On frequent occasions, I feel my form fall apart on tougher sets, but I finish regardless of my form. I feel it is more important to force my body to undergo the physiological adaptation resulting from these "near death" sets than to worry about maintaining form.
As long as I imprint the correct form in less strenuous sets I feel it is OK to gut tougher sets out when my form is falling apart. Many times I finish my workout with some shorter repeats to finish and leave the pool with the correct form imprinted in my mind.
This post is as a result of one of today's sets where I simply did not want to "give up" and switch from fly to free. I felt it was important to finish it the way I intended to give me a metal boost that I can do it as well as force the body to adapt. Is this mentality towards training wrong?
Hi Steve-
I seem to remember a French anchor leg from Beijing who literally stopped moving his arms forward efficiently and was actually moving side to side the last 10m of his 100 free! The aerial view of the race was phenomenal!
A certain Jason Lezak's form remained strong.
Hi Steve-
I seem to remember a French anchor leg from Beijing who literally stopped moving his arms forward efficiently and was actually moving side to side the last 10m of his 100 free! The aerial view of the race was phenomenal!
A certain Jason Lezak's form remained strong.
