Magnolia Masters

We are a open water focused Masters swim team in The Woodlands/Magnolia TX area.

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@stevemagness @Marco_Cardinale I think the big thing being missed is when you gain strength it takes a long time for the brain/body to incorporate that new strength into the movement pattern. It’s not surprising then that they are slower than they were in high school at this point.

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@HankFrank A lot of triathletes advocate similar advice. It goes something like “my coach and I have found I do better if I don’t take any days off.” If you can’t get the training you need for peak performance in 5 or 6 days a week something is wrong with the program.

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@hjluks As is the brain’s perception of all of it.

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@bellaLovesanim @SUGARTlSM Read Manufacturing Consent. You might look at it differently.

[Magnolia Masters @MastersMagnolia]

@SCStreet @stevemagness @GeorgesStPierre If you go by the English Channel swim, one of the older ultra-marathon swims, the male Channel crossing record is 6h45m and 7:25 for women which is about a 10% difference.

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@StephenSeiler They are mostly a distraction.

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@brian_drago_ If you’re struggling with 100s, try 25s or 50s. You could do 40x25 or 20x50. If you want to be sub 1:30 for 100s, swim the 50s in :42 on 1:05. 25s would be :19 on :40. Focus on your technique while trying to swim fast even as the fatigue builds.

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@TheLastNatufian @adamkjohnston That isn’t true. The colonies had elected councils and town hall meetings that were early forms of democratic practices as early as the 1750s.

[Magnolia Masters @MastersMagnolia]

@brian_drago_ Brian - be consistent, try not to be more than two days out of the water in a row. Swim a lot of shorter, faster repeats with a lot of focus on the one aspect of your technique that will improve your stroke the most. At 1:30/100, you can get your core to engage a lot more.

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@brian_drago_ Where are you right now with your pacing?

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@hybridathlete Swimming works better than running.

[Magnolia Masters @MastersMagnolia]

@feelthebyrn1 You’re getting at the biggest reason triathletes struggle to improve in the swim - athletes are under-recovered going into the swim. Using gear won’t fix the issue. It just papers it over.

[Magnolia Masters @MastersMagnolia]

@JasonFitz1 You can, but it would be fairly narrow. For instance, I want to do them for fun. When is “just for fun” just a cover for an exercise addiction? So you can have a goal outside of performance/health but when you are outside those goals it’s not very far away from a red flag.

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@NadaBotski3 @C_3C_3 Close. Andrew Jackson.

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@LueElizondo What do you see as a bigger threat to the US - NHI or a bureaucracy and government that feels it’s acceptable to be unaccountable to the people?

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@JoeyMannarinoUS @B3nL1pman Sounds like a plan, Chamberlain.

[Magnolia Masters @MastersMagnolia]

@sweatscience @davechants It’s easy to see in swimming after a couple weeks of training.

[Magnolia Masters @MastersMagnolia]

@StrengthbyMike @sweatscience You may not agree but it has a big impact on how you need to train an athlete. I coach a lot of pro triathletes and you can tell the difference between the athletes who are more “fast twitch” dominant versus “slow twitch.”