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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Well this AM I grinded through a test set of 16 x 50's all out on 3:00 (from a start). Ouch! I was pretty spent by the end. The whole workout was about 3300, but I feel like it was 6500.
I tried working on my dive (entry), breakout, breathing pattern (the same each time), and just holding my technique together.
Well this AM I grinded through a test set of 16 x 50's all out on 3:00 (from a start). Ouch! I was pretty spent by the end. The whole workout was about 3300, but I feel like it was 6500.
I tried working on my dive (entry), breakout, breathing pattern (the same each time), and just holding my technique together.
