hey, i just wanted to ask everyone for their experience with over training and recovery.
i've put my whole heart into swimming since freshman year in high school (im a senior now), and trained as hard as i could since the spring of freshman year. at first i just swam the same practice everyday....then i started doing a lot of dryland, running, biking, and changed up my practices to faster intervals, and different strokes.
i never rested, until i realized that i get faster when i rest/taper. i realized this the summer between my sophmore and junior year. by then , however, it was too late. i broke my body down so much, that it would take a long time for me to recover. when highschool swimming started up again my junior year, i was so broken down, that i was swimming even slower than before my freshman year. i've been battling my coach trying to convince him to let me rest, and understand my situation, and he finally did.
this year, my senior year, im trying to feel strong in the water again.
im posting this on the forum to ask you guys if u know anyone who seemed like a slow swimmer for a while, then had one year where they suddenly started breaking records like crazy. i hope im not crazy, but i really think that with my body, if i get it back to full strength, i could pull off some crazy fast times. now, with this broken down body i can go a 1:10 in the 100 yard ***...and i haven't dropped anytime since my freshman year. this entire time i've been getting in so much better shape, yet dropping no time.
therefore i think once i taper, i will drop 10 seconds at least....am i crazy? or does what i think make some what sense....according to my situation.
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I think you are crazy.
Why did the coach need to rest you? Because you are over training outside the pool. If you are over training outside the pool, how is that going to help you get faster in the pool?
You probably look like you are in shape right now. You are probably lean, but who cares? There are 50 yo fat guys on this forum that will whip you in any stroke any distance. Why? Because technically they are good swimmers.
If you are training harder outside the pool than in the pool, you are not working toward being a good swimmer. Being strong will only get you so far, but if you think you have been over training for 3 years, you probably aren't even that strong.
You probably have a month until you start tapering. If you want to drop 10 seconds between now and your taper meet, you need to focus on becoming a better swimmer. Breaststroke is very technique dependent, so it is possible to drop 10 seconds in a couple months, but for the most part, I think you are crazy.
I think you are crazy.
Why did the coach need to rest you? Because you are over training outside the pool. If you are over training outside the pool, how is that going to help you get faster in the pool?
You probably look like you are in shape right now. You are probably lean, but who cares? There are 50 yo fat guys on this forum that will whip you in any stroke any distance. Why? Because technically they are good swimmers.
If you are training harder outside the pool than in the pool, you are not working toward being a good swimmer. Being strong will only get you so far, but if you think you have been over training for 3 years, you probably aren't even that strong.
You probably have a month until you start tapering. If you want to drop 10 seconds between now and your taper meet, you need to focus on becoming a better swimmer. Breaststroke is very technique dependent, so it is possible to drop 10 seconds in a couple months, but for the most part, I think you are crazy.
