One topic of great interest to us all is
"What do you need to do to have a major swimming breakthrough?"
"What do you need to do to significantly improve your swimming times over one season?"
Do you have any specific, nitty gritty type suggestions.
I think it's really easy to fall into ruts, to just show up and go through the motions rather than seizing the moment while we train.
Any one have any thoughts on what we need to do to significantly improve?
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I'm familiar with the question (I ask myself this regularly), but I don't have an answer. Last spring I improved 25 seconds in the 500 (Jan. to May) but have not been able to swim faster since then. Maybe I'm not training enough to offset the effects of aging. Or maybe there is a physiological limit as to how close I can get to the times I swam 25 years ago. Or maybe I just need to move back to Walnut Creek (near where I grew up) and train with a good coach.
I'm familiar with the question (I ask myself this regularly), but I don't have an answer. Last spring I improved 25 seconds in the 500 (Jan. to May) but have not been able to swim faster since then. Maybe I'm not training enough to offset the effects of aging. Or maybe there is a physiological limit as to how close I can get to the times I swam 25 years ago. Or maybe I just need to move back to Walnut Creek (near where I grew up) and train with a good coach.
