Absent technique improvement, I am wondering if each swimmer has a ceiling that can never really be broken once a minimal amount of training has occurred. This is my theory based on my own swimming experience over the last year.
No matter how fast I flail my arms the result in the 50 free always seems to be the same - 28.5, 29.2, 28.7. Seems like a random result +- 0.5 seconds. :frustrated:
Can someone with those kinds of results ever eventually go 26 something just by training harder, doing more and more sprints, etc.. I would hope to hear that is a possibility even though I know I have some fundamental flaws.
If you really don't want to do any actual work and are in OK condition, lots of rest (about a week) off of your feet will help. Once. But real repeatable speed comes with strength and technique work. No shortcuts to the desired goal.
If you really don't want to do any actual work and are in OK condition, lots of rest (about a week) off of your feet will help. Once. But real repeatable speed comes with strength and technique work. No shortcuts to the desired goal.
