#1 What are you trying to achieve? Why did you choose this as your topic?
Through my investigation I am trying to discover if there is a limit on how fast I can swim 2 different events and if that limit can be determined mathematically. I will be comparing the results I attain for myself with those I calculate for an Olympian. After comparing our BMIs I will decided whether or not this factor determines or contributes to speed limitations.
This topic has interested me since I began swimming at Troy High sophomore year. Each time I swam I would drop time and watch others faster than I was drop time as well. However, the amount of time dropped always seemed minimal, either seconds or hundredths of a second. This lead me to wonder, "Is there a limit as to how fast you can physically go?" because if there is not that means you can only get faster and faster which would not be possible.
Another interesting thing I might consider is the fact that world records in swimming drop every year, because swimmers are becoming faster than before. But what is this element making the swimmers faster? Is there an ideal muscle mass, body shape, length, or structure? Or could it be how much one practices, what suit one wears, or the amount of calories consumed before a meet?
All of these factors are difficult to test, therefore I will focus on BMI as a factor and the rest of the study will be objective. Hopefully, I will be able to determine my own physical limit after obtaining an equation from my past times. :)
Through my investigation I am trying to discover if there is a limit on how fast I can swim 2 different events and if that limit can be determined mathematically. I will be comparing the results I attain for myself with those I calculate for an Olympian. After comparing our BMIs I will decided whether or not this factor determines or contributes to speed limitations.
This topic has interested me since I began swimming at Troy High sophomore year. Each time I swam I would drop time and watch others faster than I was drop time as well. However, the amount of time dropped always seemed minimal, either seconds or hundredths of a second. This lead me to wonder, "Is there a limit as to how fast you can physically go?" because if there is not that means you can only get faster and faster which would not be possible.
Another interesting thing I might consider is the fact that world records in swimming drop every year, because swimmers are becoming faster than before. But what is this element making the swimmers faster? Is there an ideal muscle mass, body shape, length, or structure? Or could it be how much one practices, what suit one wears, or the amount of calories consumed before a meet?
All of these factors are difficult to test, therefore I will focus on BMI as a factor and the rest of the study will be objective. Hopefully, I will be able to determine my own physical limit after obtaining an equation from my past times. :)