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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deconditioning occurs, I would think at different rates for different folks,
think it also depends on the swimmers events,
I don't think sprinters fall off in sprints as bad as distance swimmers fall off in the longer events when they go through a period of not training.
There's 3 areas to swimming to the swimmer:
1) Body: shape, conditioning, strength, AGE,
2) Skill: technique, movement habits, the way your nervous system directs your body,
3) Mind: mental stuff, self image, expectations, attitude, psych,
Mental stuff can stick around for a long time,
Skills are pretty locked in too,
The battle is with our body when we go through a period of no training. deconditioning, age, weight gain, strength loss,
I try not to get too sciency, A friend of mine was at a coaches conference, speakers were talking about the science of swimming, lactic acid, & all this technical stuff:
During Q&A: One coach raised his hand and asked,
"whatever happened to just kicking the other guys ASS?"
My answers to swimmers who want to improve are:
Tip 265 Train harder, smarter, faster, further, more often, with a coach, with a team, in a convenient facility & at a convenient Time
Tip 165 Build a Better Boat
For those who have taken a long break and want to get back into it.
START OUT EASY & build from there
deconditioning occurs, I would think at different rates for different folks,
think it also depends on the swimmers events,
I don't think sprinters fall off in sprints as bad as distance swimmers fall off in the longer events when they go through a period of not training.
There's 3 areas to swimming to the swimmer:
1) Body: shape, conditioning, strength, AGE,
2) Skill: technique, movement habits, the way your nervous system directs your body,
3) Mind: mental stuff, self image, expectations, attitude, psych,
Mental stuff can stick around for a long time,
Skills are pretty locked in too,
The battle is with our body when we go through a period of no training. deconditioning, age, weight gain, strength loss,
I try not to get too sciency, A friend of mine was at a coaches conference, speakers were talking about the science of swimming, lactic acid, & all this technical stuff:
During Q&A: One coach raised his hand and asked,
"whatever happened to just kicking the other guys ASS?"
My answers to swimmers who want to improve are:
Tip 265 Train harder, smarter, faster, further, more often, with a coach, with a team, in a convenient facility & at a convenient Time
Tip 165 Build a Better Boat
For those who have taken a long break and want to get back into it.
START OUT EASY & build from there
