[Sportsandrec] Swim Training

[Joe Shaw]

I'm gettin help from the Thornmeister and am gonna whoop your ass.
JS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thornbury, Kelly" <kthornbury at bresnan.net>
To: <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:28 PM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] Swim Training


> Joe,
>
> Still here and reading, and have graduated to typing with my right, and 
> hunt and peck with the left.
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> How long do you have to train, and how long is the pool? Important for 
> determining training priorities.
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> Water is something like 25 times denser than air, so technique is vital in 
> swimming, especially if you have to perform a turn during the race. A 
> moderately fit person with good technique can make up huge differences in 
> power and endurance over the fitter "rock."
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> If the race is in a month or less, go for the sprints. You won't improve 
> endurance or muscle tissue strength significantly in that amount of time, 
> but you can see training adaptations that will improve your performance. . 
> Freestyle swimming has no real match in weight training, and training is 
> very specific in nature. Freestyle sprints incorporate new muscles in new 
> ways, and in the first 4 weeks (or less) of this new training will provide 
> neuromuscular adaptations (the nervous system will work better, without 
> getting scientific) and you can see significant performance improvements. 
> The muscle tissue itself will not be noticeably stronger from a cellular 
> standpoint, but your performance will be improved. Besides, you are 
> already a cardio-monster, so your cardiovascular system is up to the 
> challenge. Relative local muscular endurance takes longer than a month to 
> develop, and your training time can be better spent on obtaining speed 
> results.
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> So, go for the sprints, and definitely work on the technique. I can't be 
> 100% without knowing your training or having real test results, but that's 
> my "shot from the hip" thoughts.
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> And start asking "Yes" or "no" questions, I'm only typing a whopping 10 
> words a minute.maybe.
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> DL Kel
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