Do top swimmers, like Phelps, also do long, continuous swims at times or do they only do interval training?
Does anyone here ever do long, continuous swims?
I basically only do interval training and maybe add longer distances in my workout but I never do a complete workout as a continuous swim. Should one also include continuous swim sessions?
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I typically do one continuous swim of 90-120 minutes each week. Sometimes I use fartlek approach, but other times I do planned things like swim the last 200 of each 1000 as fast as possible or make the first 25 of each 100 to be butterfly or backstroke.
I don't think such workouts are very popular around this message board.
with the masters group i train with: i do whatever the coaches say to do mixed up strokes; intervals; pull; kick etc. on my own i do mind-numbing sets or continuous swims.
I typically do one continuous swim of 90-120 minutes each week. Sometimes I use fartlek approach, but other times I do planned things like swim the last 200 of each 1000 as fast as possible or make the first 25 of each 100 to be butterfly or backstroke.
I don't think such workouts are very popular around this message board.
with the masters group i train with: i do whatever the coaches say to do mixed up strokes; intervals; pull; kick etc. on my own i do mind-numbing sets or continuous swims.
