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.
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Probably not,but what do you have against technique improvement?The 50 is not an endurance event so aerobic conditioning is not going to make much difference except to help you hold form longer as you do sets.Lifting weights and exercises to improve explosive power will give some improvement,but the big time drops will come from working on streamlining,EVF,etc.Technique improvement is the easiest way to get faster.
I have absolutely nothing against technique improvement. I think it is the root cause of my problems and frustration.
Unfortunately I think my swim stroke might be similar to my golf stroke. I was a decent golfer, for a weekend hack. I could consistently shoot mid 80s and occassionally break 80. Occassionally I would hear comments about how funky my stroke was. One day I was playing with a pro and he told me "honestly your stroke is so screwed up that I could help you but you would go through a whole year of misery to even get back to where you are at now so I don't think you even want to hear it".
I don't know how much swimming is like golf in that regard, but I imagine I have swam x million yards with a flawed stroke. I have finally got some coaching and I'm working on it but it is tough for me to translate. With workout sets, at least I know what I have to do.
Probably not,but what do you have against technique improvement?The 50 is not an endurance event so aerobic conditioning is not going to make much difference except to help you hold form longer as you do sets.Lifting weights and exercises to improve explosive power will give some improvement,but the big time drops will come from working on streamlining,EVF,etc.Technique improvement is the easiest way to get faster.
I have absolutely nothing against technique improvement. I think it is the root cause of my problems and frustration.
Unfortunately I think my swim stroke might be similar to my golf stroke. I was a decent golfer, for a weekend hack. I could consistently shoot mid 80s and occassionally break 80. Occassionally I would hear comments about how funky my stroke was. One day I was playing with a pro and he told me "honestly your stroke is so screwed up that I could help you but you would go through a whole year of misery to even get back to where you are at now so I don't think you even want to hear it".
I don't know how much swimming is like golf in that regard, but I imagine I have swam x million yards with a flawed stroke. I have finally got some coaching and I'm working on it but it is tough for me to translate. With workout sets, at least I know what I have to do.
