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?
That is the first time I seen a swedish word/expression used in english. so I had to look it up. I was surprised to find it's an international expression with in training.
This word has been used for years. We used it when I was in the Army, in the late 80s/early 90s. While running, the leader would pick something (a post, tree, etc) and tell us to sprint to it, then we'd do an easy pace to regroup, and repeat.
With swimming we take this approach for long swims. For a 400, we might do a 75 @ 80% then 25 @ 90%. It is a good way to at least keep track of where you are, especially as you get into really long swims.
That said, depending on what you plan to focus on, a mix of both long and short swims helps keep you a balanced swimmer. At workouts, I mostly just do what the coach says. But that could sometimes include 30 min swim, a 1650 for time, a 60 min swim...or even fast 25s. We just never know.
That is the first time I seen a swedish word/expression used in english. so I had to look it up. I was surprised to find it's an international expression with in training.
This word has been used for years. We used it when I was in the Army, in the late 80s/early 90s. While running, the leader would pick something (a post, tree, etc) and tell us to sprint to it, then we'd do an easy pace to regroup, and repeat.
With swimming we take this approach for long swims. For a 400, we might do a 75 @ 80% then 25 @ 90%. It is a good way to at least keep track of where you are, especially as you get into really long swims.
That said, depending on what you plan to focus on, a mix of both long and short swims helps keep you a balanced swimmer. At workouts, I mostly just do what the coach says. But that could sometimes include 30 min swim, a 1650 for time, a 60 min swim...or even fast 25s. We just never know.
