Michael Andrew Adjusting to ASU Training: “I’m not used to racing tired”

2025 Pro Swim Series — Sacramento

The Sacramento Pro Swim saw Michael Andrew tie for 1st in the 50 free and place 2nd in the 50 breast, 100 breast, and 50 fly. The new member of the ASU pro group is still adjusting to training in Tempe, noting that he’s not used to “racing tired” but excited about what that could mean for his top-end speed at the end of the season.

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Truth Teller
19 days ago

2020 men’s 200 I’m at Olympics. MA swims .9 faster in prelims than finals

He’s 1.1 slower than his semi from trials, and his Olympic final is slower than all 3 trials swims as well as prelims/semi’s for the Olympics

Two swimmers out split MA by over 3 seconds on the final 50 of the Olympic final

MA didn’t go out too fast either. At the 150 of the Olympic final he was 1.3 seconds slower than he was at semis of trials.

The headline shouldn’t be “I’m not used to racing tired”…. Instead it should be “I can’t perform when I’m physically or mentally uncomfortable”

Anonymous
Reply to  Truth Teller
19 days ago

Are you commenting about an event that was 5 years ago?

WaterAce
19 days ago

Bum better show out this summer or he’s toast

Go Bears
20 days ago

I know Michael Andrew is a polarizing figure in the swim world, but I’m still rooting for the guy. Say what you will about USRPT or his approach to training and racing, but the dude is consistently in the mix on the world stage across multiple strokes—that’s not easy. He’s not afraid to do things differently, and even though that rubs some people the wrong way, it’s kind of refreshing in a sport that often rewards playing it safe.

Yeah, sometimes it feels like watching a high-stakes science experiment unfold in real time, and sure, there’ve been some painful races where the back half drops off a cliff—but when it works? It’s electric. I’ll take the risk and the upside.… Read more »

Tani
20 days ago

Oh dear, oh dear, the jokes write themselves

Cody
20 days ago

I can’t believe all the hate. He set a WR training his way. Now he’s trying something different because he wants to better himself. Why hate on that?

saltie
Reply to  Cody
20 days ago

correction: he was the weakest leg of a WR relay where the other 3 guys, especially Dressel, had outstanding splits

ryan
Reply to  saltie
20 days ago

he actually had one of the fastest breast splits ever for american men

Michael Schwartz
Reply to  ryan
20 days ago

Additionally, he literally has the American Record in the 100 breast. So there’s that too

Swimer
Reply to  saltie
19 days ago

Literally his best 100 time would have won gold at every olympics prior to 2016 (before Adam Peaty)

Mr._Magoo
Reply to  Swimer
19 days ago

And in Paris.

WaterAce
Reply to  Cody
19 days ago

A WR in a relay, let’s settle

Swimmer.thingz
Reply to  WaterAce
19 days ago

How many WRs do you have?

WaterAce
Reply to  Swimmer.thingz
19 days ago

The same as he does and always will, individually. I’d have a relay WR too if I was carried by Murphy and Dressel

Lpman
20 days ago

I think the issue at hand is his past antics. Whether it was vaccine related, or complaining about not making 2023 worlds, or refusing to train with team at Olympic camp. The guy is a great swimmer but has left a bad taste in the mouths of many.

Springtime
Reply to  Lpman
20 days ago

Well, he definitely won’t have any future Olympic camp-related issues. (Or World Championship camp-related issues, for that matter.)

Anonymous
Reply to  Lpman
20 days ago

How do you know he didn’t train with team vs they isolated him because of covid. I have seen plenty of video where he was with the teams at world and olympics not only training but also going out with team members

ArtVanDeLegh10
Reply to  Lpman
20 days ago

I also noticed he said he was ‘kicked off the team’ in reference to not making the team.

He wasn’t kicked off a team because he didn’t make the team.

Anonymous
Reply to  ArtVanDeLegh10
19 days ago

He made the team but 7 male swimmers for the 800 free relay was priority over 50 swimmer that could compete in 50 fly breast free.

WaterAce
Reply to  Lpman
19 days ago

Great swimmer? Let’s pump the breaks

BoyerM
20 days ago

I just don’t get why people are still bashing the guy at this point. The old criticism was that he needed new coaching and now that he’s found it and (predictably) having different midseason results, he still can’t catch a break.

Are people going to attack Grousset for his training? Last I checked they tied in the 50 in Sacramento.

One Who Watches
Reply to  BoyerM
20 days ago

Valid! And I was the one who said on these fine message boards (mostly tongue in cheek) that the 30 for 30 on MA was going to be something to watch after the OT performances. Now he’s doing what everyone wanted to see and it’s still not good enough.

xman
20 days ago

I don’t think he gets that the racers who can perform tired are the ones who can do three races (prelims/semi/finals) and win.

If he doesn’t change, he will not swim the 200IM this summer or at a high-level meet again and will not perform to his 2021 levels.

bigNowhere
Reply to  xman
20 days ago

I don’t think we can read his mind to that extent, so that we know what he “gets” and “doesn’t get”.

When he says he isn’t used to racing tired, I think he’s just talking about how he feels physically today.

I am sure he knew before today (as he’s been doing the ASU workouts every day for months) that it was going to feel a lot different than under his old training methods.

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