Anyone know how swimmers were chosen/ applied for the High Performance Camp? I remember seeing something about this several years ago and if I remember right there were a very limited amount of spaces and the selection was based on your times/ top 10 places.
Just curious. From the article it sounded like a great opportunity and a lot of fun.
Lefty,
This set was long course on the 5 minutes. I think I did the first one in 3:00 and worked it down to maybe 2:40 or so. You just go harder on each one. They don't give you a pace, you do it by feel as you would any descend set. The time isn't necessarily important, it is the effort you put in and the lactic acid you produce as a result.
The idea is to build up lactic acid on each one. You also need time to get out of the pool and have Dr. G. take blood from your earlobe. He had to be well organized as he did 8 people at a time.
By the time you get to the last one you are tired so you just give it all you have left.
The information you get from this is 1) your lactate threshold heart rate which you can use to know when you are swimming a set at your anaerobic threshold or above. You want to do this in certain aspects of your training. I use a heart rate monitor frequently, so this is good information for me. 2) Dr. G. calculates your lactate clearance rate which is how quickly you clear lactic acid from your muscles. This is most useful at a multi-event meet and or three day meet where you have multiple swims. As a result of the testing I need about 20 minutes of warm down to clear. Most people warm down about 200 yards and call it quits. But if you know how quickly (or slowly) you clear, this can be useful.
Lefty,
This set was long course on the 5 minutes. I think I did the first one in 3:00 and worked it down to maybe 2:40 or so. You just go harder on each one. They don't give you a pace, you do it by feel as you would any descend set. The time isn't necessarily important, it is the effort you put in and the lactic acid you produce as a result.
The idea is to build up lactic acid on each one. You also need time to get out of the pool and have Dr. G. take blood from your earlobe. He had to be well organized as he did 8 people at a time.
By the time you get to the last one you are tired so you just give it all you have left.
The information you get from this is 1) your lactate threshold heart rate which you can use to know when you are swimming a set at your anaerobic threshold or above. You want to do this in certain aspects of your training. I use a heart rate monitor frequently, so this is good information for me. 2) Dr. G. calculates your lactate clearance rate which is how quickly you clear lactic acid from your muscles. This is most useful at a multi-event meet and or three day meet where you have multiple swims. As a result of the testing I need about 20 minutes of warm down to clear. Most people warm down about 200 yards and call it quits. But if you know how quickly (or slowly) you clear, this can be useful.
