I was just reading this blog:chuckiev.blogspot.com/.../swimming-thoughts-galore.html
This guy claims that he never swam before in his life. At first it took him 36 minutes to swim 1500 meters. After only one year he could swim that in LESS than half the time.
After 17 years of swimming I can't swim 1500 meters in less than 18 minutes. Either I'm doing something wrong or that guy is full of.....
Is it possible to get that fast THAT FAST?
He is claiming his "guys at USA Swimming" espoused bilatteral breathing. I could be wrong, but I don't think that any elite coaches have recommended bilatteral breathing for 30 years. Anyone with more knowledge on the matter?
Not for the pool, but I gather from reading about elite-level OW training that coaches do recommend bilateral breathing for OW specialists, which should include aspiring elite-level triathletes.
Maybe he meant that he almost cut his time in half.
My thought too. Maybe he is rounding rather generously.
At the same time, I have no trouble believing that a gifted athlete in his early 20s could go from being barely capable to being totally competent or even really good in a year, by paying a lot more attention than most people do to technique, and by using top-level coaching and lots of technology for feedback.
He is claiming his "guys at USA Swimming" espoused bilatteral breathing. I could be wrong, but I don't think that any elite coaches have recommended bilatteral breathing for 30 years. Anyone with more knowledge on the matter?
Not for the pool, but I gather from reading about elite-level OW training that coaches do recommend bilateral breathing for OW specialists, which should include aspiring elite-level triathletes.
Maybe he meant that he almost cut his time in half.
My thought too. Maybe he is rounding rather generously.
At the same time, I have no trouble believing that a gifted athlete in his early 20s could go from being barely capable to being totally competent or even really good in a year, by paying a lot more attention than most people do to technique, and by using top-level coaching and lots of technology for feedback.
