what it takes to do that, in 8 parts
By Susan Casey
I. THE SWIMMER
II. THE SPORT
III. THE COACH
IV. THE PLAN
V. THE SUIT
VI. THE POOL
VII. THE OTHER
VIII. THE MOMENT
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/.../index.html
"Right now I'm working on fixing my head position in freestyle. It's too high. Even after 11 years, I've never swum it right."
what do you think?
btw page 45 of the issue has an great underwater photo of michael streamlining
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The fine-tuning is endless.
I'm still working on little things that are going to make a huge difference."
At a press conference earlier, one female reporter had asked him,
"Can you give me two exercises people can do to get a swimmer's type body?"
"Well... they could swim."
Before the bliss of Olympic immersion, however, Phelps is headed to Colorado Springs for one last brutality: a training camp at 6,000-foot altitude with several Bowman swimmers. "Seventy practices in 24 days,"
Ande is wondering how much faster he might be given the opportunity to endure the same flogging. :agree:
The fine-tuning is endless.
I'm still working on little things that are going to make a huge difference."
At a press conference earlier, one female reporter had asked him,
"Can you give me two exercises people can do to get a swimmer's type body?"
"Well... they could swim."
Before the bliss of Olympic immersion, however, Phelps is headed to Colorado Springs for one last brutality: a training camp at 6,000-foot altitude with several Bowman swimmers. "Seventy practices in 24 days,"
Ande is wondering how much faster he might be given the opportunity to endure the same flogging. :agree:
