I'm a rookie in the pool, and am surprised that keeping one's weight down appears to be less important than I thought. After decades of running with the knowledge that every pound over my running weight added 20 secs to my p/m pace, am I ok being a little chunky? I do aspire to be competitive in my age class. Thanks, Steve
If you want to swim faster, lugging less lard can definitely help.
Lug Less Lard
Though there are some chunky swimmers who are deceptively fast.
Not sure how much of a difference weight loss will make for a chunky swimmer,
but it can be significant. There's no hard & fast formula saying:
if you lose X pounds
you'll swim Y 10ths of a second faster
As you lose weight, you have less mass to drag through the water
you reduce your cross sectional proportions
Elite swimmers tend to be lean. Look at great IMer & WR holder in the 200 bk, like Kirsty Coventry
back start
Leaner swimmers don't need as much force to slice through the water.
Swimming technique, strength & conditioning play an important part to swimming faster faster & some swimmers despite having a little junk in their trunks can manage to swim fast.
ande
If you want to swim faster, lugging less lard can definitely help.
Lug Less Lard
Though there are some chunky swimmers who are deceptively fast.
Not sure how much of a difference weight loss will make for a chunky swimmer,
but it can be significant. There's no hard & fast formula saying:
if you lose X pounds
you'll swim Y 10ths of a second faster
As you lose weight, you have less mass to drag through the water
you reduce your cross sectional proportions
Elite swimmers tend to be lean. Look at great IMer & WR holder in the 200 bk, like Kirsty Coventry
back start
Leaner swimmers don't need as much force to slice through the water.
Swimming technique, strength & conditioning play an important part to swimming faster faster & some swimmers despite having a little junk in their trunks can manage to swim fast.
ande
