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What do YOU need to do to have a major swimming breakthrough?"

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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? forums.usms.org/showthread.php
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  • I don't buy that theory The thinner a swimmer is, the less resistance they require to slice through the water. Swimmers have to balance muscle and size. You could test it swim a fast 100 for time then lose 15 pounds and retest then gain 30 pounds and retest again compare the results ande Ande, I had a professor once tell me that having more body fat may be advantageous in swimming, adding buoyancy, allowing one to swimming higher in the water. Less work to keep body floating, higher in water so less resistance encountered in the water, but more work to pull the extra weight Greg
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  • I don't buy that theory The thinner a swimmer is, the less resistance they require to slice through the water. Swimmers have to balance muscle and size. You could test it swim a fast 100 for time then lose 15 pounds and retest then gain 30 pounds and retest again compare the results ande Ande, I had a professor once tell me that having more body fat may be advantageous in swimming, adding buoyancy, allowing one to swimming higher in the water. Less work to keep body floating, higher in water so less resistance encountered in the water, but more work to pull the extra weight Greg
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