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Originally Posted by Coach Pants
It's a combination of things.
The Speedo LZR Racer suit. 90%
Weight training. 2%
Vegetarian diets...quite a few are on one. 2%
Altitude tent/room for sleeping. 3%
revolutionary changes in stroke technique... 3% example: Phelps butterfly, breathes every stroke. This used to be a cardinal sin.
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diets and stroke techniques might account for marginal improvements. the reason records are getting smashed is the suit streamlines the swimmers body.
that's the physics, scuds.
08-11-2008, 04:16 PM
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