{"id":583400,"date":"2024-04-07T00:56:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T07:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=583400"},"modified":"2024-04-07T05:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T12:59:19","slug":"olympian-djan-madruga-now-65-is-showing-that-elite-performance-has-lifelong-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympian-djan-madruga-now-65-is-showing-that-elite-performance-has-lifelong-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympian and Masters Star Djan Madruga, Now 65, is Showing That Elite Performance Has Lifelong Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olympian Djan Madruga, now 65, is Showing That Elite Performance Has Lifelong Potential<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Djan Madruga<\/strong> (Brazil) recently closed out the World Aquatics Masters Championships in world class fashion, winning five events:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400 Freestyle &#8211; 4:53.44 (World Championship Record)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">800 Freestyle &#8211; 10:05.77 (World Championship Record)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">400 IM &#8211; 5:38.81 (World Championship Record)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200 IM &#8211; 2:39.27 <\/span><\/li>\n<li>200 Backstroke &#8211; 2:37.68<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This effort was directly on the heels of the combination of his national and world record setting performances last summer <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the 400, 800 and 1500 free events in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and at the U.S. Masters Championships in Sarasota.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, what is really going on here? Get this. Madruga\u2019s age group is\u2026 65-69.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are more than results and victories. Madruga, a bronze medalist in the 800 freestyle relay at the 1980 Olympic Games, is causing a major rethink of long-held beliefs and established norms concerning high performance training, age group \u201cbarriers\u201d and what\u00a0 many thought was not possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madruga\u2019s times don\u2019t \u201cfit\u201d his age. And he is getting faster and faster training only at a half-peak, half program of only swimming, with no dryland training or facilities that are available to many other\u00a0 swimmers around the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some say age is just a number. Madruga shows world and championship records every decade are also.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What Madruga is demonstrating is that because athletes reach a certain age numerically, it\u00a0 doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t be in world-class shape or that their high performance has to significantly degrade. Madruga is proving that high performance at world-class levels in multiple\u00a0 events is possible decade after decade after decade.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s done it and continues to prove it. That\u2019s good news for everybody.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Phelps famously stated after the Athens 2004 Olympics: \u201cI want to change the sport of\u00a0 swimming.\u201d Rightfully so. Well done. Madruga has significantly contributed to that effort, changing established perceptions of what is possible. His impact now cannot be ignored.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madruga\u2019s results over the past few years have disrupted kinesiology and physiology university departments in Japan, Europe, North America and elsewhere, causing reactions of whistles and rolling eyes with his times being competitive with swimmers many times 10, 20, 30 and even 40 years younger than he is.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Only Half the Story\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madruga&#8217;s multiple world records last summer and his multiple World Aquatics Masters Championship records this year are only half the story when it comes to world-class peak human performance (PHP).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be debated that his world and championship records (as fast as they are) in his 65-69 year old age group are not his best times that he is capable of doing now. He could still improve them significantly. Currently, that is a hot, on-going argument between Djan\u2019s humility versus various kinesiology\u00a0 experts, high performance directors, national coaches and world opinion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madruga has not had the benefit of the access to equipment and facilities for dryland training like he had back at Indiana University where he trained under U.S. Olympic coach Dr. James E. (Doc)\u00a0 Counsilman and Olympic and assistant head coach Jan Prins. Those coaching titles matter to understand things. It reflects\u00a0 the level of coaching\/training, science and access to kinesiology\/physiology experts and managers Madruga has had.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, Madruga is training only with swimming workouts and mostly training on his own. If Madruga had the\u00a0 benefits of daily, weekly or a full seasonal dryland program to match his swimming sessions with the\u00a0 benefits of being part of a top-tier team, there is no telling\u00a0 where those records would actually be now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thoroughbred race horses have to run with thoroughbred race horses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As sport high performance directors argue and contemplate the dynamics, it\u2019s scary and motivating at the same time to think about it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a lot to discuss now about what is happening, and it\u2019s good news for everyone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>New Dynamics\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is Madruga an exceptional athlete? Yes, an Olympic medalist. Or, is he demonstrating what is possible\u00a0 for everyone? A little of both.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is showing the world:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First. These bodies, these machines, are meant to be in top physical shape <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">every decade <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of your life <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and can be.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second. Top peak performance is not limited to your late teens and twenties, i.e., Anthony Ervin. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third. You can get into world class shape <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any decade <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of your life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourth. Swimming is a sport that limits the damage done to joints through pounding like running, or other sports. Swimming is a low impact, high performance yielding sport.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a look at 104-year-old downhill skier <\/span><b>Klaus Obermeyer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Aspen, Colorado, who makes swim practice the core module of his daily fitness training. Others in professional sports are doing it, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madruga is globally well-known and swam in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. He is a legend in his native Brazil. He has faithfully and meticulously posted his workouts, sets,\u00a0 times, frustrations, setbacks and workout results &#8211; good, bad or indifferent &#8211; across social media regularly for each yearly cycle he has set, matched together with specific national or world championship goals.\u00a0 It\u2019s been important. Many analysts have been quietly watching the results.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking More Than Records\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madruga is breaking barriers not just for himself, but leading the way for everyone. As they say, \u201cThe\u00a0 clock doesn\u2019t lie.\u201d It is giving younger and older athletes hope, making everyone rethink aging, high performance training, where they can be and what is possible decade to decade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is causing post-Olympic and\/or national level athletes to assess what they should be doing each decade after retiring from professional or Olympic sports.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the program now? Who\u2019s got the plan? What should we be doing decade to decade? What are\u00a0 the limits? How fast can you go now?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madruga is showing the world there is a lot more to sports in the later portion of your life than just your best times at your physical peak in your early years &#8211; and that\u2019s mentally and physically good for\u00a0 everyone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s time for athletes and those who want to be, to step up, get in and mentally reconfigure where they\u2019re at in life. It\u2019s time to find out. Barriers are meant to be broken for everyone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And Djan Madruga will be there cheering you on.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympian Djan Madruga, now 65, is Showing That Elite Performance Has Lifelong Potential Djan Madruga (Brazil) recently closed out the World Aquatics Masters Championships in world class fashion, winning 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