During our swimming careers we have all experienced the feeling of "being in-shape" and not quite "in-shape".
My question is this; From a physiological or Kinesiological standpoint, what is happening in your body when you can so easily go from being in-shape to losing that in a matter of a week or two?
I'm an old masters swimmer now but even swimming High School, Club or College whenever I would go on a vacation or get sick for a week, it took two - three weeks to get back to where I was before the vacation or sickness?
What is happening in our body when we can swim a 1:07 BR and then two weeks later can't break 1:10???
Thanks in advance for your answers and opinions...
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This has nothing to do with whatever the hell "biorhythms" are.
You might want to work on your social skills just a wee bit.
Chronobiology may, indeed, be somewhat off topic, but it's neither pseudoscience (as your comment and use of quotes seems to imply), nor is it entirely irrelevant to this discussion.
Most swimmers swear by some sort of taper before a big meet. What is this difference between such allegedly beneficial rest and refueling of substrates or whatever exactly happens, and the deconditioning that occurs when you have to stop training because of being sick?
Both involve taking time off, so why should one be so great and the other so deleterious?
Ditto for diurnal and weekly rhythms and training cycles--I suspect you are a fan of periodization in weight training. Is this not, in some sense, a cyclical matter, that is to say, a matter of rhythms to optimize biology?
Tact, Mr. Hands! Do not let your social skills atrophy from lack of practice!
This has nothing to do with whatever the hell "biorhythms" are.
You might want to work on your social skills just a wee bit.
Chronobiology may, indeed, be somewhat off topic, but it's neither pseudoscience (as your comment and use of quotes seems to imply), nor is it entirely irrelevant to this discussion.
Most swimmers swear by some sort of taper before a big meet. What is this difference between such allegedly beneficial rest and refueling of substrates or whatever exactly happens, and the deconditioning that occurs when you have to stop training because of being sick?
Both involve taking time off, so why should one be so great and the other so deleterious?
Ditto for diurnal and weekly rhythms and training cycles--I suspect you are a fan of periodization in weight training. Is this not, in some sense, a cyclical matter, that is to say, a matter of rhythms to optimize biology?
Tact, Mr. Hands! Do not let your social skills atrophy from lack of practice!
