I started a similar poll before,but time has changed things and I thought since USMS is going to have to do something definitive so they should have some input from the forumites
It's important to me, and much more fun, to swim fast all the time. I did this train, train, train for THE big taper meet all the time when I was a kid. It is old school, and I like doing it completely differently now as a master.
Well, after I thought about it, I realize that I don't do it now like I used to. Lately I do 4 big taper/shave meets a year (one at the end of each season, plus Sr Champs in the spring) and they come roughly 3 months apart. Figure in 3 weeks of taper for each and that's about 2 months of solid training for each meet. A 3-month training cycle is about right for me know, my body can't take endless weeks of hard training like it used to.
But swimming fast at every meet? For me anyway, that's a recipe for not swimming incredibly fast at any of them. I like swimming fast too.
It's important to me, and much more fun, to swim fast all the time. I did this train, train, train for THE big taper meet all the time when I was a kid. It is old school, and I like doing it completely differently now as a master.
Well, after I thought about it, I realize that I don't do it now like I used to. Lately I do 4 big taper/shave meets a year (one at the end of each season, plus Sr Champs in the spring) and they come roughly 3 months apart. Figure in 3 weeks of taper for each and that's about 2 months of solid training for each meet. A 3-month training cycle is about right for me know, my body can't take endless weeks of hard training like it used to.
But swimming fast at every meet? For me anyway, that's a recipe for not swimming incredibly fast at any of them. I like swimming fast too.
