 Posted: 02/07/08 - 23:19 Post subject:
To be honest, it is true that they are all training the same way. That is, they all are swimming! But that is it. Everything else is different. Otherwise you would be able to say that marathon runners should train the same way sprinters do. Everyone would laugh at you if you say something like that. Sprinters concentrate on speed and use their fast twitch muscle fiber during swimming. Long distance swimmers rely mostly on slow twitch fiber and endurance to finish the race. There is an essential difference between them both physically and mentally. So you are absolutely right about it.
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