Back in the pool this morning vs using my suit in the lake. The Kits pool big lane was pretty busy.
With the big lane you swim with everyone, so there are all levels.
There were some just ripping it (fast), so for fun I went from say 6/10 to 8-9/10 just to hang with a few & experiment a little.
That 9/10 effort is a bit of a mystery to me. How much effort are other swimmers expending (ie watts)? Where do I apply the effort? Bigger reach/sweep, or faster turnover, stronger kick, wider catch and higher elbows? What is actually sustainable over distance?
Are fast swimmers expending as many watts as it takes me to go that slow :)? Maybe I need to HTFU and re-define effort?
I know I am quicker & with less effort breathing 1:3, probably due to less body distortion or drag caused by breathing.
I seem to be faster as well making sure I get all of my range in the pull, while not going too deep with the catch. These are kind of known. But geez it's a lot of work.
I pretty much submitted my resignation letter that I'll never be a fast swimmer, like my OW champ neighbor, my kids or the 'twitch fish crew. It would interesting to truly solve the puzzle though - what does it take to swim fast?
Training Tweets: https://twitter.com/Jagersport_com
FM Sports: http://fluidmotionsports.com
With the big lane you swim with everyone, so there are all levels.
There were some just ripping it (fast), so for fun I went from say 6/10 to 8-9/10 just to hang with a few & experiment a little.
That 9/10 effort is a bit of a mystery to me. How much effort are other swimmers expending (ie watts)? Where do I apply the effort? Bigger reach/sweep, or faster turnover, stronger kick, wider catch and higher elbows? What is actually sustainable over distance?
Are fast swimmers expending as many watts as it takes me to go that slow :)? Maybe I need to HTFU and re-define effort?
I know I am quicker & with less effort breathing 1:3, probably due to less body distortion or drag caused by breathing.
I seem to be faster as well making sure I get all of my range in the pull, while not going too deep with the catch. These are kind of known. But geez it's a lot of work.
I pretty much submitted my resignation letter that I'll never be a fast swimmer, like my OW champ neighbor, my kids or the 'twitch fish crew. It would interesting to truly solve the puzzle though - what does it take to swim fast?
Training Tweets: https://twitter.com/Jagersport_com
FM Sports: http://fluidmotionsports.com