This is the lane we all crave.
The work is done, the big meet's approaching.
Lot's more hanging out. You can get in late & out early.
Don't need to do much but what you do needs to be really great.
Mostly easy swimming. Some very fast swimming.
Broken races. 25's 50's 75's
Race rehearsals
Race pace
LOTS of rest.
you're gonna start feeling like super man or woman
Don't do stupid stuff.
Don't trust your taper, test your taper.
Do championship performance prep like Rich Abrahams
Big musclely sprint types tend to need more weeks than the skinny distancy divas
there's always lots to talk about in the taper lane
the breastroke lane
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The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
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The Sprint Free Lane
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General question - when tapering, do you change your eating habits at all? More, less, about the same?
Could I just be looking for an excuse to have lasagna every day between now and NE Championships? Possible. Quite possible.
I don't change anything during taper. I do eat way more pasta starting about 3 days before the meet.
I don't need an excuse for lasagna... i eat it whenever I can get it :angel:
My mini 6-day taper worked WAY better than I thought. My 50 free relay split this morning felt kinda slow today but I was :eek: when I saw my split was 1.4 seconds faster than my fastest 50 free this year.
General question - when tapering, do you change your eating habits at all? More, less, about the same?
Could I just be looking for an excuse to have lasagna every day between now and NE Championships? Possible. Quite possible.
I don't change anything during taper. I do eat way more pasta starting about 3 days before the meet.
I don't need an excuse for lasagna... i eat it whenever I can get it :angel:
My mini 6-day taper worked WAY better than I thought. My 50 free relay split this morning felt kinda slow today but I was :eek: when I saw my split was 1.4 seconds faster than my fastest 50 free this year.
