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 don't appreciate ur negative criticism.but if it's because u don't know the facts then thats fine. i've trained very hard in the water, and read books, and studied strokes, more than i've done dryland, and running.
i am not a body builder, sir, i am a swimmer. and i know what i am talking about when i say overtraining in the water. thank you very much
If you don't want negative feedback, either give people more detailed information or don't post. You asked for advice without a whole lot of specific information about your training.
Based on what you posted, then it's difficult not to think you were/are training harder outside the pool than inside the pool. You can muscle only so far in swimming.
Can you drop 10 seconds in one month in a 100? Sure, anything is possible but I suspect that gbrain is onto something with your stroke mechanics. I have seen people that train very hard in the pool with poor mechanics not be able to swim as fast as they would like. I have seen people spend time developing good mechanics, train hard but not as hard as people with poor mechanics, swim amazingly fast.
If you have any videos to post, that would allow people to give you a better idea of what is going on with your stroke.
If you want honest feedback, then don't get pissy when someone gives you their honest impressions based on the information you provide them.
i don't appreciate ur negative criticism.but if it's because u don't know the facts then thats fine. i've trained very hard in the water, and read books, and studied strokes, more than i've done dryland, and running.
i am not a body builder, sir, i am a swimmer. and i know what i am talking about when i say overtraining in the water. thank you very much
If you don't want negative feedback, either give people more detailed information or don't post. You asked for advice without a whole lot of specific information about your training.
Based on what you posted, then it's difficult not to think you were/are training harder outside the pool than inside the pool. You can muscle only so far in swimming.
Can you drop 10 seconds in one month in a 100? Sure, anything is possible but I suspect that gbrain is onto something with your stroke mechanics. I have seen people that train very hard in the pool with poor mechanics not be able to swim as fast as they would like. I have seen people spend time developing good mechanics, train hard but not as hard as people with poor mechanics, swim amazingly fast.
If you have any videos to post, that would allow people to give you a better idea of what is going on with your stroke.
If you want honest feedback, then don't get pissy when someone gives you their honest impressions based on the information you provide them.
