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Re: Improving Swimming Efficiency At w/ Heat Trials

From jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
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Subject Re: Improving Swimming Efficiency At w/ Heat Trials
Date 2016-07-18 19:32 +0000
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Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> wrote:
> If you cannot sink much heat then you won't be burning many calories
> at a very high rate for very long.  The system will literally overheat
> internally and you'll croak.

Runners don't seem to "literally overheat internally" and "croak" so why
should swimmers?

> The easy way to improve efficiency passing through fluids is to have
> high temperature time trials, i.e., 35 C pool water, and then studying
> style of the winner at high temps.

As normal body temperature is 37 C, anything less than that is cooling.

> This way those who are competitive at normal temperatures by relying
> on brute power could be retrained to go even faster.

Assumes a LOT of things not in envidence.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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Improving Swimming Efficiency At w/ Heat Trials Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> - 2016-07-18 10:43 -0700
  Re: Improving Swimming Efficiency At w/ Heat Trials jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-07-18 19:32 +0000
    Improving Swimming Efficiency w/ Heat Trials Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> - 2016-07-18 21:09 -0700
      Re: Improving Swimming Efficiency w/ Heat Trials jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-07-19 05:11 +0000
        Re: Improving Swimming Efficiency w/ Heat Trials Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> - 2016-07-20 22:40 -0700

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