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
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.
I swam fast (for me) at every meet I swam in the last year (PBs). And I swam even faster in my taper meets. I think sprinters can do this more easily than you mid-D and D folks though.
I think a 2 month training cycle seems to work well for me. But I'm experimenting with this some. I think a 6 week cycle might work too. Periodization seems less important for sprinters.
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.
I swam fast (for me) at every meet I swam in the last year (PBs). And I swam even faster in my taper meets. I think sprinters can do this more easily than you mid-D and D folks though.
I think a 2 month training cycle seems to work well for me. But I'm experimenting with this some. I think a 6 week cycle might work too. Periodization seems less important for sprinters.
