I have another question for all of you wise swimmers. I see the saying"to swim fast in a meet you need to swim fast in practice" or something like that. So, do I need to be swimming at race pace for each set that I do? Should I just make sure that I am swimming at say 80 or 90%? I'm not sure. I would have thought it would depend on the workout but what do I know? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and hope you are having a good weekend!
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There are a number of reasons for having the race pace incorperated in your training sets:
- it stresses other energy systems in your body. The ones that you don't need with swimming long distances on 70%
- you can learn how to split correct, for instance on a 100 meter. Otherwise the race its self is the only possibility to learn it
- frontal drag increases dramatically when speed is higher. You need to learn to deal with that drag.
- it is a good copy of the race
- it gives you the possibility to learn to maintain good technique under stress
There are a number of reasons for having the race pace incorperated in your training sets:
- it stresses other energy systems in your body. The ones that you don't need with swimming long distances on 70%
- you can learn how to split correct, for instance on a 100 meter. Otherwise the race its self is the only possibility to learn it
- frontal drag increases dramatically when speed is higher. You need to learn to deal with that drag.
- it is a good copy of the race
- it gives you the possibility to learn to maintain good technique under stress
