Are the suits really the best $500 value out there ?
Ok - the Blue 70 is $390, but you many people buy two, just in case the other one rips -- the LZR is what ? $600 -- so, I figured $500 was a nice round number.
Other ways to get faster for $500:
- hire a personal coach for weekly lessons > you should be able to find a good college swimmer with a good eye for technique for some indivual instructions. You learn very little in a group setting - and coaches only have so much time for each swimmer.
- join a gym -- I guess it depends on location, but you should be able to pay for about a year - no personal trainer for that budget though...
- do the swimetrics + a couple of coached sessions > I did try it - great info, a must for anybody
- read Ande's blog and thread on how to get faster and donate the money
- join a faster, bigger, better team -even if you have to drive further ($500 would be gas money) > this can work wonders..
Any of those better than the suits ?
Wouldn't you want to travel UP to altitude?
If you go up in altitude, the air will be less dense, and your body will have more difficulty taking in oxygen. So, the times will drop because your body is less efficient, but over a week or two of altitude training, your body will adapt and become more efficient. When you return to your normal altitude, you will be more efficient and your times will be faster.
If you just travel to sea level and swim once or twice, you won't be getting physically faster, but just taking advantage of the denser air.
Am I wrong?
That is how the Costa Rican woman racked several Olympic medals. They apparently swim in high altitude there.
Wouldn't you want to travel UP to altitude?
If you go up in altitude, the air will be less dense, and your body will have more difficulty taking in oxygen. So, the times will drop because your body is less efficient, but over a week or two of altitude training, your body will adapt and become more efficient. When you return to your normal altitude, you will be more efficient and your times will be faster.
If you just travel to sea level and swim once or twice, you won't be getting physically faster, but just taking advantage of the denser air.
Am I wrong?
That is how the Costa Rican woman racked several Olympic medals. They apparently swim in high altitude there.
